Wissenswertes

He is a keen surfer, and has been shown on Entertainment Tonight (1981) talking about surfing.

Father helped design the U-2 spy plane.

His performance as Freddy Krueger in Nightmare - Mörderische Träume (1984) is ranked #51 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Is an avid King of the Hill (1997) fan.

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.

Wrote an unused treatment for Nightmare 3 - Freddy lebt (1987).

One-time TV/radio host.

He is of Swedish, Danish, Scottish, English, and German ancestry. His surname is Swedish.

Married twice, the first occurred during his college heyday. He met his second wife Nancy Booth while working on his feature directorial debut Durchwahl zur Hölle (1988).

Robert is an honors graduate from the Academy of Dramatic Art at Oakland University in Rochester, MI. Prior to that he attended Cal State University, Northridge and UCLA.

Cannot, despite popular belief, speak Swedish fluently.

Lives in Laguna Beach, California.

Attended UCLA (for three classes) and The Academy of Dramatic Art (in Rochester, MI). Other Academy of Dramatic Art graduates include Curtis Armstrong and Richard Riehle.

While a student at the Academy of Dramatic Art he spent a summer teaching at Cranbrook Theatre School in Bloomfield Hills.

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.

Was considered for the role of Mr. Joshua in Zwei stahlharte Profis (1987).

He has appeared in one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Nightmare - Mörderische Träume (1984).

Member of Actors' Equity Association (1968-), Screen Actors Guild (1973-), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Directors Guild of America. Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

He was in every A Nightmare on Elm Street movie except the 2010 remake.

Parents: Kent and Janis (nee McDonald) Englund.

Shares graduation from Granada Hills High School with actor Ossie Beck and football player John Elway.

In October, 2022 after the passing of veteran character actor Andrew Prine, Englund's co-star in the 1983 mini series "V", he had mentioned on Twitter/X that Prine had been modeled for his inspiration of Freddy Krueger after co-starring with Prine in the 1979 made for TV film "Mind Over Murder".