Trivia

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.

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 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987).

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).

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.

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.

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).

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.