Robert Barton Englund was born on 6 June 1947, in Glendale, California, USA, of Swedish ancestry. Robert is an actor, voice-actor, director and singer probably best known for his portrayal of the iconic horror character Freddie Krueger from the “Nightmare on Elm Street” series. He’s also noted for his performance in the 1980s miniseries “V”. His accomplishments in acting have put his net worth to where it is now.
How rich is Robert Englund? As of early-2016, sources estimate that his net worth is at $14 million, mostly acquired through a successful acting career. He’s considered a horror movie star and has been in various horror films throughout his life. He still continues to star in films which help raise and maintain his wealth.
Robert Englund Net Worth $14 Million
Robert’s interest in acting began at the age of 12, when he attended a children’s theatre program at California State University, Northridge. He would continue studying acting in high school, attending the Cranbrook Theatre School in the Cranbrook Educational Community. He then studied at the University of Califonia, Los Angeles (UCLA) before dropping out and going to Oakland University. From there, he trained at the Meadow Brook Theater.
One of the first films Englund was interested in was “Star Wars”, where he auditioned for the role of Luke Skywalker and was even briefly considered to play Han Solo. In the end, it would be his friend Mark Hamill who would be cast as Luke. His debut film would be “Eaten Alive” and following that he starred in “Galaxy of Terror”. Robert made many small appearances in film and television, but was finally noticed when he played the role of the Visitor technician Willie in the miniseries “V”. Englund would reprise the role in the 1984 sequel, as well as the series. Wanting to break out of this typecast, Robert would accept the offer to portray Freddie Krueger in the Wes Craven film “A Nightmare on Elm Street”, which catapulted him to success and he found various opportunities after the film. His net worth would also rise significantly from this point.
The film company, New Line underestimated Englund’s ability to act as Krueger and originally cast someone else to play as Krueger for the second film “A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge”. They eventually called Robert back for the role and he would also go on and play the character in the next films. These include “A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors”, “A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master” and “A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child”. From the 1990s up to 2003, Englund would be called back to play the role in “Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare”, “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare”, and “Freddy vs. Jason”.
Aside from Doug Bradley as the horror character Pinhead, Englund would be the only one who played a horror character eight consecutive times. He would go on and star in other films and series, mostly steering away from horror. He also found voice acting work and provided voices for villains in superhero animated series and movies. He also tried his hand at directing before going back to acting for television and film. He’s set to release a few more horror movies in the coming years.
For Englund’s personal life, he was married to Elizabeth Gardner (1968-86), Roxanne Rogers (1986-88), and to Nancy Booth since 1988. Not much else is known about him and his current personal endeavors, as he likes to keep things private.
