Robert Englund

Robert Barton Englund is an American actor born in Glendale, California on June 6th, 1947. One of the most iconic horror personalities of all time, he is best known for immortalizing the role of demonic nightmare killer Freddy Krueger in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. He is the son of aeronautics engineer C. Kent Englund and Janis (née McDonald) Englund. Robert began studying acting at the age of twelve in Normal, Illinois. While he was in high school, he attended the Cranbrook Theatre School in Bloomfield Hills. He then attended California State University Northridge for three years before transferring to Michigan's Oakland University, where he trained at the Meadow Brook Theatre, at the time a branch of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Englund's first role in a horror film was playing the bit part of Buck in Tobe Hooper's 1977 slasher film Eaten Alive.

Notes & Trivia

 * His performance as Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street is ranked #51 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.


 * The screenplay for the 2003 "monster-mash" film Freddy vs. Jason was based on a story written by Robert Englund.