Jun 6, 1949

Glendale, California, USA

Robert Englund is best known for playing the fictional character Freddy Krueger in the horror film A Nightmare On Elm Street and its six sequels. He received the Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for A Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) and A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988).
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Since his first movie, Buster and Billie (1974), he has appeared in nearly 70 movies and TV series to date. Ironically, Englund was often typecast as a nerd or a ... ... (read more...) redneck early in his career. He also guest starred in a 4th season episode of the TV series Knight Rider starring David Hasselhoff and Edward Mulhare (titled Fright Knight), in which a phantom played by Englund haunted a film studio. Before the Nightmare on Elm Street series, his most notable role was that of the lovably innocent Visitor, Willie from the 1983 mini series V, the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, and V: The Series. Englund also made a cameo appearance on the science fiction series, Babylon 5. He also provided the voice of magician Felix Faust in Justice League.
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Englund's biggest starring role since Freddy vs. Jason was that of Mayor Buckman in the horror film 2001 Maniacs (2006).

Englund's directorial debut was the 1989 horror film 976-EVIL. He is currently directing his second feature titled Killer Pad, a horror-comedy about three friends who use money from an insurance claim to move out of their parents' homes. They score a place in Hollywood Hills and refuse to believe that the house is actually a portal to hell.
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Englund currently resides in Laguna Beach, California.