- 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 A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
is ranked #51 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of
All Time. - He is of Swedish, Danish, Scottish, English, and German ancestry. His surname is Swedish.
- Is an avid King of the Hill (1997) fan.
- Wrote an unused treatment for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987).
- 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. - One-time TV/radio host.
- 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.
- Married twice, the first occurred during his college heyday. He met his second wife Nancy Booth while working on his feature directorial debut 976-EVIL (1988).
- Lives in Laguna Beach, California.
- Cannot, despite popular belief, speak Swedish fluently.
- 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.
- 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: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984).
- Was considered for the role of Mr. Joshua in Lethal Weapon (1987).
- 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.
- 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. - Parents: Kent and Janis (nee McDonald) Englund.
- Shares graduation from Granada Hills High School with actor Ossie Beck and football player John Elway.
- He was in every A Nightmare on Elm Street movie except the 2010 remake.
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