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Zac Efron
San Luis Obispo, California, USA
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 lead…
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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).
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2026
Boundless: The Man Who Became Human
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2025
The Studio
TV show Zac Efron
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2024
A Family Affair
Movie Chris Cole
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2024
NCISverse: The First 1,000
Movie Self
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2024
Ricky Stanicky
Movie Dean
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2023
The Iron Claw
Movie Kevin Von Erich
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2022
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Movie John 'Chickie' Donohue
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2022
Firestarter
Movie Andy McGee
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2022
Gold
Movie Virgil
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2021
Save Ralph
Movie Bobby
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2020
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
TV show Self
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2020
Scoob!
Movie Fred Jones (voice)
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2020
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
Movie Himself
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2020
The Great Global Cleanup
Movie Self
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2020
The Disney Family Singalong
Movie Self
More credits
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Human Discoveries
TV show Gary (voice)
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2019
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Movie Ted Bundy
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2019
The Beach Bum
Movie Flicker
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2017
The Greatest Showman
Movie Phillip Carlyle
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2017
Baywatch
Movie Matt Brody
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2017
The Disaster Artist
Movie Dan / 'Chris-R'
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2016
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Movie Dave Stangle
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2016
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Movie Teddy Sanders
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2016
Dirty Grandpa
Movie Jason Kelly
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2016
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
Movie (uncredited)
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2015
We Are Your Friends
Movie Cole
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self
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2015
Hot Ones
TV show Self
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2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Movie Self - Actor
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2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
TV show Self
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2014
Neighbors
Movie Teddy Sanders
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2014
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Movie Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2014
That Awkward Moment
Movie Jason
- 2014
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2013
Parkland
Movie Jim Carrico
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2012
Catfish: The TV Show
TV show Self
