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Zac Efron
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).
As actor
Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
A Family Affair
Ricky Stanicky
NCISverse: The First 1,000
The Iron Claw
Gold
Firestarter
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Scoob!
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
The Great Global Cleanup
The Disney Family Singalong
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Beach Bum
The Disaster Artist
Baywatch
The Greatest Showman
High School Musical: 10th Anniversary
Dirty Grandpa
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
We Are Your Friends
Neighbors
That Awkward Moment
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
21 Years: Richard Linklater
Parkland
The Paperboy
The Lorax
Liberal Arts