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Robert Englund
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| Nickname: | Robert Englund / Robert 'Freddy' Englund / |
| Known for: | Freddy vs. Jason, New Nightmare, A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child |
| Birth name: | Robert Barton Englund |
| Birthday: | 6 June 1947, Glendale, California, USA |
| Height: | 5' 10" (1.78 m) |
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Trivia
Father designed U-2 spy plane.
Parents: Kent and Janis (nee McDonald) Englund.
One-time TV/radio host.
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.
Auditioned for the part of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars (1977).
Cannot, despite popular belief, speak Swedish fluently.
He is a keen surfer, and has been shown on "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) talking about surfing.
Wrote an unused treatment for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987).
After failing to get the part of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars (1977), he suggested to a friend that he try out for the part. That friend was Mark Hamill.
While a student at the Academy of Dramatic Art he spent a summer teaching at Cranbrook Theatre School in Bloomfield Hills.
Lives in Laguna Beach, California.
