Zachary David Alexander Efron (born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. Efron began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence as a teen idol for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical trilogy (2006–2008). During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy film 17 Again (2009), the former of which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Efron had starring roles in the films New Year's Eve (2011), The Lucky One (2012), The Paperboy (2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Baywatch (2017), and The Greatest Showman (2017). He played Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) and Kevin Von Erich in The Iron Claw (2023). In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for hosting the Netflix travel show Down to Earth with Zac Efron (2020–2022).
No. | Year | Title | Role | Vote Average |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2003 | Stuart Wasser | 0 | |
2 | 2003 | Pete Laemke | 0 | |
3 | 2004 | Steven Morgan | 75 | |
4 | 2005 | Patrick McCardle | 59 | |
5 | 2006 | Troy Bolton | 66 | |
6 | 2006 | Cody | 100 | |
7 | 2006 | Troy Bolton | 81 | |
8 | 2007 | Self | 0 | |
9 | 2007 | Link Larkin | 67 | |
10 | 2007 | Troy Bolton | 65 | |
11 | 2008 | Richard Samuels | 64 | |
12 | 2008 | Troy Bolton | 66 | |
13 | 2008 | Self | 0 | |
14 | 2009 | Mike O'Donnell | 63 | |
15 | 2009 | Self | 32 | |
16 | 2009 | Self (Archived Footage) | 0 | |
17 | 2010 | Charlie St. Cloud | 70 | |
18 | 2010 | Anakin Skywalker (voice) | 74 | |
19 | 2011 | Paul | 59 | |
20 | 2012 | Ted Wiggins (voice) | 65 | |
21 | 2012 | Logan Thibault | 72 | |
22 | 2012 | Dean Whipple | 54 | |
23 | 2012 | Jack Jansen | 55 | |
24 | 2012 | Nat | 65 | |
25 | 2013 | Jim Carrico | 62 | |
26 | 2014 | Jason | 61 | |
27 | 2014 | Superboy / Brainiac (voice) | 70 | |
28 | 2014 | Teddy Sanders | 62 | |
29 | 2014 | Self - Actor | 62 | |
30 | 2015 | Cole | 68 | |
31 | 2016 | (uncredited) | 40 | |
32 | 2016 | Jason Kelly | 59 | |
33 | 2016 | Teddy Sanders | 58 | |
34 | 2016 | Dave Stangle | 61 | |
35 | 2017 | Dan / "Chris-R" | 71 | |
36 | 2017 | Matt Brody | 61 | |
37 | 2017 | Phillip Carlyle | 79 | |
38 | 2019 | Flicker | 57 | |
39 | 2019 | Ted Bundy | 70 | |
40 | 2020 | Self | 83 | |
41 | 2020 | Self | 55 | |
42 | 2020 | Himself | 78 | |
43 | 2020 | Fred Jones (voice) | 70 | |
44 | 2022 | Virgil | 62 | |
45 | 2022 | Andy McGee | 56 | |
46 | 2022 | John 'Chickie' Donohue | 76 | |
47 | 2023 | Kevin Von Erich | 75 | |
48 | 2024 | Dean Stanton | 65 | |
49 | 2024 | Chris Cole | 58 | |
50 | Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen | 0 | ||
51 | Johnny Timothy | 0 | ||
52 | 2024 | Self | 90 | |
53 | 0 | |||
54 | 0 |
No. | Year | Title | Role | Vote Average |
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1 | 1975 | Self - Host | 69 | |
2 | 1981 | Self | 36 | |
3 | 1992 | Self | 77 | |
4 | 1994 | Bobby Neville | 78 | |
5 | 1997 | Self | 45 | |
6 | 2001 | Luke Tomello | 70 | |
7 | 2002 | Young Simon | 83 | |
8 | 2002 | Seth Dawson | 77 | |
9 | 2003 | Self | 55 | |
10 | 2003 | Self | 50 | |
11 | 2003 | Self | 57 | |
12 | 2003 | Daniel Austin | 76 | |
13 | 2004 | Cameron Bale | 67 | |
14 | 2004 | Zac Efron | 73 | |
15 | 2005 | Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice) | 76 | |
16 | 2005 | Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice) | 76 | |
17 | 2005 | Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice) | 76 | |
18 | 2005 | Trevor | 76 | |
19 | 2006 | Pizza Delivery Guy | 68 | |
20 | 2006 | Self | 90 | |
21 | 2006 | Davey Hunkerhoff | 63 | |
22 | 2007 | Self | 72 | |
23 | 2007 | Self - Guest | 72 | |
24 | 2010 | Self | 70 | |
25 | 2012 | Self | 68 | |
26 | 2014 | 61 | ||
27 | 2014 | Self | 58 | |
28 | 2014 | Self - Guest | 58 | |
29 | 2014 | Self | 54 | |
30 | 2014 | Self | 68 | |
31 | 2015 | Self | 74 | |
32 | 2015 | Self | 53 | |
33 | 2019 | Gary (voice) | 52 | |
34 | 2019 | 63 | ||
35 | 0 | |||
36 | 2020 | Self | 77 |