Robert Englund

Robert Englund

Known for
Acting
Born
June 6, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Glendale, California, USA

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

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Filmography

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Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble poster

Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble

Movie · as Cricket (voice)

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Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon poster

Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon

Movie · as Doc Halloran

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New Line: Independent Legacies

New Line: Independent Legacies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
Pinocchio: Unstrung poster

Pinocchio: Unstrung

Movie · as Cricket (voice)

2026
Waking a Brutal Beast

Waking a Brutal Beast

Movie · as Himself

2026
Stranger Things: Tales from '85 poster

Stranger Things: Tales from '85

TV · as Cosmo (voice) · 1 ep

2026
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes poster

Regular Show: The Lost Tapes

TV · as Anti-Pops / Guard 2 (voice) · 1 ep

2024
Mad Props poster

Mad Props

Movie · as Self

2024
Abruptio poster

Abruptio

Movie · as Mr. Salk

2023
Natty Knocks poster

Natty Knocks

Movie · as Mr. Meredeth

2023
The Quantum Devil poster

The Quantum Devil

Movie · as Barada (voice)

2023
Under the Bed poster

Under the Bed

Movie · as Narrator

2023
Royal Crackers poster

Royal Crackers

TV · as Warwick (voice) · 1 ep

2023
Curses! poster

Curses!

TV · as Cornelius (voice) · 5 eps

2022
FredHeads: The Documentary poster

FredHeads: The Documentary

Movie · as Himself

2022
In Search of Darkness: Part III poster

In Search of Darkness: Part III

Movie · as Self

2022
Halloween in Hollywood poster

Halloween in Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2022
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! poster

The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!

Movie

2022
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story poster

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Movie · as Self

2022
Choose or Die poster

Choose or Die

Movie · as Robert Englund (voice)

2022
Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror poster

Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 5 eps

2021
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! poster

Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

Movie · as Self - Actor

2021
Nightmares in the Makeup Chair

Nightmares in the Makeup Chair

Movie · as Self

2021
DOTA: Dragon's Blood poster

DOTA: Dragon's Blood

TV · as Aetherak (voice) · 2 eps

2021
Behind the Monsters poster

Behind the Monsters

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 poster

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1

Movie · as Self

2020
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis poster

AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

Movie · as Self

2020
In Search of Darkness: Part II poster

In Search of Darkness: Part II

Movie · as Self

2020
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault poster

The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

Movie · as (archive footage)

2020
True Terror with Robert Englund poster

True Terror with Robert Englund

TV · as Himself · 6 eps

2019
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street poster

Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

Movie · as Self

2019
The Movies That Made Us poster

The Movies That Made Us

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Making Fun: The Story of Funko poster

Making Fun: The Story of Funko

Movie · as Self

2018
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend poster

Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend

Movie · as Self

2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror poster

Eli Roth's History of Horror

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2017
Nightworld poster

Nightworld

Movie · as Jacob

2017
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story poster

To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

Movie · as Self

2017
Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam poster

Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam

Movie · as Skull Collector

2017
Cult of Terror poster

Cult of Terror

Movie · as Self - Actor

2016
The Midnight Man poster

The Midnight Man

Movie · as Dr. Goodberry

2016
Stranger Things poster

Stranger Things

TV · as Victor Creel · 1 ep

2015
Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera poster

Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera

Movie · as Self

2015
Kantemir poster

Kantemir

Movie · as John Larousse

2015
Lake Placid vs. Anaconda poster

Lake Placid vs. Anaconda

Movie · as Jim Bickerman

2015
The Funhouse Massacre poster

The Funhouse Massacre

Movie · as Warden Kane

2015
Pig Goat Banana Cricket poster

Pig Goat Banana Cricket

TV · as Lost Larry (voice) · 1 ep

2014
The Last Showing poster

The Last Showing

Movie · as Stuart

2014
Witches Blood poster

Witches Blood

Movie · as Himself

2014
Fear Clinic poster

Fear Clinic

Movie · as Dr. Andover

2014
Breadwinners poster

Breadwinners

TV · as One-Eyed Peekaboo (voice) · 1 ep

2013
The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue poster

The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue

Movie · as Hezekiah Confab

2013
Lake Placid: The Final Chapter poster

Lake Placid: The Final Chapter

Movie · as Jim Bickerman

2013
Sanitarium poster

Sanitarium

Movie · as Sam

2013
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th poster

Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th

Movie · as Self

2013
Uncle Grandpa poster

Uncle Grandpa

TV · as Boogie Man (voice) · 1 ep

2013
The Goldbergs poster

The Goldbergs

TV · as Freddy Krueger · 1 ep

2013
Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. poster

Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.

