Robert Englund
Acting • Born 1947-06-06
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.
Filmography
213 credits
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Movie • 1984
Fred Krueger
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
Movie • 1988
Freddy Krueger
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child
Movie • 1989
Freddy Krueger
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge
Movie • 1985
Freddy Krueger
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!
Movie • 2021
Self - Actor
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Movie • 1987
Freddy Krueger
FredHeads: The Documentary
Movie • 2022
Himself
Wishmaster
Movie • 1997
Raymond Beaumont
Heartstopper
Movie • 2006
Sheriff Berger
2001 Maniacs
Movie • 2005
Mayor Buckman
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
Movie • 2006
Doc Halloran
Stay Hungry
Movie • 1976
Franklin
Eaten Alive
Movie • 1976
Buck
Freddy vs. Jason
Movie • 2003
Freddy Krueger
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Movie • 1991
Freddy Krueger
Wish You Were Dead
Movie • 2002
Bernie Garces
Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera
Movie • 2015
Self
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Movie • 1994
Robert Englund / Freddy Krueger
Dead & Buried
Movie • 1981
Harry
Hatchet
Movie • 2006
Samson Dunstan
In Search of Darkness: Part III
Movie • 2022
Self
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane
Movie • 1990
Smiley
Zombie Strippers!
Movie • 2008
Ian
Red
Movie • 2008
Mr. Doust
Scream: The Inside Story
Movie • 2011
Self
Urban Legend
Movie • 1998
Professor William Wexler
Strangeland
Movie • 1998
Jackson Roth
Never Too Young to Die
Movie • 1986
Riley
The Mangler
Movie • 1995
William 'Bill' Gartley
Heckler
Movie • 2007
Self
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America!
Movie • 1997
Self
Meet the Deedles
Movie • 1998
Nemo
Galaxy of Terror
Movie • 1981
Ranger
Python
Movie • 2000
Dr. Anton Rudolph
Killer Tongue
Movie • 1996
Prison Director
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Movie • 1978
Beebo Crozier
Good Day for It
Movie • 2011
Wayne Jackson
St. Ives
Movie • 1976
Hood
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer
Movie • 2007
Professor Gordon Crowley
Windfall
Movie • 2002
Scratch
The Paper Brigade
Movie • 1996
Crazy Man Cooper
The Nightmare Begins Again
Movie • 1993
Freddy Krueger
I Want to Be a Soldier
Movie • 2010
Psychologist
The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV'
Movie • 1989
Self / Freddy Krueger
The Fifth Floor
Movie • 1978
Benny
Strippers vs. Werewolves
Movie • 2012
Tapper
Night Terrors
Movie • 1993
Marquis De Sade
The Return of Cagliostro
Movie • 2003
Erroll Douglas
The Phantom of the Opera
Movie • 1989
Erik Destler / The Phantom
Inkubus
Movie • 2011
Inkubus
Slashed Dreams
Movie • 1975
Michael Sutherland
Dance Macabre
Movie • 1992
Anthony
Perfect Target
Movie • 1997
Colonel Shakwell
Natty Knocks
Movie • 2023
Mr. Meredeth
Bride of Weekend of Horrors
Movie • 1991
Self
The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue
Movie • 2013
Hezekiah Confab
The Prince and the Surfer
Movie • 1999
Kratski
Lake Placid: The Final Chapter
Movie • 2013
Jim Bickerman
Sanitarium
Movie • 2013
Sam
I Am Nancy
Movie • 2011
Self
The Freddy Krueger Special
Movie • 1988
Freddy Krueger
Starquest II
Movie • 1996
Father O'Neill
The Last Showing
Movie • 2014
Stuart
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
Movie • 1982
Tripper
Welcome to Primetime
Movie • 1999
Self
The Quantum Devil
Movie • 2023
Barada (voice)
Nobody Knows Anything!
Movie • 2004
Jack Sampson
Buster and Billie
Movie • 1974
Whitey
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Movie • 2010
Self
Fear Clinic
Movie • 2014
Dr. Andover
Kantemir
Movie • 2015
John Larousse
Zombie Mutation
Movie • 2012
Dream Man
Witches Blood
Movie • 2014
Himself
The Vampyre Wars
Movie • 1996
A Star Is Born
Movie • 1976
Marty (uncredited)
Hustle
Movie • 1975
Hold-up Man
As a Bad Dream
Movie • 2003
Professor
Dubbed and Dangerous 3
Movie • 2004
Mr. Englund
Halloween in Hollywood
Movie • 2022
Self
Big Wednesday
Movie • 1978
"Fly"
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special!
