Robert Englund

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Robert Englund

Acting 79 June 6, 1947

Glendale, California, USA

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 f…

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Stranger Things

Stranger Things

8.6 2016 TV Show
The Simpsons

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8.0 1989 TV Show
Supernatural

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8.3 2005 TV Show
Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

8.3 2005 TV Show
A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street

7.4 1984 Movie
Bones

Bones

8.2 2005 TV Show
Regular Show

Regular Show

8.6 2010 TV Show
Hawaii Five-0

Hawaii Five-0

7.7 2010 TV Show
Charmed

Charmed

8.2 1998 TV Show
Freddy vs. Jason

Freddy vs. Jason

6.1 2003 Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

8.3 2012 TV Show
Knight Rider

Knight Rider

7.5 1982 TV Show

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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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  1. 2026
    Pinocchio: Unstrung

    Movie Cricket (voice)

  2. 2026
    Waking a Brutal Beast

    Movie Himself

  3. 2026
    Regular Show: The Lost Tapes

    TV show Anti-Pops / Guard 2 (voice)

  4. 2026
    Stranger Things: Tales from '85

    TV show Cosmo (voice)

  5. 2024
    Abruptio

    Movie Mr. Salk

  6. 2024
    Mad Props

    Movie Self

  7. 2023
    Under the Bed

    Movie Narrator

  8. 2023
    Curses!

    TV show Cornelius (voice)

  9. 2023
    Natty Knocks

    Movie Mr. Meredeth

  10. 2023
    Royal Crackers

    TV show Warwick (voice)

  11. 2023
    The Quantum Devil

    Movie Barada (voice)

  12. 2022
    In Search of Darkness: Part III

    Movie Self

  13. 2022
    The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!

    Movie

  14. 2022
    Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

    Movie Self

  15. 2022
    Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror

    TV show Narrator (voice)

  16. 2022
    Halloween in Hollywood

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2022
    FredHeads: The Documentary

    Movie Himself

  2. 2022
    Choose or Die

    Movie Robert Englund (voice)

  3. 2021
    Behind the Monsters

    TV show Self

  4. 2021
    Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!

    Movie Self - Actor

  5. 2021
    Nightmares in the Makeup Chair

    Movie Self

  6. 2021
    DOTA: Dragon's Blood

    TV show Aetherak (voice)

  7. 2020
    In Search of Darkness: Part II

    Movie Self

  8. 2020
    AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis

    Movie Self

  9. 2020
    The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault

    Movie (archive footage)

  10. 2020
    AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1

    Movie Self

  11. 2020
    True Terror with Robert Englund

    TV show Himself

  12. 2019
    The Movies That Made Us

    TV show Self

  13. 2019
    Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street

    Movie Self

  14. 2018
    Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend

    Movie Self

  15. 2018
    Eli Roth's History of Horror

    TV show Self

  16. 2018
    Making Fun: The Story of Funko

    Movie Self

  17. 2017
    Cult of Terror

    Movie Self - Actor

  18. 2017
    Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam

    Movie Skull Collector

  19. 2017
    To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story

    Movie Self

  20. 2017
    Nightworld

    Movie Jacob

  21. 2016
    The Midnight Man

    Movie Dr. Goodberry

  22. 2016
    Stranger Things

    TV show Victor Creel

  23. 2015
    The Funhouse Massacre

    Movie Warden Kane

  24. 2015
    Kantemir

    Movie John Larousse