TV · as Pluto (voice) · 1 ep

2012
Strippers vs. Werewolves poster

Strippers vs. Werewolves

Movie · as Tapper

2012
Zombie Mutation poster

Zombie Mutation

Movie · as Dream Man

2012
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger poster

Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger

Movie · as Narrator (voice) / Self

2012
Comic Book Men poster

Comic Book Men

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

TV · as Dire Beaver / Dread Beaver (voice) · 1 ep

2011
Scream: The Inside Story poster

Scream: The Inside Story

Movie · as Self

2011
Good Day for It poster

Good Day for It

Movie · as Wayne Jackson

2011
Inkubus poster

Inkubus

Movie · as Inkubus

2011
I Am Nancy poster

I Am Nancy

Movie · as Self

2011
Underground Entertainment: The Movie poster

Underground Entertainment: The Movie

Movie · as Robert

2011
Green Lantern: The Animated Series poster

Green Lantern: The Animated Series

TV · as Myglom (voice) · 1 ep

2011
Workaholics poster

Workaholics

TV · as Josh / Dr. TelAmeriCorp · 1 ep

2010
I Want to Be a Soldier poster

I Want to Be a Soldier

Movie · as Psychologist

2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy poster

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

Movie · as Self

2010
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror poster

Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror

Movie · as Self

2010
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape poster

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Samuel Lee · 1 ep

2010
Regular Show poster

Regular Show

TV · as Mystery Man (voice), Anti-Pops (voice), Stagman (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy poster

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

TV · 2 eps

2009
Night of the Sinner poster

Night of the Sinner

Movie · as The Prince

2009
Fear Clinic

Fear Clinic

TV · as Dr. Andover · 5 eps

2008
Zombie Strippers! poster

Zombie Strippers!

Movie · as Ian

2008
Red poster

Red

Movie · as Mr. Doust

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard poster

The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard

Movie · as Adrian Toomes/Vulture (voice)

2008
The Spectacular Spider-Man poster

The Spectacular Spider-Man

TV · as Adrian Toomes / Vulture (voice) · 1 ep

2007
Heckler poster

Heckler

Movie · as Self

2007
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer poster

Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer

Movie · as Professor Gordon Crowley

2007
Black Swarm poster

Black Swarm

Movie · as Eli Giles

2007
The Making of 'Hatchet' poster

The Making of 'Hatchet'

Movie · as Self

2007
Chuck poster

Chuck

TV · as Dr. Stanley Wheelwright · 1 ep

2006
Heartstopper poster

Heartstopper

Movie · as Sheriff Berger

2006
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon poster

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

Movie · as Doc Halloran

2006
Hatchet poster

Hatchet

Movie · as Samson Dunstan

2006
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ poster

Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’

Movie · as Self

2006
The House That Freddy Built poster

The House That Freddy Built

Movie · as Self

2006
El hormiguero poster

El hormiguero

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
2001 Maniacs poster

2001 Maniacs

Movie · as Mayor Buckman

2005
The Perfect Scary Movie poster

The Perfect Scary Movie

Movie · as Self

2005
Dance of the Dead poster

Dance of the Dead

Movie · as MC

2005
Bones poster

Bones

TV · as Ray Buxley · 1 ep

2005
Masters of Horror poster

Masters of Horror

TV · as The MC · 1 ep

2005
Hell's Kitchen poster

Hell's Kitchen

TV · as Self - Restaurant Patron · 1 ep

2005
Supernatural poster

Supernatural

TV · as Dr. Robert · 1 ep

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · 1 ep

2004
Nobody Knows Anything! poster

Nobody Knows Anything!

