Biography
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).
TV credits
Rated 7.7 out of 10
The Studio
2025
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
2020
Rated 6.3 out of 10
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Rated 5.3 out of 10
Human Discoveries
2019
Rated 5.1 out of 10
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Rated 7.1 out of 10
Hot Ones
2015
Rated 6.9 out of 10
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Rated 5.1 out of 10
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Rated 5.8 out of 10
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Rated 6.5 out of 10
HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
2014
Rated 6.7 out of 10
Catfish: The TV Show
2012
Rated 7.2 out of 10
Conan
2010
Rated 7.2 out of 10
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Rated 4.7 out of 10
El hormiguero
2006
Rated 6.5 out of 10
The Replacements
2006
Rated 9.0 out of 10
Disney Channel Games
2006
Rated 7.2 out of 10
Heist
2006
Rated 7.6 out of 10
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005
Rated 7.6 out of 10
Robot Chicken
2005
Rated 7.4 out of 10
Entourage
2004
Rated 6.5 out of 10
Summerland
2004
Rated 7.6 out of 10
NCIS
2003
Rated 5.6 out of 10
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
Rated 5.1 out of 10
Punk'd
2003