Robert Englund

Actor

Robert Englund

Born June 6, 1947 in Glendale, California, USA101 films

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.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street posterFirst watchA Nightmare on Elm Street19847.4as Fred KruegerA leading role in one of the best-rated films of their career.Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred…View film

Essential films

Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors poster6.7A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors1987Wes Craven's New Nightmare poster6.5Wes Craven's New Nightmare1994Freddy vs. Jason poster6.1Freddy vs. Jason2003A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master poster5.9A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master1988A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge poster5.8A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge1985The Phantom of the Opera poster5.7The Phantom of the Opera1989Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer poster5.6Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer20072001 Maniacs poster5.52001 Maniacs2005

Filmography

101 films as actor
  1. TBAPoohniverse: Monsters AssembleCricket (voice)
  2. TBABehind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie VernonDoc Halloran
  3. 2026Pinocchio: UnstrungCricket (voice)
  4. 2024AbruptioMr. Salk
  5. 2023Under the BedNarrator
  6. 2023Natty KnocksMr. Meredeth
  7. 2023The Quantum DevilBarada (voice)
  8. 2022The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
  9. 2022Choose or DieRobert Englund (voice)
  10. 2017Campfire Creepers: The Skull of SamSkull Collector
  11. 2017NightworldJacob
  12. 2016The Midnight ManDr. Goodberry
  13. 2015The Funhouse MassacreWarden Kane
  14. 2015KantemirJohn Larousse
  15. 2015Lake Placid vs. AnacondaJim Bickerman
  16. 2014Fear ClinicDr. Andover
  17. 2014The Last ShowingStuart
  18. 2013The Mole Man of Belmont AvenueHezekiah Confab
  19. 2013Lake Placid: The Final ChapterJim Bickerman
  20. 2013SanitariumSam
  21. 2012Zombie MutationDream Man
  22. 2012Strippers vs. WerewolvesTapper
  23. 2011InkubusInkubus
  24. 2011Underground Entertainment: The MovieRobert
  25. 2011Good Day for ItWayne Jackson
  26. 2010I Want to Be a SoldierPsychologist
  27. 2009Night of the SinnerThe Prince
  28. 2008The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the LizardAdrian Toomes/Vulture (voice)
  29. 2008RedMr. Doust
  30. 2008Zombie Strippers!Ian
  31. 2007Black SwarmEli Giles
  32. 2007Jack Brooks: Monster SlayerProfessor Gordon Crowley
  33. 2006HeartstopperSheriff Berger
  34. 2006Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie VernonDoc Halloran
  35. 2006HatchetSamson Dunstan
  36. 2005Dance of the DeadMC
  37. 20052001 ManiacsMayor Buckman
  38. 2004Nobody Knows Anything!Jack Sampson
  39. 2004Dubbed and Dangerous 3Mr. Englund
  40. 2003The Return of CagliostroErroll Douglas
  41. 2003Like a Bad DreamProfessor
  42. 2003Freddy vs. JasonFreddy Krueger
  43. 2003Justice League: Paradise LostFelix Faust (voice)
  44. 2002WindfallScratch
  45. 2002Wish You Were DeadBernie Garces
  46. 2000PythonDr. Anton Rudolph
  47. 1999The Prince and the SurferKratski
  48. 1999The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
  49. 1998StrangelandJackson Roth
  50. 1998Urban LegendProfessor William Wexler
  51. 1998Meet the DeedlesNemo
  52. 1997WishmasterRaymond Beaumont
  53. 1997Perfect TargetColonel Shakwell
  54. 1996Killer TonguePrison Director
  55. 1996The Paper BrigadeCrazy Man Cooper
  56. 1996Starquest IIFather O'Neill
  57. 1996The Vampyre Wars
  58. 1995The Unspoken TruthErnest Trainor
  59. 1995The ManglerWilliam 'Bill' Gartley
  60. 1994Mortal FearDr. Ralph Wannamaker
  61. 1994Wes Craven's New NightmareRobert Englund / Freddy Krueger
  62. 1994Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal LifestylePeter Cartwright
  63. 1993Night TerrorsMarquis De Sade
  64. 1993The Nightmare Begins AgainFreddy Krueger
  65. 1992Dance MacabreAnthony
  66. 1991Freddy's Dead: The Final NightmareFreddy Krueger
  67. 1990The Adventures of Ford FairlaneSmiley
  68. 1989The Phantom of the OperaErik Destler / The Phantom
  69. 1989A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream ChildFreddy Krueger
  70. 1989C.H.U.D. II: Bud the ChudMan in Trenchcoat (uncredited)
  71. 1988A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream MasterFreddy Krueger
  72. 1988The Freddy Krueger SpecialFreddy Krueger
  73. 1987InfidelityScott
  74. 1987A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream WarriorsFreddy Krueger
  75. 1986Never Too Young to DieRiley
  76. 1985A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's RevengeFreddy Krueger
  77. 1984A Nightmare on Elm StreetFred Krueger
  78. 1983Hobson's ChoiceFreddy Beenstock
  79. 1983I Want to LiveSam Cooper
  80. 1983Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't LandScott
  81. 1983The FighterCharlie
  82. 1982Mysterious TwoBoone
  83. 1982Don't Cry, It's Only ThunderTripper
  84. 1982Thou Shalt Not KillBobby Collins
  85. 1981Galaxy of TerrorRanger
  86. 1981Dead & BuriedHarry
  87. 1979Mind Over MurderTed Beasly
  88. 1979The Ordeal of Patty HearstInformer
  89. 1978The Fifth FloorBenny
  90. 1978BloodbrothersMott
  91. 1978The Great Smokey RoadblockBeebo Crozier
  92. 1978The Courage and the PassionSgt. Bell
  93. 1978Big Wednesday"Fly"
  94. 1977Young Joe, the Forgotten KennedyWilly
  95. 1976Eaten AliveBuck
  96. 1976A Star Is BornMarty (uncredited)
  97. 1976Stay HungryFranklin
  98. 1976St. IvesHood
  99. 1975HustleHold-up Man
  100. 1975Slashed DreamsMichael Sutherland
  101. 1974Buster and BillieWhitey