Robert Englund
Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947 in Glendale, California), is an American actor.
He is best known for playing the fictional character Freddy Krueger in the horror film A Nightmare On Elm Street and its seven sequels. He received the Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988).
Since his first movie, Buster and Billie (1974), he has acted in nearly 70 movies and TV series to date. Ironically, Englund was often typecast as a nerd or a redneck early in his career. He also guest starred in a 4th season episode of the TV series Knight Rider starring David Hasselhoff and Edward Mulhare (titled Fright Knight), in which a phantom played by Englund haunted a film studio. Before the Nightmare on Elm Street series, his most notable role was that of the lovably innocent Visitor, Willie from the 1983 mini series V, the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, and V: The Series. Englund also made a cameo appearance on the science fiction series, Babylon 5.
Englund's biggest starring role since Freddy vs. Jason was that of Mayor Buckman in the horror film 2001 Maniacs (2006), written by Chris Kobin and Tim Sullivan and directed by Tim Sullivan. The film was released by Lions Gate Entertainment.
Englund is currently directing his second feature titled Killer Pad, a horror-comedy about three friends who use money from an insurance claim to move out of their parents' homes. They score a place in Hollywood Hills and refuse to believe that the house is actually a portal to hell. (The first film that he directed was the horror-comedy 976-EVIL in 1989).
Englund currently resides in Laguna Beach, California.
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan
- BA Theatre, California State University, Northridge
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, England
External links
- Official Website
- Robert Englund at IMDb
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- The Nightmare On Elm Street Companion
- Robert Englund interview by Ladyghost
- Interview with Robert Englund for Nightmare on Elm Street: Real Nightmares at Dread Central
- Interview with Robert Englund for 2001 Maniacs at Dread Central
- Robert Englund's KILLER PAD - Official Site
- 1947 births
- American character actors
- Swedish-Americans
- American film actors
- American television actors
- American voice actors
- Batman actors
- Babylon 5 cast and crew
- Charmed actors
- Friday the 13th actors
- Knight Rider actors
- MacGyver actors
- Actors who have played serial killers
- Married... with Children actors
- Living people
- A Nightmare on Elm Street actors
- People from the Greater Los Angeles Area
- Sliders actors
- V actors
- Actors who have played the Phantom of the Opera