Robert Englund
Biography
Robert Barton Englund is an American actor and director, 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, in our catalog: Mr. Salk in "Abruptio" (2023), Mr. Meredith in "Natty Knocks" (2023), Self in "Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story" (2022), Self in "In Search of Darkness Part III: The Final Journey Into '80s Horror" (2022), Robert Englund (voice) in "Choose or Die" (2022)
Classically trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Englund began his career as a stage actor in regional theatre and made his film debut in Buster and Billie (1974), followed by supporting roles in films such as Stay Hungry (1976), A Star Is Born (1976), and Big Wednesday (1978).
