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Robert Englund

American actor, voice-actor, singer, and director · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1947 · age 79

Robert Barton Englund is an American actor and director. Englund is best known for playing the villain Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. Englund has received multiple accolades and honors, including a Saturn Award, a Fangoria Chainsaw Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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2026Pinocchio: UnstrungFilm, Cricket (voice)2021Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!Film2016Stranger ThingsSeries, Victor Creel2015Lake Placid vs. AnacondaFilm, Jim Bickerman2012Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesSeries, Dire Beaver / Dread Beaver (voice)2010Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street LegacyFilm2007Time Machine AwardAwardChuckSeries, 2007Dr. Stanley WheelwrightJack Brooks: Monster SlayerFilm, 2007Professor Gordon Crowley2005BonesSeries, Ray Buxley2001 ManiacsFilm, 2005Mayor Buckman2000PythonFilm, Dr. Anton Rudolph1997WishmasterFilm, Raymond Beaumont1995SlidersSeries, Dr. James Aldohn1994Wes Craven's New NightmareFilm, Robert Englund / Freddy Krueger1993Walker, Texas RangerSeries, Lyle Eckert1990The Adventures of Ford FairlaneFilm, Smiley1988976-EVILFilm, Director1987Married... with ChildrenSeries, Lucifer1985A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's RevengeFilm, Freddy Krueger1984Night CourtSeries, Arnold Preminger1981Simon & SimonSeriesDead & BuriedFilm, 1981Harry1976Charlie's AngelsSeries, Harold BelkinA Star Is BornFilm, 1976Marty (uncredited)1947Born6 June 1947

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  • Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th 2013
  • Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy 2010
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984
  • Big Wednesday 1978
  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors 1987

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Time Machine Award2007

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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
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Born 1947 · age 79

In the same film or series as Robert

Roseanne BarrAlso in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)Kris KristoffersonAlso in A Star Is Born (1976)Ted NugentAlso in A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)Linda CardelliniAlso in Strangeland (1998)Alicia WittAlso in Urban Legend (1998)Summer H. HowellAlso in The Midnight Man (2016)