Zac Efron was first seen in Episode: "Safe" of the American space Western drama television series ‘Firefly’ in 2002. He made his silver screen debut in the 2003 film ‘Melinda's World’ directed by David Baumgarten. The following year, he joined the main cast of the American drama television series ‘Summerland’ created by Stephen Tolkin and Lori Loughlin. He played the role of ‘Cameron Bale’ and remained a part of the show until it went off-air in 2005. He next played the role of ‘Link Larkin’ in the 2007 American musical romantic comedy film ‘Hairspray’ directed by Adam Shankman. The film saw critical acclaim upon release and was a major commercial success, grossing over $203.5 million on a $75 million budget. In 2008, he portrayed ‘Troy Bolton’ in the American musical film ‘High School Musical 3: Senior Year’ directed by Kenny Ortega. The film, despite opening to mixed reviews, was a massive box office success and grossed over $252.9 million on a budget of $11 million. The same year, he was also seen in the period drama film ‘Me and Orson Welles’ which received a positive response from critics. In 2009, he starred as ‘Mike O'Donnell’ in the American fantasy comedy film ‘17 Again’ directed by Burr Steers. Even though the film received mixed reviews from critics, it managed to do decent business at the box office.
Efron continued to star in films like ‘Charlie St. Cloud’ (2010), ‘New Year's Eve’ (2011), ‘At Any Price’ (2012), ‘Liberal Arts’ (2012), ‘The Paperboy’ (2012), ‘Parkland’ (2013), ‘Neighbors’ (2014), ‘We Are Your Friends’ (2015), ‘Dirty Grandpa’ (2016), ‘Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising’ (2016), ‘Baywatch’ (2017), ‘The Greatest Showman’ (2017), ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ (2019), ‘Scoob!’ (2020), and ‘Gold’ (2022). He was last seen in the 2022 American science fiction thriller film ‘Firestarter’ directed by Keith Thomas. The film was panned by critics and received an 11% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes. Efron is all set to appear in the upcoming war drama film ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever.’