Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1987-10-18
Place of Birth
San Luis Obispo, California, USA
Zac Efron
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).
Known For
The Greatest Showman
as Phillip Carlyle
Baywatch
as Matt Brody
Neighbors
as Teddy Sanders
17 Again
as Mike O'Donnell
High School Musical
as Troy Bolton
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Teddy Sanders
Dirty Grandpa
as Jason Kelly
High School Musical 2
as Troy Bolton
The Lucky One
as Logan Thibault
The Lorax
as Ted Wiggins (voice)