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Zac Efron
16 FOLLOWERS • 50 CREDITS • OCT 18, 1987 • 36
Biography
Zachary David Alexander Efron (born October 18, 1987) is an American actor. He began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence in the late 2000s 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). Efron subsequently rose to mainstream prominence with 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). In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for the Netflix web documentary series Down to Earth with Zac Efron (2020–present).
Known For
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Saturday Night Live
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9Gg1oM8Us8gCS5aJA8e0ZRuIHnf.jpg)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
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The Graham Norton Show
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d735cGL2G07Tb0ysLHStu8c0uo8.jpg)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g6MrJxNaHYGYU7Sxo72e5B8gKOV.jpg)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
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ER
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NCIS
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kLKP8zrArBtBboGz3qJOuMGC7rL.jpg)
Entourage
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qPmVoG8G9tc1nN8ZwGV2zYcknit.jpg)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lMZv3mJC9QRolgzflM3ajtB3o2U.jpg)
Robot Chicken
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/77FuUQrJVO8GcyCpfHBZOICINwm.jpg)
MTV Movie & TV Awards
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Firefly
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5USMJz2qw9QBd8yHpguYSz7RzKA.jpg)
The Guardian
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pNW64pjaHvf6purNaFhq4SHYRfl.jpg)
CSI: Miami
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pPaVP9iIBHzHr8MfiGUqfdk6eA5.jpg)
Heist
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sA3E8KlWPGVY2JjbsmtgW8Lk4mG.jpg)
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6QXirTPUQecr1BAEfgVSXPD1np0.jpg)
Cars on the Road
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ehHsyQkcSeGeOlgBPEuGuNzE8c8.jpg)
Disney Channel Games
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The Disney Family Singalong
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Liberal Arts
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jHo2M1OiH9Re33jYtUQdfzPeUkx.jpg)
Scoob!
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6Bv0SyMtSeEosLMbPzi6UJWxWmo.jpg)
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tePFnZFw5JvjwjQjaKkqDPNMLPU.jpg)
The Lorax
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fgMka3HtFvI5OgW1eYdR9XpySxH.jpg)
Hairspray
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mi2lVho2zpfwcxI6yC1QYJi435D.jpg)
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cEuX73Q1wpMypB1cr4l3MoMGpL4.jpg)
Ricky Stanicky
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/k0Lz1TfSlbcQthQKYGwE7blDfwN.jpg)
Dirty Grandpa
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b9CeobiihCx1uG1tpw8hXmpi7nm.jpg)
The Greatest Showman
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eyjcLLwxuRXACbglIbwWwaXK9DN.jpg)
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/l0CaVyqnTsWwNd4hWsrLNEk1Wjd.jpg)
A Family Affair
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dyO9BQ4M4flTOAzP79rmsz61yAT.jpg)
Neighbors
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2MTGip0nfahQ1jPQCZSfCsPBZes.jpg)
Firestarter
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6HE4xd8zloDqmjMZuhUCCw2UcY1.jpg)
Baywatch
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/k8SfiPoh3zUkDpHOT22ATegS2FU.jpg)
We Are Your Friends
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3slcSL2i9oub4SUT8oF28npx9z5.jpg)
Parkland
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a7dVwEBU3vupg3hZQMeyL6ksz0F.jpg)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nfs7DCYhgrEIgxKYbITHTzKsggf.jpg)
The Iron Claw
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1DGmWZjUJPeKGFRHGCA6VPFUBML.jpg)
High School Musical
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2XJZeToQpxA0phMrC8Ez1mIrvjv.jpg)
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
![](https://images.rivr.app/posters/1000/7246.jpg)
Three Men and a Baby
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rK0UwpiE3PSdGahfDZLCummxMwd.jpg)
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wqE9b0bdZsubI82zdX1ykLfPajh.jpg)
17 Again
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/r4XSrs6N086EU8CNm339dHRPhZg.jpg)
Charlie St. Cloud
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eGGHsfDkZXek0qGJ1wsuoVzHEOh.jpg)
Down to Earth with Zac Efron
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/la2kiVWDm2vuB4APZDgCCmuBh4K.jpg)
High School Musical 2
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hMaKDV3iKuPH6pJ1B3hBTiKlF1o.jpg)
High School Musical: Remix
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vK3A2i5dPCSB4vYBMcDZzm8DfRd.jpg)
The Lucky One
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