Movie • 2022
Lake Placid vs. Anaconda
Movie • 2015
Jim Bickerman
Mad Props
Movie • 2024
Self
Dance of the Dead
Movie • 2005
The MC
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst
Movie • 1979
Informer
The Funhouse Massacre
Movie • 2015
Warden Kane
Abruptio
Movie • 2024
Mr. Salk
The Unspoken Truth
Movie • 1995
Ernest Trainor
Justice League: Paradise Lost
Movie • 2003
Felix Faust (voice)
Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story
Movie • 1991
Freddy Krueger
Mysterious Two
Movie • 1982
Boone
Hooray for Horrorwood
Movie • 1991
Self
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street
Movie • 2019
Self
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors
Movie • 1986
Self
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
Movie • 2017
Self
Nightworld
Movie • 2017
Jacob
The Midnight Man
Movie • 2016
Dr. Goodberry
Making Fun: The Story of Funko
Movie • 2018
Self
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger
Movie • 2012
Narrator (voice) / Self
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
Movie • 1989
Man in Trenchcoat (uncredited)
Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
Movie • 2017
Skull Collector
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend
Movie • 2018
Self
Mind Over Murder
Movie • 1979
Ted Beasly
Hobson's Choice
Movie • 1983
Freddy Beenstock
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV
Movie • 1999
Black Swarm
Movie • 2007
Eli Giles
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Movie • 2013
Self
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
Movie • 2011
Robert
Cult of Terror
Movie • 2017
Self - Actor
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Movie • 1983
Scott
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy
Movie • 1977
Willy
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1
Movie • 2020
Self
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
Movie • 2020
Self
Night of the Sinner
Movie • 2009
The Prince
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Movie • 1994
Peter Cartwright
Bloodbrothers
Movie • 1978
Mott
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Movie • 2020
Self
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’
Movie • 2006
Self
The Perfect Scary Movie
Movie • 2005
Self
Infidelity
Movie • 1987
Scott
The Courage and the Passion
Movie • 1978
Sgt. Bell
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Movie • 1982
Bobby Collins
Mortal Fear
Movie • 1994
Dr. Ralph Wannamaker
I Want to Live
Movie • 1983
Sam Cooper
The Fighter
Movie • 1983
Charlie
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story
Movie • 2022
Self
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror
Movie • 2010
Self
Choose or Die
Movie • 2022
Robert Englund (voice)
The House That Freddy Built
Movie • 2006
Self
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
Movie • 2008
Adrian Toomes/Vulture (voice)
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film
Movie • 2000
Self
Under the Bed
Movie • 2023
Narrator
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
Movie • 1994
Self
Pinocchio: Unstrung
Movie • 2026
Cricket (voice)
Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble
Movie
Cricket (voice)
The Making of 'Hatchet'
Movie • 2007
Self
Nightmares in the Makeup Chair
Movie • 2021
Self
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
Movie • 2020
(archive footage)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Movie • 2025
Self - (archive footage)
Alice
TV • 1976
Night Court
TV • 1984
Arnold Preminger
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Zack
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Freddy Krueger (voice)
Sliders
TV • 1995
Dr. James Aldohn
Simon & Simon
TV • 1981
Bones
TV • 2005
Ray Buxley
The Jamie Foxx Show
TV • 1996
Clive
Knight Rider
TV • 1982
Edward Kent
Charmed
TV • 1998
Gammill
The Batman
TV • 2004
The Riddler (voice)
Comic Book Men
TV • 2012
Self
Manimal
TV • 1983
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Lyle Eckert
Charlie's Angels
TV • 1976
Harold Belkin
MacGyver
TV • 1985
Tim Wexler
Masters of Horror
TV • 2005
The MC
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
TV • 1977
Babylon 5
TV • 1994
Jeremiah
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Buddy Kilgore
I'm with Her
TV • 2003
Freddy's Nightmares
TV • 1988
Freddy Krueger
Nightmare Cafe
TV • 1992
Blackie
California Fever
TV • 1979
Hunter
TV • 1984
Vaughn
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
DOTA: Dragon's Blood
TV • 2021
Aetherak (voice)
The Nightmare Room
TV • 2001
Mr. Bell
High Chaparall
TV • 2003
Police Woman
TV • 1974
Hollywood Beat
TV • 1985
Captain Crusader
V
TV • 1983
Willie
Code R
TV • 1977
Snooker
Paris
TV • 1979
The New Tom Green Show
TV • 2003
Self
Downtown
TV • 1986
Dennis Shothoffer
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Samuel Lee
Justice League
TV • 2001
Felix Faust (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
TV • 2004
Felix Faust (voice)
Fear Clinic
TV • 2009
Dr. Andover
Chuck
TV • 2007
Dr. Stanley Wheelwright
Hell's Kitchen
TV • 2005
Self - Restaurant Patron
El hormiguero
TV • 2006
Self
The Movies That Made Us
TV • 2019
Self
Behind the Monsters
TV • 2021
Self
Pig Goat Banana Cricket
TV • 2015
Lost Larry (voice)
Supernatural
TV • 2005
Dr. Robert
V
TV • 1984
Willie
Stranger Things
TV • 2016
Victor Creel
100 Scariest Movie Moments
TV • 2004
Self
The Spectacular Spider-Man
TV • 2008
Adrian Toomes / Vulture (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man
TV • 2008
Vulture (voice)
Criminal Minds
TV • 2005
V: The Final Battle
TV • 1984
Willie
Blumhouse's Compendium of Horror
TV • 2022
Narrator (voice)
Regular Show
TV • 2010
Mystery Man (voice)
Regular Show
TV • 2010
Anti-Pops (voice)
Regular Show
TV • 2010
Stagman (voice)
Married... with Children
TV • 1987
Lucifer
Royal Crackers
TV • 2023
Warwick (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TV • 2012
Dire Beaver / Dread Beaver (voice)
RTL Samstag Nacht
TV • 1993
True Terror with Robert Englund
TV • 2020
Himself
Lo + plus
TV • 1995
Self - Guest
Uncle Grandpa
TV • 2013
Boogie Man (voice)
The Goldbergs
TV • 2013
Freddy Krueger
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
TV • 2011
Myglom (voice)
Curses!
TV • 2023
Cornelius (voice)
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV • 2018
Self
Workaholics
TV • 2011
Josh / Dr. TelAmeriCorp
Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.
TV • 2013
Pluto (voice)
Breadwinners
TV • 2014
One-Eyed Peekaboo (voice)
The Hughleys
TV • 1998
Evil Bloodthirsty Brian
Cassie & Co.
TV • 1982
Cliff Jenner