Robert Englund

Actor · Crew· Glendale, California, USA

Robert Englund, born in 1947, is an American actor and voice actor celebrated for his portrayal of the iconic horror villain Freddy Krueger in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series. A classically trained performer, Englund's chilling depiction of the razor-gloved dream stalker earned him Saturn Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor in both "A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" and "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master." His role as Freddy remains his most enduring legacy in a career marked by versatility and a flair for the macabre.

Known For

The roles that explain the career.

Full credits

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984

Freddy vs. Jason

Freddy Krueger · 2003

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

Freddy Krueger · 1985

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Freddy Krueger · 1987

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

Freddy Krueger · 1988

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Robert Englund / Freddy Krueger · 1994

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Freddy Krueger · 1991

Urban Legend

Professor William Wexler · 1998

Filmography

80 credits across 2 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
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	Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story	Self	Film
2022	In Search of Darkness: Part III	Self	Film
2021	Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!	Self - Actor	Film
2021	Behind the Monsters	Self	TV
2020	The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault	(archive footage)	Film
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
2014	The Last Showing	Stuart	Film
2013	The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue	Hezekiah Confab	Film
2013	Lake Placid: The Final Chapter	Jim Bickerman	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	Underground Entertainment: The Movie	Robert	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
2005	Dance of the Dead	MC	Film
2004	Nobody Knows Anything!	Jack Sampson	Film
2003	The Return of Cagliostro	Erroll Douglas	Film
2003	Like a Bad Dream	Professor	Film
2003	Freddy vs. Jason	Freddy Krueger	Film
2002	Windfall	Scratch	Film
2002	Wish You Were Dead	Bernie Garces	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	Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!	Self	Film
1997	Perfect Target	Colonel Shakwell	Film
1996	The Paper Brigade	Crazy Man Cooper	Film
1996	Killer Tongue	Prison Director	Film
1996	Starquest II	Father O'Neill	Film
1995	The Mangler	William 'Bill' Gartley	Film
1994	Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle	Peter Cartwright	Film
1994	Wes Craven's New Nightmare	Robert Englund / Freddy Krueger	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	The Phantom of the Opera	Erik Destler / The Phantom	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
1988	A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master	Freddy Krueger	Film
1988	Freddy's Nightmares	Freddy Krueger	TV
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
1986	Downtown	Dennis Shothoffer	TV
1985	A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge	Freddy Krueger	Film
1984	V	Willie	TV

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