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Zac Efron
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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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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
Saturday Night Live
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Graham Norton Show
ER
Late Night with Seth Meyers
NCIS
Entertainment Tonight
Entourage
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Robot Chicken
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Firefly
The Guardian
Catfish: The TV Show
CSI: Miami
Heist
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Cars on the Road
Disney Channel Games
The Disney Family Singalong
Hairspray
Scoob!
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
Liberal Arts
The Lorax
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
Neighbors
A Family Affair
The Greatest Showman
Firestarter
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Baywatch
Dirty Grandpa
High School Musical
We Are Your Friends
Charlie St. Cloud
The Iron Claw
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
The Lucky One
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
High School Musical 2
High School Musical 3: Making Of A Musical
Parkland
17 Again
High School Musical: Remix
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Road To High School Musical 2
Ricky Stanicky
Production Credits
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
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