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Robert Englund

Age: 62
Height: 175 cm

Birth Place: Glendale, California, USA
Born: Jun. 6th, 1947

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Robert Englund's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
V: The Series (1984)	Willie
Nightmare Cafe	Blackie
Freddy's Nightmares	Freddy Krueger
Downtown (1986)	Dennis Shotho&hellip

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

American leading actor of a number of horror films, probably best known as Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and all of its sequels. Englund, a boyish, tall and gaunt figure, became a cult favorite after that film but had started working in the 1970s. He was cast as a sex-crazed maniac in Eaten Alive (1977) by Tobe Hooper, who also directed The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Englund went on to a number of low-budget horror films, including Galaxy of Terror (1981) and The Fifth Floor (1978). Then came his big break as Freddy Kruger in "Elm Street", the man of nightmares with the disfigured face and a red striped shirt with his right hand as razor-sharp knives. The film was directed by Wes Craven and was so successful for New Line Cinema that the company had Englund reprise Freddy in all of the subsequent - and wildly successful - sequels. He played the title role in the semi-remake of the horror film classic, The Phantom of the Opera (1989) for 21st Century Film Corporation. Englund has frequently worked with Hooper, in such films as Night Terrors (1993) and The Mangler (1995).

TRIVIA:

His performance as Freddy Krueger in _A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)_ (qv) is ranked #51 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
Father designed U-2 spy plane.
In 1973 he returned to the Academy of Dramatic Art to teach a stunts and stage fight class while appearing at the nearby regional professional Meadow Brook Theatre.
Auditioned for the part of Luke Skywalker in _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv).
Married three times, the first occurred during his college heyday. His second wife, actress 'Roxanne Rogers (I)' (qv), had a small part in the only movie he directed, _976-EVIL (1988)_ (qv), and his third wife, 'Nancy Booth' (qv), worked on the same movie as set decorator..
Cannot, despite popular belief, speak Swedish fluently.
Ranked the #40 top villain for the American Film Institution's Top 100 list of 100 Heroes and Villains for his role as Freddy Krueger.
After failing to get the part of Luke Skywalker in _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv), he suggested to a friend that he try out for the part. That friend was 'Mark Hamill (I)' (qv).