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Robert Englund

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Robert Englund
IMDb takes a closer look at the notable career of actor Robert Englund in this retrospective of his various roles.
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Robert Englund Career Retrospective
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Veteran character actor Robert Englund was born in Glendale, California, to Janis (MacDonald) and John Kent Englund, an aeronautics engineer. Since 1973, Robert has appeared in over 75 feature films and starred in four TV series. He has starred alongside Oscar-winners Henry Fonda, Susan Sarandon and Jeff Bridges. Since 1984 he's achieved international fame as the iconic boogeyman Freddy Krueger in the hit franchise A Nightmare on Elm Street and its seven sequels. Englund has guest starred in hundreds of hours of TV most recently Bones, Criminal Minds and Hawaii 5-0. He will soon be seen starring in the horror film Fear Clinic, and the English thriller The Last Showing, he can be heard as the voice of the Evil Beaver in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon show.
BornJune 6, 1947
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Horror Villains Through the Years

Horror Villains Through the Years

Even bad guys have to change their look from time to time. Check out the evolution of Hollywood's biggest villains through the years.
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Robert Englund and Ara Paiaya in Dubbed & Dangerous 3 (2004)
Robert Englund and Ara Paiaya in Dubbed & Dangerous 3 (2004)
Robert Englund and Ara Paiaya in Dubbed & Dangerous 3 (2004)
Robert Englund in Chapter Four: Dear Billy (2022)
Robert Englund and Craig Littler in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
Jamie Lee Curtis, Robert Englund, and Susan Pratt in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
Robert Englund and Craig Littler in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
Robert Englund, Walter Flanagan, Bryan Johnson, and Ming Chen in Comic Book Men (2012)
Robert Englund and Doug Bradley in Killer Tongue (1996)
Robert Englund in Killer Tongue (1996)
Robert Englund in Killer Tongue (1996)
Robert Englund in Killer Tongue (1996)

Known for

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street
7.4
  • Fred Krueger
  • 1984
Robert Englund and Ken Kirzinger in Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Freddy vs. Jason
5.7
  • Freddy Krueger
  • 2003
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
5.6
  • Freddy Krueger
  • 1988
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
6.6
  • Freddy Krueger
  • 1987

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  • Natty Knocks
    • Post-production
  • Abruptio
    • Completed
  • Harvest Moon
    • Pre-production
  • Winona Ryder, Tom Wlaschiha, David Harbour, Brett Gelman, Maya Hawke, Jamie Campbell Bower, Natalia Dyer, Joseph Quinn, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Noah Schnapp, Gaten Matarazzo, Priah Ferguson, and Eduardo Franco in Stranger Things (2016)
    Stranger Things
  • Asa Butterfield and Iola Evans in Choose or Die (2022)
    Choose or Die
    • (voice)
  • Dota: Dragon's Blood (2021)
    Dota: Dragon's Blood
    • (voice)
  • Commune (2021)
    Commune
  • JJ Villard's Fairy Tales (2020)
    JJ Villard's Fairy Tales
    • (voice)
  • Spy Kids: Mission Critical (2018)
    Spy Kids: Mission Critical
    • (voice)
  • Jeff Garlin, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Troy Gentile, Hayley Orrantia, and Sean Giambrone in The Goldbergs (2013)
    The Goldbergs
  • Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam (2017)
    Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
  • Pig Goat Banana Cricket (2015)
    Pig Goat Banana Cricket
    • (voice)
  • Uncle Grandpa (2010)
    Uncle Grandpa
    • (voice)
  • Robert Englund and Jason London in Nightworld: Door of Hell (2017)
    Nightworld: Door of Hell
  • Kevin Conroy, George Newbern, and Laura Bailey in Injustice 2 (2017)
    Injustice 2
    • (voice)
  • William Salyers and J.G. Quintel in Regular Show (2009)
    Regular Show
    • (voice)
  • Keenan Lehmann, Gabrielle Haugh, and Meredith Rose in The Midnight Man (2016)
    The Midnight Man
  • Breadwinners (2014)
    Breadwinners
    • (voice)

Additional Crew

  • Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
    Freddy's Nightmares

Director

  • Daniel Franzese, Eric Jungmann, Shane McRae, and Andy Milonakis in Killer Pad (2008)
    Killer Pad
  • Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
    Freddy's Nightmares
  • 976-EVIL (1988)
    976-EVIL
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Robert Englund Career Retrospective
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Robert Englund Career Retrospective
Fear Clinic
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Fear Clinic
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Fear Clinic
Fear Clinic
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Fear Clinic
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
A Nightmare on Elm Street
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
Zombie Strippers
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Zombie Strippers
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Zombie Strippers
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Personal details

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    • June 6, 1947
    • Glendale, California, USA
    • Nancy BoothOctober 1, 1988 - present
    • Adam Englund(Not Related)
  • Other works
    Stage: The Shakespeare Festival, 1969-1972.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 8 Interviews
    • 7 Articles
    • 4 Pictorials
    • 15 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

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    He is a keen surfer, and has been shown on Entertainment Tonight (1981) talking about surfing.
  • Quotes
    When I was 9, I went to a birthday party. We were supposed to see a cowboy movie, but the programming got screwed up and we saw The Bad Seed (1956) instead. Horrifying. For years I was frightened of girls with pigtails.
    • Often plays elderly or ancient characters
    • Freddy vs. Jason
      (2003)
      $1,000,000

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