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Zac Efron
Zac Efron’s screen credits include Phillip Carlyle in The Greatest Showman, Link Larkin in Hairspray, and Ted Wiggins (voice) in The Lorax.
Born October 18, 1987 San Luis Obispo, California, USA4 movies on MoviHero
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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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- 2026Boundless: The Man Who Became HumanProducer
- 2024A Family AffairChris Cole
- 2024Ricky StanickyDean
- 2023The Iron ClawKevin Von Erich
- 2022The Greatest Beer Run EverJohn 'Chickie' Donohue
- 2022FirestarterAndy McGee
- 2022GoldVirgil
- 2020Scoob!Fred Jones (voice)
- 2020Dude Perfect: Backstage PassHimself
- 2020The Great Global CleanupProducer · Self
- 2020The Disney Family SingalongSelf
- 2019Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and VileProducer · Ted Bundy
- 2019The Beach BumFlicker
- 2017BaywatchMatt Brody
- 2017The Disaster ArtistDan / 'Chris-R'
- 2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding DatesDave Stangle
- 2016Neighbors 2: Sorority RisingTeddy Sanders
- 2016Dirty GrandpaJason Kelly
- 2015We Are Your FriendsCole
- 201421 Years: Richard LinklaterSelf - Actor
- 2014NeighborsTeddy Sanders
- 2014Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in ParadiseSuperboy / Brainiac (voice)
- 2014That Awkward MomentProducer · Jason
- 2013ParklandJim Carrico
- 2012Liberal ArtsNat
- 2012The PaperboyJack Jansen
- 2012At Any PriceDean Whipple
- 2012The Lucky OneLogan Thibault
- 2011New Year's EvePaul
- 2010Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode IIIAnakin Skywalker (voice)
- 2010Charlie St. CloudCharlie St. Cloud
- 2009Zac Efron's Pool PartySelf
- 200917 AgainMike O'Donnell
- 2008High School Musical 3: Making of a MusicalSelf
- 2008Me and Orson WellesRichard Samuels
- 2007You Can’t Stop the Beat: The Long Journey of "Hairspray"Self
- 2007High School Musical 2Troy Bolton
- 2006High School Musical: RemixTroy Bolton
- 2006High School Musical Dance-AlongSelf
- 2006High School MusicalTroy Bolton
- 2005The Derby StallionPatrick McCardle
- 2004Miracle RunSteven Morgan
- FamousLance Dunkquist / James Jansen
- Judgment DayActor
- Night BusinessJohnny Timothy
- Three Men and a BabyActor
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Troy Bolton
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
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The Lorax
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The Greatest Showman
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