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Robert Barton Englund
| Birthday: |
June 6,
1949 (54) |
| Parents: |
Kent and Janis McDonald |
| Birthplace: |
Glendale, California USA |
| Trademark: |
Freddy Krueger |
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An 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 70s.
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He was cast in Eaten Alive (1976), as a sex
crazed maniac directed by Texas Chainsaw Massacre director,
Tobe Hooper. From then, he went on to a number of low-budget
horror films, including Galaxy of Terror (1981) and Fifth Floor,
The (1980). Then came the big break as Freddy Krueger in Nightmare On Elm
Street.
The film was directed by Wes Craven and was so successful that
producers of New Line Cinema had him reprise Freddy in all of
the sequels. With the success of the sequels, he played the
title role in the semi-remake of the horror film classic, Phantom
of the Opera, The (1989) for 21st Century Film Corporation.
From then on, Englund has frequently worked with horror director
Tobe Hooper, for example in Night Terrors (1993) and Mangler,
The (1995).
"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' instead. Horrifying. For years I was frightened
of girls with pigtails."
~Robert Englund
Robert Englund Trivia:
| Father designed U-2 spy plane. |
| Attended UCLA (for three years) and Oakland University (in Rochester, MI). |
| Parents: Kent and Janis McDonald. |
| Member of Actors' Equity Association (1968-), Screen Actors
Guild (1973-), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists,
Directors Guild of America. |
| One-time TV/radio host. |
| Married three times, the first occurred during his college heyday. |
| His second wife, actress Roxanne Rogers, had a small part in
the only movie he directed, 976-EVIL |
"I saw an entire magazine of Freddy Krueger tattoos. Hey, I'm a classically trained actor who was doing Chekhov, and now there are thousands of people walking around America with my [character's] tattoo on them. I just take it as pop culture."
~Rob
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