Movie · as Jack Sampson

2004
Dubbed and Dangerous 3 poster

Dubbed and Dangerous 3

Movie · as Mr. Englund

2004
Genesis: Development Hell poster

Genesis: Development Hell

Movie · as Self

2004
The Batman poster

The Batman

TV · as The Riddler (voice) · 3 eps

2004
Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited

TV · as Felix Faust (voice) · 1 ep

2004
100 Scariest Movie Moments poster

100 Scariest Movie Moments

TV · as Self · 5 eps

2003
Freddy vs. Jason poster

Freddy vs. Jason

Movie · as Freddy Krueger

2003
The Return of Cagliostro poster

The Return of Cagliostro

Movie · as Erroll Douglas

2003
Like a Bad Dream poster

Like a Bad Dream

Movie · as Professor

2003
Justice League: Paradise Lost poster

Justice League: Paradise Lost

Movie · as Felix Faust (voice)

2003
I'm with Her poster

I'm with Her

TV · as Leonard Heckman · 1 ep

2003
High Chaparall poster

High Chaparall

TV · 1 ep

2003
The New Tom Green Show

The New Tom Green Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
100 Greatest Scary Moments

100 Greatest Scary Moments

TV · 2 eps

2002
Wish You Were Dead poster

Wish You Were Dead

Movie · as Bernie Garces

2002
Windfall poster

Windfall

Movie · as Scratch

2001
The Nightmare Room poster

The Nightmare Room

TV · as Mr. Bell · 1 ep

2001
Justice League poster

Justice League

TV · as Felix Faust (voice) · 2 eps

2000
Python poster

Python

Movie · as Dr. Anton Rudolph

2000
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film poster

Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film

Movie · as Self

1999
The Prince and the Surfer poster

The Prince and the Surfer

Movie · as Kratski

1999
Welcome to Primetime poster

Welcome to Primetime

Movie · as Self

1999
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV poster

The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV

Movie

1998
Urban Legend poster

Urban Legend

Movie · as Professor William Wexler

1998
Strangeland poster

Strangeland

Movie · as Jackson Roth

1998
Meet the Deedles poster

Meet the Deedles

Movie · as Nemo

1998
Charmed poster

Charmed

TV · as Gammill · 1 ep

1998
The Hughleys poster

The Hughleys

TV · as Evil Bloodthirsty Brian · 1 ep

1997
Wishmaster poster

Wishmaster

Movie · as Raymond Beaumont

1997
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! poster

Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!

Movie · as Self

1997
Perfect Target poster

Perfect Target

Movie · as Colonel Shakwell

1996
Killer Tongue poster

Killer Tongue

Movie · as Prison Director

1996
The Paper Brigade poster

The Paper Brigade

Movie · as Crazy Man Cooper

1996
Starquest II poster

Starquest II

Movie · as Father O'Neill

1996
The Vampyre Wars poster

The Vampyre Wars

Movie

1996
The Jamie Foxx Show poster

The Jamie Foxx Show

TV · as Clive · 1 ep

1995
The Mangler poster

The Mangler

Movie · as William 'Bill' Gartley

1995
The Unspoken Truth poster

The Unspoken Truth

Movie · as Ernest Trainor

1995
Sliders poster

Sliders

TV · as Dr. James Aldohn · 1 ep

1995
MADtv poster

MADtv

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Lo + plus poster

Lo + plus

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1994
Wes Craven's New Nightmare poster

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Movie · as Robert Englund / Freddy Krueger

1994
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle poster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle

Movie · as Peter Cartwright

1994
Mortal Fear poster

Mortal Fear

Movie · as Dr. Ralph Wannamaker

1994
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects poster

Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects

Movie · as Self

1994
Babylon 5 poster

Babylon 5

TV · as Jeremiah · 1 ep

1993
The Nightmare Begins Again poster

The Nightmare Begins Again

Movie · as Freddy Krueger

1993
Night Terrors poster

Night Terrors

Movie · as Marquis De Sade

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Lyle Eckert · 1 ep

1993
RTL Samstag Nacht poster

RTL Samstag Nacht

TV · 1 ep

1992
Dance Macabre poster

Dance Macabre

Movie · as Anthony

1992
Nightmare Cafe poster

Nightmare Cafe

TV · as Blackie · 6 eps

1991
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare poster

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Movie · as Freddy Krueger

1991
Bride of Weekend of Horrors poster

Bride of Weekend of Horrors

Movie · as Self

1991
Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story poster

Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story

Movie · as Freddy Krueger

1991
Hooray for Horrorwood poster

Hooray for Horrorwood

Movie · as Self

1991
The Horror Hall of Fame II

The Horror Hall of Fame II

Movie · as Self - Host

1990
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane poster

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane

Movie · as Smiley

1989
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child poster

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

Movie · as Freddy Krueger

1989
The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV' poster

The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'

Movie · as Self / Freddy Krueger

1989
The Phantom of the Opera poster

The Phantom of the Opera

Movie · as Erik Destler / The Phantom

1989
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud poster

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud

Movie · as Man in Trenchcoat (uncredited)

