Robert Englund

Known for: Acting
Born: June 6, 1947, Glendale, California, USA
Movies: 145

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.

Upcoming Robert Englund Movies

Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble

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Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon

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Best-Known Movies

7.4

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984

6.1

Freddy vs. Jason

2003

5.8

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

1985

6.7

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987

5.9

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

1988

6.5

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

1994

6.0

Urban Legend

1998

5.3

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

1991

5.4

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

1989

5.2

Choose or Die

2022

Filmography

2026	Pinocchio: Unstrung	Cricket (voice)
2026	Waking a Brutal Beast	Himself
2024	Abruptio	Mr. Salk
2024	Mad Props	Self
2023	Under the Bed	Narrator
2023	Natty Knocks	Mr. Meredeth
2023	The Quantum Devil	Barada (voice)
2022	In Search of Darkness: Part III	Self
2022	The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
2022	Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story	Self
2022	Halloween in Hollywood	Self
2022	FredHeads: The Documentary	Himself
2022	Choose or Die	Robert Englund (voice)
2021	Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!	Self - Actor
2021	Nightmares in the Makeup Chair	Self
2020	In Search of Darkness: Part II	Self
2020	AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis	Self
2020	AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1	Self
2020	The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault	(archive footage)
2019	Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street	Self
2018	Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend	Self
2018	Making Fun: The Story of Funko	Self
2017	Cult of Terror	Self - Actor
2017	Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam	Skull Collector
2017	To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story	Self
2017	Nightworld	Jacob
2016	The Midnight Man	Dr. Goodberry
2015	The Funhouse Massacre	Warden Kane
2015	Kantemir	John Larousse
2015	Lake Placid vs. Anaconda	Jim Bickerman
2015	Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera	Self
2014	Fear Clinic	Dr. Andover
2014	The Last Showing	Stuart
2014	Witches Blood	Himself
2013	Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th	Self
2013	The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue	Hezekiah Confab
2013	Lake Placid: The Final Chapter	Jim Bickerman
2013	Sanitarium	Sam
2012	Zombie Mutation	Dream Man
2012	Strippers vs. Werewolves	Tapper
2012	Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger	Narrator (voice) / Self
2011	Inkubus	Inkubus
2011	Underground Entertainment: The Movie	Robert
2011	I Am Nancy	Self
2011	Good Day for It	Wayne Jackson
2011	Scream: The Inside Story	Self
2010	Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror	Self
2010	I Want to Be a Soldier	Psychologist
2010	Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape	Self (archive footage)
2010	Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy	Self
2009	Night of the Sinner	The Prince
2008	The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard	Adrian Toomes/Vulture (voice)
2008	Red	Mr. Doust
2008	Zombie Strippers!	Ian
2007	The Making of 'Hatchet'	Self
2007	Black Swarm	Eli Giles
2007	Heckler	Self
2007	Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer	Professor Gordon Crowley
2006	Heartstopper	Sheriff Berger
2006	Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’	Self
2006	Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon	Doc Halloran
2006	Hatchet	Samson Dunstan
2006	The House That Freddy Built	Self
2005	Dance of the Dead	MC
2005	The Perfect Scary Movie	Self
2005	2001 Maniacs	Mayor Buckman
2004	Nobody Knows Anything!	Jack Sampson
2004	Genesis: Development Hell	Self
2004	Dubbed and Dangerous 3	Mr. Englund
2003	The Return of Cagliostro	Erroll Douglas
2003	Like a Bad Dream	Professor
2003	Freddy vs. Jason	Freddy Krueger
2003	Justice League: Paradise Lost	Felix Faust (voice)
2002	Windfall	Scratch
2002	Wish You Were Dead	Bernie Garces
2000	Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film	Self
2000	Python	Dr. Anton Rudolph
1999	The Prince and the Surfer	Kratski
1999	Welcome to Primetime	Self
1999	The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
1998	Strangeland	Jackson Roth
1998	Urban Legend	Professor William Wexler
1998	Meet the Deedles	Nemo
1997	Wishmaster	Raymond Beaumont
1997	Perfect Target	Colonel Shakwell
1997	Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!	Self
1996	Killer Tongue	Prison Director
1996	The Paper Brigade	Crazy Man Cooper
1996	Starquest II	Father O'Neill
1996	The Vampyre Wars
1995	The Unspoken Truth	Ernest Trainor
1995	The Mangler	William 'Bill' Gartley
1994	Mortal Fear	Dr. Ralph Wannamaker
1994	Wes Craven's New Nightmare	Robert Englund / Freddy Krueger
1994	Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects	Self
1994	Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle	Peter Cartwright
1993	Night Terrors	Marquis De Sade
1993	The Nightmare Begins Again	Freddy Krueger
1992	Dance Macabre	Anthony
1991	Hooray for Horrorwood	Self
1991	Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story	Freddy Krueger
1991	Bride of Weekend of Horrors	Self
1991	The Horror Hall of Fame II	Self - Host
1991	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare	Freddy Krueger
1990	The Adventures of Ford Fairlane	Smiley
1989	The Phantom of the Opera	Erik Destler / The Phantom
1989	The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'	Self / Freddy Krueger
1989	A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child	Freddy Krueger
1989	C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud	Man in Trenchcoat (uncredited)
1988	It's a Miserable Life	Freddy Kruger
1988	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	Freddy Krueger
1988	The Freddy Krueger Special	Freddy Krueger
1987	Infidelity	Scott
1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Freddy Krueger
1986	Never Too Young to Die	Riley
1986	Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors	Self
1985	A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge	Freddy Krueger
1984	A Nightmare on Elm Street	Fred Krueger
1983	Hobson's Choice	Freddy Beenstock
1983	I Want to Live	Sam Cooper
1983	Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land	Scott
1983	The Fighter	Charlie
1982	Mysterious Two	Boone
1982	Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder	Tripper
1982	Thou Shalt Not Kill	Bobby Collins
1981	Galaxy of Terror	Ranger
1981	Dead & Buried	Harry
1979	Mind Over Murder	Ted Beasly
1979	The Ordeal of Patty Hearst	Informer
1978	The Fifth Floor	Benny
1978	Bloodbrothers	Mott
1978	The Great Smokey Roadblock	Beebo Crozier
1978	The Courage and the Passion	Sgt. Bell
1978	Big Wednesday	"Fly"
1977	Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy	Willy
1976	Eaten Alive	Buck
1976	A Star Is Born	Marty (uncredited)
1976	Stay Hungry	Franklin
1976	St. Ives	Hood
1975	Hustle	Hold-up Man
1975	Slashed Dreams	Michael Sutherland
1974	Buster and Billie	Whitey

Directing, Writing & Producing

2015	Kantemir	Producer
2008	Killer Pad	Director
1988	976-EVIL	Director

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