Robert Englund
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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.
Known for
Credits
Pinocchio: Unstrung (2026)
as Cricket (voice)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
as Fred Krueger
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
as Freddy Krueger
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)
as Freddy Krueger
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
as Freddy Krueger
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
as Robert Englund / Freddy Krueger
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
as Freddy Krueger
Urban Legend (1998)
as Professor William Wexler
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child (1989)
as Freddy Krueger
The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! (2022)
Actor
Choose or Die (2022)
as Robert Englund (voice)
Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015)
as Jim Bickerman
Zombie Strippers! (2008)
as Ian
Wishmaster (1997)
as Raymond Beaumont
2001 Maniacs (2005)
as Mayor Buckman
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010)
as Self
The Mangler (1995)
as William 'Bill' Gartley
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
as Freddy Krueger
Galaxy of Terror (1981)
as Ranger
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
as Smiley
A Star Is Born (1976)
as Marty (uncredited)
Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2013)
as Jim Bickerman
The Midnight Man (2016)
as Dr. Goodberry
The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
as Erik Destler / The Phantom
Hatchet (2006)
as Samson Dunstan
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard (2008)
as Adrian Toomes/Vulture (voice)
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! (2021)
as Self - Actor
Big Wednesday (1978)
as "Fly"
The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault (2020)
as (archive footage)
Eaten Alive (1976)
as Buck
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th (2013)
as Self
Dead & Buried (1981)
as Harry
Meet the Deedles (1998)
as Nemo
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006)
as Doc Halloran
Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble (—)
as Cricket (voice)
Stay Hungry (1976)
as Franklin
Scream: The Inside Story (2011)
as Self
The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV (1999)
Actor
The Funhouse Massacre (2015)
as Warden Kane
Red (2008)
as Mr. Doust
Heartstopper (2006)
as Sheriff Berger
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (1983)
as Scott
Buster and Billie (1974)
as Whitey
Python (2000)
as Dr. Anton Rudolph
Justice League: Paradise Lost (2003)
as Felix Faust (voice)
Wish You Were Dead (2002)
as Bernie Garces
Hustle (1975)
as Hold-up Man
Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film (2000)
as Self
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989)
as Man in Trenchcoat (uncredited)
Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019)
as Self
Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects (1994)
as Self
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story (2022)
as Self
The Horror Hall of Fame II (1991)
as Self - Host
Abruptio (2024)
as Mr. Salk
It's a Miserable Life (2013)
as Freddy Kruger
Never Too Young to Die (1986)
as Riley
Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007)
as Professor Gordon Crowley
I Want to Be a Soldier (2010)
as Psychologist
Night Terrors (1993)
as Marquis De Sade
Mad Props (2024)
as Self
New Line: Independent Legacies (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982)
as Tripper
Windfall (2002)
as Scratch
The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (1979)
as Informer
St. Ives (1976)
as Hood
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994)
as Peter Cartwright
Good Day for It (2011)
as Wayne Jackson
Slashed Dreams (1975)
as Michael Sutherland
Dance of the Dead (2005)
as MC
The Perfect Scary Movie (2005)
as Self
Nightworld (2017)
as Jacob
I Want to Live (1983)
as Sam Cooper
Mind Over Murder (1979)
as Ted Beasly
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story (2017)
as Self
Urban Legacy: The Story Behind Urban Legend (2018)
as Self
Perfect Target (1997)
as Colonel Shakwell
Tales from the Lumber Yard: The Making of Galaxy of Terror (2010)
as Self
Strippers vs. Werewolves (2012)
as Tapper
Underground Entertainment: The Movie (2011)
as Robert
Natty Knocks (2023)
as Mr. Meredeth
Strangeland (1998)
as Jackson Roth
The Courage and the Passion (1978)
as Sgt. Bell
The Paper Brigade (1996)
as Crazy Man Cooper
The Prince and the Surfer (1999)
as Kratski
The Great Smokey Roadblock (1978)
as Beebo Crozier
Killer Tongue (1996)
as Prison Director
The Fifth Floor (1978)
as Benny
Making Fun: The Story of Funko (2018)
as Self
Zombie Mutation (2012)
as Dream Man
Fear Himself: The Life and Crimes of Freddy Krueger (2012)
as Narrator (voice) / Self
The Quantum Devil (2023)
as Barada (voice)
Never Sleep Again: The Making of ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ (2006)
as Self
Nobody Knows Anything! (2004)
as Jack Sampson
The Last Showing (2014)
as Stuart
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #1 (2020)
as Self
The Nightmare Begins Again (1993)
as Freddy Krueger
Thou Shalt Not Kill (1982)
as Bobby Collins
Behind the Mask II: The Return of Leslie Vernon (—)
as Doc Halloran
AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis (2020)
as Self
Heckler (2007)
as Self
The House That Freddy Built (2006)
as Self
Bloodbrothers (1978)
as Mott
Sanitarium (2013)
as Sam
Fear Clinic (2014)
as Dr. Andover
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Behind the Mask: The Making of The Phantom of the Opera (2015)
as Self
Slash & Burn: The Freddy Krueger Story (1991)
as Freddy Krueger
Mysterious Two (1982)
as Boone
Halloween... The Happy Haunting of America! (1997)
as Self
Inkubus (2011)
as Inkubus
Welcome to Primetime (1999)
as Self
Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors (1986)
as Self
Black Swarm (2007)
as Eli Giles
Mortal Fear (1994)
as Dr. Ralph Wannamaker
The Making of 'Nightmare on Elm Street IV' (1989)
as Self / Freddy Krueger
Waking a Brutal Beast (2026)
as Himself
Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy (1977)
as Willy
The Making of 'Hatchet' (2007)
as Self
Halloween in Hollywood (2022)
as Self
Cult of Terror (2017)
as Self - Actor
Dance Macabre (1992)
as Anthony
Infidelity (1987)
as Scott
The Freddy Krueger Special (1988)
as Freddy Krueger
FredHeads: The Documentary (2022)
as Himself
In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020)
as Self
Bride of Weekend of Horrors (1991)
as Self
Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam (2017)
as Skull Collector
The Mole Man of Belmont Avenue (2013)
as Hezekiah Confab
Night of the Sinner (2009)
as The Prince
The Return of Cagliostro (2003)
as Erroll Douglas
I Am Nancy (2011)
as Self
The Unspoken Truth (1995)
as Ernest Trainor
Starquest II (1996)
as Father O'Neill
In Search of Darkness: Part III (2022)
as Self
Hobson's Choice (1983)
as Freddy Beenstock
The Vampyre Wars (1996)
Actor
Genesis: Development Hell (2004)
as Self
The Fighter (1983)
as Charlie
Nightmares in the Makeup Chair (2021)
as Self
Dubbed and Dangerous 3 (2004)
as Mr. Englund
Witches Blood (2014)
as Himself
Like a Bad Dream (2003)
as Professor
Kantemir (2015)
as John Larousse
Hooray for Horrorwood (1991)
as Self
Under the Bed (2023)
as Narrator