History Creator / ZacEfron

* ''Film/SeventeenAgain'' (2009) as Teenage Mike O'Donnell

* ''Dr. Seuss' WesternAnimation/TheLorax'' (2012) as Ted Wiggins (voice)

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was a long-standing rumor that he would've played Light Yagami in the American '' Death Note '' adaptation years back. It came to the point that "Is he [Zac Efron] Kira?" became a {{meme|ticMutation}} over night, lasting long after the project was scrapped. (Zac actually looking like Light Yagami in the late 2000s definitely helped the meme). Zac was even a fan of Death Note also won him some points, sadly it wasn’t meant to be.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was a long-standing rumor that he would of played Light Yagami in the American '' Death Note '' adaptation years back. It came to the point that "Is he [Zac Efron] Kira?" became a {{meme|ticMutation}} over night, lasting long after the project was scrapped. (Zac actually looking like Light Yagami in the late 2000s definitely helped the meme). Zac was even a fan of Death Note also won him some points, sadly it wasn’t meant to be.

* ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' (2007) as Link Larkin

He may [[MemeticMutation also be]] [[Manga/DeathNote Kira]].

* ''Film/ExtremelyWickedShockinglyEvilAndVile''' (2019) as UsefulNotes/TedBundy

* ''Film/ExtremelyWickedShockinglyEvilAndVile''' (2019) as Ted Bundy

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was a long-standing rumor that he would of played Light Yagami in the American '' Death Note '' adaptation years back. It came to the point that "Is he [Zac Efron] Kira?" became a {{meme|ticMutation}} over night, lasting long after the project was scrapped. Zac actually looking like Light Yagami in the late 2000s definitely helped the meme. Lastly Zac being a fan of Death Note won him points, but it wasn’t meant to be.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was a long-standing rumor that he would of played Light Yagami in the American '' Death Note '' adaptation years back. It came to the point that "Is he [Zac Efron] Kira?" became a {{meme|ticMutation}} over night, lasting long after the project was scrapped. Zac actually looking like Light Yagami in the late 2000s didn’t hurt. Rumor has it he turned down the part citing the need to cast Asian actors as Asian characters, avoiding a RaceLift... Sadly (for the world) when the movie was eventually made in 2017, Nat Wolff was cast as Light.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was a long-standing rumor that he would of played Light in the American '' Death Note '' adaptation years back. It came to the point that "Is he [Zac Efron] Kira?" became a {{meme|ticMutation}} lasting even after the project was scrapped. Rumor has it that he turned down the part citing the need to cast Asian actors as Asian characters, avoiding a RaceLift... Sadly that wound up happening anyway when the movie eventually came out with Nat Wolff cast as Light.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was a long-standing rumor that he would play Light in the American '' Manga:Death Note '' adaptation, to the point that "Is he [Efron] Kira?" basically became a {{meme|ticMutation}}, before Nat Wolff was cast several years later. Rumor has it that he turned down the part citing the need to cast Asian actors as Asian characters, avoiding a RaceLift... the latter of which is exactly what ended up happening.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was a long-standing rumor that he would play Light in the American ''Death Note'' adaptation, to the point that "Is he [Efron] Kira?" basically became a {{meme|ticMutation}}, before Nat Wolff was cast several years later. Rumor has it that he turned down the part citing the need to cast Asian actors as Asian characters, avoiding a RaceLift... the latter of which is exactly what ended up happening.

* ''Film/SeventeenAgain'' (2009) as teen Mike O'Donnell

* MrFanservice: Takes his shirt off a lot. Is also ''tricked'' into taking his shirt off a lot, per the unashamed admission of friend Creator/SethRogen on ''Neighbors''.

Zachary David Alexander Efron (or [[FanNickname Zefron]], born October 18, 1987 in San Luis Obispo, California) is an American actor and singer whose first (and most famous) major role was as Troy in ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''. Since then, some think that [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct he has branched into a more "serious" actor with better performances.]] He often plays the BigManOnCampus.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'' (2020) as Fred Jones

He dated [[RealLifeRelative HSM co-star]] Music/VanessaHudgens for four years. They split in late 2010; both attribute the breakup to simply growing up.

* MrFanservice: Takes his shirt off a lot. Is also ''tricked'' into taking his shirt off a lot, per the unashamed admission of friend Creator/SethRogen.

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* IAmNotSpock: With the exceptions of ''17 Again'' and ''The Lucky One'', All of his post-HSM films kept flopping at the box office until 2014, with smash box office success of ''Neighbors'' and the modest success of ''That Awkward Moment''.
* MrFanservice: Takes his shirt off a lot. Is also ''tricked'' into taking his shirt off a lot.

Zachary David Alexander Efron (or [[FanNickname Zefron]], born October 18, 1987) is an American actor and singer whose first (and most famous) major role was as Troy in ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''. Since then, some think that [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct he has branched into a more "serious" actor with better performances.]] He often plays the BigManOnCampus.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There was a long-standing rumor that he would play Light in the American ''Death Note'' adaptation, to the point that "Is he [Efron] Kira?" basically became a {{meme|ticMutation}}, before Nat Wolff was cast several years later. Rumor has it that he turned down the part citing the need to cast Asian actors as Asian characters, avoiding a RaceLift...[[ShaggyDogStory the latter of which is exactly what ended up happening]].