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Freddy Krueger (voice) · 1 ep

1988
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master poster

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

Movie · as Freddy Krueger

1988
The Freddy Krueger Special poster

The Freddy Krueger Special

Movie · as Freddy Krueger

1988
It's a Miserable Life poster

It's a Miserable Life

Movie · as Freddy Kruger

1988
Freddy's Nightmares poster

Freddy's Nightmares

TV · as Freddy Krueger · 44 eps

1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors poster

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Movie · as Freddy Krueger

1987
Infidelity poster

Infidelity

Movie · as Scott

1987
Married... with Children poster

Married... with Children

TV · as Lucifer · 1 ep

1986
Never Too Young to Die poster

Never Too Young to Die

Movie · as Riley

1986
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors poster

Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors

Movie · as Self

1986
Downtown poster

Downtown

TV · as Dennis Shothoffer · 13 eps

1985
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge poster

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

Movie · as Freddy Krueger

1985
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Tim Wexler · 1 ep

1985
Hollywood Beat poster

Hollywood Beat

TV · as Captain Crusader · 1 ep

1984
A Nightmare on Elm Street poster

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Movie · as Fred Krueger

1984
Night Court poster

Night Court

TV · as Arnold Preminger · 1 ep

1984
Hunter poster

Hunter

TV · as Vaughn · 1 ep

1984
V poster

V

TV · as Willie · 19 eps

1984
V: The Final Battle poster

V: The Final Battle

TV · as Willie · 3 eps

1983
Hobson's Choice poster

Hobson's Choice

Movie · as Freddy Beenstock

1983
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land poster

Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land

Movie · as Scott

1983
I Want to Live poster

I Want to Live

Movie · as Sam Cooper

1983
The Fighter poster

The Fighter

Movie · as Charlie

1983
Manimal poster

Manimal

TV · 1 ep

1983
V poster

V

TV · as Willie · 2 eps

1982
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder poster

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder

Movie · as Tripper

1982
Mysterious Two poster

Mysterious Two

Movie · as Boone

1982
Thou Shalt Not Kill poster

Thou Shalt Not Kill

Movie · as Bobby Collins

1982
Knight Rider poster

Knight Rider

TV · as Edward Kent · 1 ep

1982
Cassie & Co. poster

Cassie & Co.

TV · as Cliff Jenner · 1 ep

1981
Dead & Buried poster

Dead & Buried

Movie · as Harry

1981
Galaxy of Terror poster

Galaxy of Terror

Movie · as Ranger

1981
Simon & Simon poster

Simon & Simon

TV · 1 ep

1979
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst poster

The Ordeal of Patty Hearst

Movie · as Informer

1979
Mind Over Murder poster

Mind Over Murder

Movie · as Ted Beasly

1979
Hart to Hart poster

Hart to Hart

TV · as Buddy Kilgore · 1 ep

1979
California Fever poster

California Fever

TV · 1 ep

1979
Paris poster

Paris

TV · 1 ep

1978
The Great Smokey Roadblock poster

The Great Smokey Roadblock

Movie · as Beebo Crozier

1978
The Fifth Floor poster

The Fifth Floor

Movie · as Benny

1978
Big Wednesday poster

Big Wednesday

Movie · as "Fly"

1978
Bloodbrothers poster

Bloodbrothers

Movie · as Mott

1978
The Courage and the Passion poster

The Courage and the Passion

Movie · as Sgt. Bell

1977
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy poster

Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy

Movie · as Willy

1977
CHiPs poster

CHiPs

TV · as Zack · 1 ep

1977
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries poster

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV · 1 ep

1977
Code R poster

Code R

TV · as Snooker · 1 ep

1976
Stay Hungry poster

Stay Hungry

Movie · as Franklin

1976
Eaten Alive poster

Eaten Alive

Movie · as Buck

1976
St. Ives poster

St. Ives

Movie · as Hood

1976
A Star Is Born poster

A Star Is Born

Movie · as Marty (uncredited)

1976
Alice poster

Alice

TV · 1 ep

1976
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

TV · as Harold Belkin · 1 ep

1975
Slashed Dreams poster

Slashed Dreams

Movie · as Michael Sutherland

1975
Hustle poster

Hustle

Movie · as Hold-up Man

1974
Buster and Billie poster

Buster and Billie

Movie · as Whitey

1974
Police Woman poster

Police Woman

TV · 1 ep