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Zac Efron

Zac Efron

Actor · Born October 18, 1987 · San Luis Obispo, California, USA

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Highest rated as cast or director

Zac Efron's 7 titles from the 2000s have a median Balasaur Score of 61, led by Miracle Run (74) and Me and Orson Welles (72), against 56 for those from the 2010s.

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).

Acted in 53

2010s

  1. 2019

    Human Discoveries

    Gary (voice) · 10 episodes

  2. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

    Ted Bundy

    62

  3. The Beach Bum

    Flicker

    56
  4. 2017

    The Greatest Showman

    Phillip Carlyle

    66

  5. Baywatch

    Matt Brody

    45

  6. The Disaster Artist

    Dan / 'Chris-R'

    77
  7. 2016

    Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

    Dave Stangle

    54

  8. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

    Teddy Sanders

    59

  9. Dirty Grandpa

    Jason Kelly

    41
  10. 2015

    We Are Your Friends

    Cole

    55
  11. 2014

    Neighbors

    Teddy Sanders

    66

  12. Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

    Superboy / Brainiac (voice)

  13. That Awkward Moment

    Jason

    48

  14. HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt

    TV · 2 Seasons · Comedy · Drama

    76
  15. 2013

    Parkland

    Jim Carrico

    58
  16. 2012

    The Paperboy

    Jack Jansen

    52

  17. Liberal Arts

    Nat

    65

  18. At Any Price

    Dean Whipple

    56

  19. The Lucky One

    Logan Thibault

    51

  20. The Lorax

    Ted Wiggins (voice)

    59
  21. 2011

    New Year's Eve

    Paul

    39
  22. 2010

    Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

    Anakin Skywalker (voice)

  23. Charlie St. Cloud

    Charlie St. Cloud

    52

2000s

  1. 2009

    17 Again

    Mike O'Donnell

    59
  2. 2008

    High School Musical 3: Senior Year

    Troy Bolton

    57

  3. Me and Orson Welles

    Richard Samuels

    72
  4. 2007

    High School Musical 2

    Troy Bolton

    63

  5. Hairspray

    Link Larkin

    75
  6. 2006

    High School Musical: Remix

    Troy Bolton

  7. The Replacements

    Davey Hunkerhoff · 1 episode

    61

  8. Heist

    Pizza Delivery Guy · 1 episode

  9. High School Musical

    Troy Bolton

    61
  10. 2005

    The Derby Stallion

    Patrick McCardle

    55

  11. The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

    Trevor · 1 episode

    70

  12. Robot Chicken

    Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice), Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice), Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice) · 1 episode

    77
  13. 2004

    Miracle Run

    Steven Morgan

    74

  14. Entourage

    Zac Efron · 1 episode

    81

  15. Summerland

    Cameron Bale · 16 episodes

    68
  16. 2003

    NCIS

    Daniel Austin · 1 episode

    77
  17. 2002

    CSI: Miami

    Seth Dawson · 1 episode

    68

  18. Firefly

    Young Simon · 1 episode

    88
  19. 2001

    The Guardian

    Luke Tomello · 1 episode

    74

No release date

  1. Famous

    Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen

  2. Three Men and a Baby

    Movie

Produced 6

2020s

  1. 2026

    Boundless: The Man Who Became Human

    Executive Producer

  2. 2020

    Down to Earth with Zac Efron

    Executive Producer

    79

  3. The Great Global Cleanup

    Executive Producer

Appearances29

2020s

  1. 2020

    Down to Earth with Zac Efron

    Self · 16 episodes

    79

  2. Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass

    Himself

  3. The Great Global Cleanup

    Self

  4. The Disney Family Singalong

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    Zac Efron's Pool Party

    Self

  2. 2008

    High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical

    Self

  3. 2007

    You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"

    Self

  4. The Graham Norton Show

    Self · 1 episode

    81
  5. 2006

    El hormiguero

    Self - Guest · 1 episode

    49

  6. Disney Channel Games

    Self · 9 episodes

  7. High School Musical Dance-Along

    Self

  8. 2003

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    Self · 3 episodes

    63

  9. Punk'd

    Self · 2 episodes

    57

  10. Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Self - Guest · 2 episodes

    61