Robert Englund Net Worth

Robert Englund's Quotes

• 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 (1956) instead. Horrifying. For years I was frightened of girls with pigtails.
• I saw an entire magazine of Freddy Krueger tattoos. Hey, I'm a classically trained actor who was doing [Anton Chekhov], and now there are thousands of people walking around America with my tattoo on them. I just take it as pop culture.
• I get a lot of teenagers going, 'Yo, Krueger,' and honking their horn and giving me the claw. Yeah, I'm recognized.
• Gosh, I'd like to direct Our Town on stage.
• But it's mostly about pacing yourself when you do these movies.

Interesting Facts about Robert Englund

1. 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.
2. Parents: Kent and Janis (nee McDonald) Englund.
3. 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.
4. One-time TV/radio host.
5. 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).
6. 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.
7. He is of Swedish, Danish, Scottish, English, and German ancestry. His surname is Swedish.
8. 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.
9. Is an avid King of the Hill (1997) fan.
10. Cannot, despite popular belief, speak Swedish fluently.
11. 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.
12. He is a keen surfer, and has been shown on Entertainment Tonight (1981) talking about surfing.
13. Shares graduation from Granada Hills High School with actor Ossie Beck and football player John Elway.
14. Wrote an unused treatment for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987).
15. Father helped design the U-2 spy plane.
16. 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.
17. While a student at the Academy of Dramatic Art he spent a summer teaching at Cranbrook Theatre School in Bloomfield Hills.
18. Lives in Laguna Beach, California.
19. Was considered for the role of Mr. Joshua in Lethal Weapon (1987).