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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) an…
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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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A Family Affair
as Chris Cole
Ricky Stanicky
as Dean
The Iron Claw
as Kevin Von Erich
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
as John 'Chickie' Donohue
Firestarter
as Andy McGee
Gold
as Virgil
Scoob!
as Fred Jones (voice)
Dude Perfect: Backstage Pass
as Himself
The Great Global Cleanup
as Self
The Disney Family Singalong
as Self
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
as Ted Bundy
The Beach Bum
as Flicker
The Greatest Showman
as Phillip Carlyle
Baywatch
as Matt Brody
The Disaster Artist
as Dan / 'Chris-R'
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
as Dave Stangle
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
as Teddy Sanders
Dirty Grandpa
as Jason Kelly
We Are Your Friends
as Cole
21 Years: Richard Linklater
as Self - Actor
Neighbors
as Teddy Sanders
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
as Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
That Awkward Moment
as Jason
Parkland
as Jim Carrico
The Paperboy
as Jack Jansen
Liberal Arts
as Nat
At Any Price
as Dean Whipple
The Lucky One
as Logan Thibault
The Lorax
as Ted Wiggins (voice)
New Year's Eve
as Paul
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III
as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
Charlie St. Cloud
as Charlie St. Cloud
Zac Efron's Pool Party
as Self
17 Again
as Mike O'Donnell
High School Musical 3: Making of a Musical
as Self
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
as Troy Bolton
Me and Orson Welles
as Richard Samuels
You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"
as Self
High School Musical 2
as Troy Bolton
Hairspray
as Link Larkin
High School Musical: Remix
as Troy Bolton
High School Musical Dance-Along
as Self
High School Musical
as Troy Bolton
The Derby Stallion
as Patrick McCardle
Miracle Run
as Steven Morgan
Famous
as Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
Three Men and a Baby
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