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 Lance Dunkquist / James Jansen
as Johnny Timothy
as Chris Cole
as Self
as Dean Stanton
as Kevin Von Erich
as John 'Chickie' Donohue
as Andy McGee
as Virgil
as Fred Jones (voice)
as Himself
as Self
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as Ted Bundy
as Flicker
as Gary (voice)
as Phillip Carlyle
as Matt Brody
as Dan / "Chris-R"
as Dave Stangle
as Teddy Sanders
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as Jason Kelly
as Cole
as Self
as Self - Actor
as Teddy Sanders
as Superboy / Brainiac (voice)
as Jason
as Self
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as Jim Carrico
as Jack Jansen
as Nat
as Dean Whipple
as Logan Thibault
as Ted Wiggins (voice)
as Self
as Paul
as Anakin Skywalker (voice)
as Charlie St. Cloud
as Self
as Self (Archived Footage)
as Self
as Mike O'Donnell
as Troy Bolton
as Richard Samuels
as Troy Bolton
as Link Larkin
as Self
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as Troy Bolton
as Troy Bolton
as Davey Hunkerhoff
as Self
as Pizza Delivery Guy
as Patrick McCardle
as Trevor
as Billy Joel, Mechanic (voice)
as Anakin Skywalker, Red Power Ranger, God (voice)
as Harry Potter, Horrg, Bowling Pin (voice)
as Steven Morgan
as Zac Efron
as Cameron Bale
as Pete Laemke
as Stuart Wasser
as Daniel Austin
as Self
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as Seth Dawson
as Young Simon
as Luke Tomello
as Self
as Bobby Neville
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as Self - Host
as Executive Producer
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