Robert Englund
Birthday: 6 June 1947, Glendale, California, USA
Birth Name: Robert Barton Englund
Height: 177 cm
Veteran character actor Robert Englund was born in Glendale, California, to Janis (MacDonald) and John Kent Englund, an aeronautics engineer. He has Swedish, Danish, Scottish, and English ancestry.Sin ...Show More
Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characte Show more
Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters. Hide
I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.
I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.
You're going to have to surrender a little bit to the contrivance of how Freddy and Jason get togeth Show more
You're going to have to surrender a little bit to the contrivance of how Freddy and Jason get together. Hide
I have an Italian comedy at the Venice Film Festival.
I have an Italian comedy at the Venice Film Festival.
When I was 9, I went to a birthday party. We were supposed to see a cowboy movie, but the programmin Show more
When I was 9, I went to a birthday party. We were supposed to see a cowboy movie, but the programming got screwed up and we saw The Bad Seed (1956) instead. Horrifying. For years I was frightened of girls with pigtails. Hide
The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag.
The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag.
Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play.
Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play.
I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers.
I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers.
Kids today don't watch a black and white movie.
Kids today don't watch a black and white movie.
But it's mostly about pacing yourself when you do these movies.
But it's mostly about pacing yourself when you do these movies.
I have friends that are much better actors than I am that had to quit the business because they coul Show more
I have friends that are much better actors than I am that had to quit the business because they couldn't survive the auditions or the rejections, or people just didn't realize how good they were. Hide
Freddy Krueger is a great politically incorrect villain, the logo character of a franchise spawned b Show more
Freddy Krueger is a great politically incorrect villain, the logo character of a franchise spawned by a low-budget movie, made by some reasonably artistic people who came up with a gimmick. And it is a great gimmick - the idea that a bogey man, a revenge-motif serial killer could manifest himself in the subconscious of the children of the people that did him wrong. Freddy likes it, he is having fun doing it. He is unapologetic about that. You have a punk-rock nihilistic villain. Hide
The last time we had Freddy in reality was part two and Freddy sort of went out on his own.
The last time we had Freddy in reality was part two and Freddy sort of went out on his own.
I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American.
I always serve the writer first because I'm English trained, even though I'm American.
Gosh, I'd like to direct Our Town on stage.
Gosh, I'd like to direct Our Town on stage.
I saw an entire magazine of Freddy Krueger tattoos. Hey, I'm a classically trained actor who was doi Show more
I saw an entire magazine of Freddy Krueger tattoos. Hey, I'm a classically trained actor who was doing [Anton Chekhov], and now there are thousands of people walking around America with my tattoo on them. I just take it as pop culture. Hide
And in Freddy vs. Jason I like when Jason and I double team Destiny's Child.
And in Freddy vs. Jason I like when Jason and I double team Destiny's Child.
I get a lot of teenagers going, 'Yo, Krueger,' and honking their horn and giving me the claw. Yeah, Show more
I get a lot of teenagers going, 'Yo, Krueger,' and honking their horn and giving me the claw. Yeah, I'm recognized. Hide
[observation, 2014] I'm on my third generation of fans. It's not strange at all for me to go somepla Show more
[observation, 2014] I'm on my third generation of fans. It's not strange at all for me to go someplace and have a father come up with his sons that he watched ['A Nightmare on Elm Street'] with when they were 12, and invited some friends for a sleepover. Hide
I would like to see the technology used to explore more period horror genre works, for example, E. A Show more
I would like to see the technology used to explore more period horror genre works, for example, E. A. Poe. Hide
Jeff Bridges taught me a lot about how to keep a scene fresh.
Jeff Bridges taught me a lot about how to keep a scene fresh.
I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthu Show more
I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthusiasm. Hide
If they do something like that, maybe a Freddy Krueger fan, a girl, a really sick goth girl starts k Show more
If they do something like that, maybe a Freddy Krueger fan, a girl, a really sick goth girl starts killing kids herself and Freddy has to put a stop to it, or they have to fight it out. Hide
[on his wide-ranging career, including Shakespeare] I had a nude scene with Susan Sarandon, for God' Show more
[on his wide-ranging career, including Shakespeare] I had a nude scene with Susan Sarandon, for God's sake. I've done fight scenes with Kris Kristofferson and Richard Gere. I was in all sorts of places in the 1970s. I shot Burt Reynolds point-blank, so I have been around the block. Hide
Robert Englund's FILMOGRAPHY
as Actor (437)
Robert Englund'S roles
Doc Halloran
Samuel Lee
Simon
Robert Englund
Lucifer
Anti-Pops, Mystery Man, Stagman
Freddy Krueger
The Phantom of the Opera
Hades
Nemo
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