| 2026 | Waking a Brutal Beast | Himself | Film |
| 2026 | Pinocchio: Unstrung | Cricket (voice) | Film |
| 2024 | Abruptio | Mr. Salk | Film |
| 2023 | Natty Knocks | Mr. Meredeth | Film |
| 2022 | The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! | | Film |
| 2022 | In Search of Darkness: Part III | Self | Film |
| 2022 | Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story | Self | Film |
| 2021 | Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! | Self - Actor | Film |
| 2021 | Behind the Monsters | Self | TV |
| 2020 | In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self | Film |
| 2015 | Kantemir | John Larousse | Film |
| 2015 | Lake Placid vs. Anaconda | Jim Bickerman | Film |
| 2014 | Fear Clinic | Dr. Andover | Film |
| 2013 | Lake Placid: The Final Chapter | Jim Bickerman | Film |
| 2013 | The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue | Hezekiah Confab | Film |
| 2013 | Sanitarium | Sam | Film |
| 2012 | Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger | Narrator (voice) / Self | Film |
| 2012 | Strippers vs. Werewolves | Tapper | Film |
| 2011 | Good Day for It | Wayne Jackson | Film |
| 2011 | Inkubus | Inkubus | Film |
| 2011 | I Am Nancy | Self | Film |
| 2011 | Scream: The Inside Story | Self | Film |
| 2010 | I Want to Be a Soldier | Psychologist | Film |
| 2010 | Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy | Self | Film |
| 2010 | Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape | Self (archive footage) | Film |
| 2009 | Spider-Man: Re-Animated | Self | Film |
| 2009 | Night of the Sinner | The Prince | Film |
| 2008 | Red | Mr. Doust | Film |
| 2008 | Zombie Strippers! | Ian | Film |
| 2007 | Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer | Professor Gordon Crowley | Film |
| 2007 | Heckler | Self | Film |
| 2007 | Black Swarm | Eli Giles | Film |
| 2006 | The House That Freddy Built | Self | Film |
| 2006 | Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon | Doc Halloran | Film |
| 2006 | Heartstopper | Sheriff Berger | Film |
| 2006 | Hatchet | Samson Dunstan | Film |
| 2005 | 2001 Maniacs | Mayor Buckman | Film |
| 2005 | The Perfect Scary Movie | Self | Film |
| 2004 | Nobody Knows Anything! | Jack Sampson | Film |
| 2003 | The Return of Cagliostro | Erroll Douglas | Film |
| 2003 | Freddy vs. Jason | Freddy Krueger | Film |
| 2003 | Like a Bad Dream | Professor | Film |
| 2002 | Wish You Were Dead | Bernie Garces | Film |
| 2002 | Windfall | Scratch | Film |
| 2000 | Python | Dr. Anton Rudolph | Film |
| 1999 | The Prince and the Surfer | Kratski | Film |
| 1998 | Strangeland | Jackson Roth | Film |
| 1998 | Meet the Deedles | Nemo | Film |
| 1998 | Urban Legend | Professor William Wexler | Film |
| 1997 | Wishmaster | Raymond Beaumont | Film |
| 1997 | Perfect Target | Colonel Shakwell | Film |
| 1997 | Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! | Self | Film |
| 1996 | The Paper Brigade | Crazy Man Cooper | Film |
| 1996 | Killer Tongue | Prison Director | Film |
| 1995 | The Mangler | William 'Bill' Gartley | Film |
| 1994 | Wes Craven's New Nightmare | Robert Englund / Freddy Krueger | Film |
| 1994 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle | Peter Cartwright | Film |
| 1994 | Mortal Fear | Dr. Ralph Wannamaker | Film |
| 1993 | Night Terrors | Marquis De Sade | Film |
| 1992 | Nightmare Cafe | Blackie | TV |
| 1992 | Dance Macabre | Anthony | Film |
| 1991 | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | Freddy Krueger | Film |
| 1990 | The Adventures of Ford Fairlane | Smiley | Film |
| 1989 | The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV' | Self / Freddy Krueger | Film |
| 1989 | A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child | Freddy Krueger | Film |
| 1989 | C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud | Man in Trenchcoat (uncredited) | Film |
| 1989 | The Phantom of the Opera | Erik Destler / The Phantom | Film |
| 1988 | Freddy's Nightmares | Freddy Krueger | TV |
| 1988 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master | Freddy Krueger | Film |
| 1987 | A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Freddy Krueger | Film |
| 1986 | Never Too Young to Die | Riley | Film |
| 1986 | Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors | Self | Film |
| 1985 | A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge | Freddy Krueger | Film |
| 1984 | V: The Final Battle | Willie | TV |
| 1984 | V | Willie | TV |
| 1984 | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Fred Krueger | Film |
| 1983 | Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land | Scott | Film |
| 1983 | V | Willie | TV |
| 1982 | Mysterious Two | Boone | Film |
| 1981 | Dead & Buried | Harry | Film |