Zac Efron is an American actor, voice actor, and singer, who began acting in the early 2000s and became known to young audiences after his roles as Cameron Bale in The WB drama series Summerland, as well as Link Larkin in the 2007 film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray. Speaking to Newsweek in June 2006, director Adam Shankman described Efron as "arguably the biggest teen star in America right now."
He also portrayed Troy Bolton in the High School Musical film trilogy and was mentioned in the Wizards of Waverly Place episode "Wizards vs. Angels" and the Bunk'd episode "Dreams Come True". In 2007, right before the release of High School Musical 2, Rolling Stone declared him the "poster boy for tweeny boppers" and featured him in their late August issue.
Outside of Disney, Efron is well-known for playing Mike O'Donnell (at age 17) in the 2009 teen fantasy comedy film 17 Again, Phillip Carlyle in the 2017 musical drama film The Greatest Showman, and Fred Jones in the 2020 WAG computer-animated film Scoob!.
For Universal He provided the voice of Ted Wiggins in Universal/Illumination's 2012 adaptation of The Lorax.