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Robert Englund

Robert Englund, March 2005
Born Robert Barton Englund
June 6, 1947 (1947-06-06) (age 61)
Glendale, California, U.S.
Years active 1974 – present
Spouse(s) Nancy Booth (1988 – present)
Official website

Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor, perhaps best known for playing the fictional serial killer, Freddy Krueger, in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Glendale ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A serial killer is a person who Murders usually three or more people with a "cooling off" period between each murder and whose motivation for killing is largely based Freddy Krueger is a Fictional character from the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' series of films A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror franchise that consists of eight Slasher films a television show, He received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors in 1987 and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master in 1988. The Saturn Award is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in Science fiction, Fantasy A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Dream Warriors was the third film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 The Dream Master is the fourth film in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Englund is a classically trained actor. [1]

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Biography

Personal life

Englund was born in Glendale, California, the son of Janis (née McDonald) and C. Glendale ( is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Kent Englund, an aeronautics engineer who helped develop the Lockheed U-2. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout [2][3] He has Swedish ancestry. [4] Englund began studying acting at age twelve. [1] He attended California State University Northridge for three years before transferring to Michigan's Oakland University, where he trained at the Meadow Brook Theatre,[5] at the time a branch of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. California State University Northridge (also known as CSUN, Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the San Fernando Valley, within the city limits Oakland University is a Public university located in Rochester Michigan. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious Drama schools in the world [1] Englund has been married three times and has no children. He currently resides in Laguna Beach, California. Laguna Beach is a seaside resort and artist community located in southern Orange County California, approximately southeast of the county seat of Santa Ana. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

Career

Since his first film, Buster and Billie, in 1974, Englund has made over 100 appearances on film and television. Buster and Billie ( 1974) is an American motion picture released by Columbia Pictures. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. His early film roles usually typed him as a nerd or a redneck. Before the Nightmare on Elm Street series, his most notable part was that of Willie, the lovably innocent alien in the 1983 miniseries V, the 1984 sequel V: The Final Battle, and V: The Series. A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American Horror film directed and written by Wes Craven, and the first V is a Science fiction two-part Television miniseries, written and directed by Kenneth Johnson, that launched his science fiction franchise V The Final Battle (abbreviated as VTFB) is a 1984 TV Miniseries starring Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, V The Series was a one-hour weekly television series based on American producer and director Kenneth Johnson 's science fiction franchise

Englund costumed as the diabolical child-killer Freddy Krueger
Englund costumed as the diabolical child-killer Freddy Krueger

After his huge success as Freddy Krueger, Englund became the first new horror movie star since Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in the 1960s. Freddy Krueger is a Fictional character from the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' series of films Christopher Frank Carandini Lee CBE, CStJ (born 27 May 1922 is a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated Saturn Award-winning English Actor Peter Wilton Cushing, OBE (26 May 1913—11 August 1994 was an English actor known for his many appearances in Hammer Films, in which he played Baron Frankenstein His association with the genre led him to top-billed roles in The Phantom of the Opera (1989), The Mangler (1995), and 2001 Maniacs (2005). The Phantom of the Opera The Motion Picture is 1989 film based on Gaston Leroux 's novel and was directed by Dwight H Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Mangler is a short story by Stephen King, published in 1978 in the compilation Night Shift. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 2001 Maniacs is a 2005 horror film directed by Tim Sullivan, starring Jay Gillespie, Dylan Edrington and Matthew Carey. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. While no longer a headliner, today he is revered by horror fans as an elder statesman of the genre. A statesman or stateswoman or statesperson is usually a Politician or other notable figure of State who has had a long and respected career in

He is one of only two actors to play a horror character eight consecutive times, the other being Doug Bradley, who portrayed the Pinhead character eight times. Douglas William Bradley (born September 7 1954) is an English Actor. Fictional character biography Pinhead was not always a Cenobite, but was in fact once human Englund has said that he enjoys the role of Freddy as it gives him a break from always playing the nice guy; indeed, many people who have worked with Englund attest to his congeniality. Makeup artists responsible for the Kruger makeup have commented that Englund was so friendly and talkative that it made the lengthy makeup application slightly more challenging.

Englund's TV appearances include guest spots on the science fiction series Babylon 5 and Sliders, as well as Knight Rider, where he played a phantom haunting a film studio. Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created produced and largely written by J Sliders is an American Science fiction television series that ran for five seasons from 1995 to 2000. Knight Rider is an American Television series that originally ran from September 26 1982 to August 8 1986 He provided the voice of magician Felix Faust in Justice League, The Riddler on The Batman and The Vulture on the new show The Spectacular Spider-Man. Felix Faust is a Fictional sorcerer and Supervillain that appears in stories published by DC Comics. The Justice League sometimes called the Justice League of America or JLA for short is a Fictional DC Comics superhero team. The Riddler ( Edward Nigma or Nygma, or Nashton) is a Fictional character, a DC Comics Supervillain, an enemy of The Batman was an Emmy Award -winning American Animated Television series produced by Warner Bros The Vulture is the name of three Comic book Supervillains in the Marvel Comics universe. The Spectacular Spider-Man (entitled The Spectacular Spider-Man On the TV witch drama Charmed (Episode: "Size Matters"), he played a demon who used the services of a lackey to lure people into a decrepit household (of which he lived in the walls) and shrank them down to action figure size. The following is an episode list for the WB Television series Charmed.

Englund made his directorial début with the 1989 horror film 976-EVIL. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) 976-EVIL is a 1989 Horror film directed by Robert Englund who played Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street His second feature, Killer Pad, was released direct-to-DVD in 2008. Killer Pad is a 2008 comedy/horror film starring Daniel Franzese, Eric Jungmann and Shane McRae. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common He is currently in pre-production to direct The Vij, about a young priest who is lead by an evil genie to commit murder and falls in love with an old witch who is not what she seems. See also Filmmaking Pre-production is the process of preparing all the elements involved in a Film, play, or other Performance.

Filmography

Education

Quotes

References

  1. ^ a b c Robert Englund Biography. Yahoo TV. Retrieved on 2007-10-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon.
  2. ^ Robert Englund Biography (1949?-)
  3. ^ Robert Englund Biography - Yahoo! Movies
  4. ^ http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/feature/213
  5. ^ Robert Englund Biography (1949?-)

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