Robert Englund
Department: Acting
Biography
Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor and voice-actor, best known for playing the fictional serial killer Freddy Krueger, in the Nightmare on Elm Street film series. He received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors in 1987 and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master in 1988. Englund is a classically trained actor.
Known For
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1988
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
1989
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
1985
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
2021
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
FredHeads: The Documentary
2022
Wishmaster
1997
Heartstopper
2006
2001 Maniacs
2005
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
2006
Stay Hungry
1976
Eaten Alive
1976
Freddy vs. Jason
2003
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991
Wish You Were Dead
2002
Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera
2015
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994
Dead & Buried
1981
Hatchet
2006
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
1990
Zombie Strippers!
2008
Red
2008
Scream: The Inside Story
2011
Urban Legend
1998
Strangeland
1998
Never Too Young to Die
1986
The Mangler
1995
Heckler
2007
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
1997
Meet the Deedles
1998
Galaxy of Terror
1981
Python
2000
Killer Tongue
1996
The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978
Good Day for It
2011
St. Ives
1976
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
2007
Windfall
2002
The Paper Brigade
1996
The Nightmare Begins Again
1993
I Want to Be a Soldier
2010
The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'
1989
The Fifth Floor
1978
Strippers vs. Werewolves
2012
Night Terrors
1993
The Return of Cagliostro
2003
The Phantom of the Opera
1989
Inkubus
2011
Slashed Dreams
1975
Dance Macabre
1992
Perfect Target
1997
Natty Knocks
2023
Bride of Weekend of Horrors
1991
The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue
2013
The Prince and the Surfer
1999
Lake Placid: The Final Chapter
2013
Sanitarium
2013
I Am Nancy
2011
The Freddy Krueger Special
1988
Starquest II
1996
The Last Showing
2014
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
1982
Welcome to Primetime
1999
The Quantum Devil
2023
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004
Buster and Billie
1974
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
Fear Clinic
2014
Kantemir
2015
Zombie Mutation
2012
Witches Blood
2014
The Vampyre Wars
1996
A Star Is Born
1976
Hustle
1975
As a Bad Dream
2003
Dubbed and Dangerous 3
2004
Halloween in Hollywood
2022
Big Wednesday
1978
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
2022
Lake Placid vs. Anaconda
2015
Mad Props
2024
Dance of the Dead
2005
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
1979
The Funhouse Massacre
2015
Abruptio
2024
The Unspoken Truth
1995
Justice League: Paradise Lost
2003
Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story
1991
Mysterious Two
1982
Hooray for Horrorwood
1991
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
2019
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
1986
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017
Nightworld
2017
The Midnight Man
2016
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
2018
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
2012
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
1989
Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
2017
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
2018
Mind Over Murder
1979
Hobson's Choice
1983
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1999
Black Swarm
2007
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
2013
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
Cult of Terror
2017
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
1983
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
1977
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
2020
Night of the Sinner
2009
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
1994
Bloodbrothers
1978
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
2006
The Perfect Scary Movie
2005
Infidelity
1987
The Courage and the Passion
1978
Thou Shalt Not Kill
1982
Mortal Fear
1994
I Want to Live
1983
The Fighter
1983
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
2022
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
2010
Choose or Die
2022
The House That Freddy Built
2006
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
2008
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
2000
Under the Bed
2023
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994
Pinocchio: Unstrung
2026
Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble
—
The Making of 'Hatchet'
2007
Nightmares in the Makeup Chair
2021
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
2020
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
The Horror Hall of Fame II
1991
Alice
1976
Night Court
1984
CHiPs
1977
The Simpsons
1989
Sliders
1995
Simon & Simon
1981
Bones
2005
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
Knight Rider
1982
Charmed
1998
The Batman
2004
Comic Book Men
2012
Manimal
1983
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Charlie's Angels
1976
MacGyver
1985
Masters of Horror
2005
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
Babylon 5
1994
Hart to Hart
1979
I'm with Her
2003
Freddy's Nightmares
1988
Nightmare Cafe
1992
California Fever
1979
Hunter
1984
MADtv
1995
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
2021
The Nightmare Room
2001
High Chaparall
2003
Police Woman
1974
Hollywood Beat
1985
V
1983
Code R
1977
Paris
1979
The New Tom Green Show
2003
Downtown
1986
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Justice League
2001
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Fear Clinic
2009
Chuck
2007
Hell's Kitchen
2005
El hormiguero
2006
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Behind the Monsters
2021
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
2015
Supernatural
2005
V
1984
Stranger Things
2016
100 Scariest Movie Moments
2004
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
Criminal Minds
2005
V: The Final Battle
1984
Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror
2022
Regular Show
2010
Regular Show
2010
Regular Show
2010
Married... with Children
1987
Royal Crackers
2023
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2012
RTL Samstag Nacht
1993
True Terror with Robert Englund
2020
Lo + plus
1995
Uncle Grandpa
2013
The Goldbergs
2013
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
2011
Curses!
2023
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
Workaholics
2011
Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.
2013
Breadwinners
2014
The Hughleys
1998
Cassie & Co.
1982