Robert Englund

Robert is a well-known voice actor, actor and director who has been in the film industry for more than 30 years now. Many actors have come up and after trying for several years, they give up and try their luck elsewhere. However, for Robert Englund, he knew what he wanted started pursuing it in 1973 and up to today, he’s still doing the same thing.

Well, how well do you know about Robert Englund? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Robert Englund’s net worth in 2021, his age, height, weight, wife, kids, biography and complete details about his life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Robert Englund to date.

Biography and Early Life

It was on 6^th of June in 1947 when Englund landed on planet earth. He was welcomed by his parents John Kent Englund and Janis (née MacDonald) in Glendale, California. Robert’s father was an aeronautic engineer and played a very great role in the development of the Lockheed U-2 airplane. Although he is American by nationality, he has a mixed ethnicity of Scottish and Swedish.

Since he started acting from the age of 12 years old, he doesn’t talk much about his family including whether he has siblings and what his siblings are involved in.

Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement

So, how old is Robert Englund in 2021 and what is his height and weight? Well, Robert Englund’s age is 74 years old as of today’s date 2nd August 2021 having been born on 6 June 1947. Though, he is 5′ 9″ in feet and inches and 177 cm in Centimetres tall, he weighs about 176 lbs in Pound and 80kg in Kilograms.

Education

Robert’s parents knew how important education was in the life of their son and therefore they enrolled him to Cranbrook Theatre School. Since he knew what he wanted to become in future, he didn’t struggle much into making this a reality. Therefore, his parents were very supportive and enrolled him to schools that would support his goals.

After graduating from Cranbrook Theatre School, he was enrolled in University of California and Los Angeles but he dropped out after three years. He was then transferred to Michigan’s Oakland University where he had an opportunity of training at Meadow Brook Theater.

Personal Life: Dating, Girlfriends, Wife, Kids

During his youth, he fell in love with one beautiful lady by the name Elizabeth Gardner who was a nurse. The two got married in 1968 but four years after their union, they divorced and went separate ways. After the divorce, he didn’t think much about his love life but instead, he decided to focus on his career.

Since 1972, there is no information of Robert being in a relationship with any other woman. Either he decided to walk away from the relationship or he has kept the information about his love life away from the public. There is also no information of him having any child to date.

Is Robert Englund Gay?

The fact that Robert doesn’t talk much about his love life is not enough reason for us to term him as gay. The fact that he has been married to a woman once proves that he doesn’t have any interest in men. Therefore, we can comfortably conclude that he is straight as far as sexual orientation is concerned.

Professional Career

When it comes to his career in the film industry, we can say that he was very lucky to have a smooth start. His career started in 1977 when he was given an opportunity in a film known as Star Wars. In the same year, he was featured in another film known as Eaten Alive which was directed by Tober Hooper.

In 1981, Galaxy of Terror was released and Robert had been featured as Ranger and the film was produced by Roger Corman. This marked the beginning of Robert’s successful career and today, he has a record of over 100 appearances on both film and television. Some of these include: Miniseries V, The Final Battle, The Phantom of the Opera, Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare, Wes Cravens New Nightmare and Knight Rider among others.

Apart from acting, he has also done various voice-over animation including magician Felix Faust in Justice League. On The Spectacular, he has done voice over for The Vulture. Others include: The Rider on Batman, Dormammu on The Super Hero Squad as well as The Vulture on The Spectacular Spider-man.

As a film director, he has again worked on several films. His debut was on a horror film 976-EVIL. Brian Helgeland was a co-writer and the film was starring was Stephen Geoffrey. Since then, he has been the success behind many other films some of which include: Freddy’s Nightmares “Monkey Dream” and “Cabin Fever” episodes just to mention a few.

Awards

No one can be in a single field for so many years and reach to the level where Robert is without receiving any positive recognition. Robert has earned many awards and nominations during his career in the film industry. Some of these include: Satum Award nomination in the category of Best Supporting Actor in 1988 and 1990.

In 1995, he received a Fantafestival Award in the category of Best Actor and in 2001, he received a Saturm Award in the category of The Life Career Award. The list goes on and on.

Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Robert Englundin 2021

Robert has not only earned fame and awards in his career in the film industry but also a great fortune. As of 2021, his net worth is estimated to be roughly $18 million. The main source of his income is from his career as an actor, director as well as in doing voice-overs.

The fact that Robert started acting at a very young age doesn’t mean that it was a guarantee he would succeed. What has brought him this far is his passion and love for what he does which have translated into commitment and perfection of his skills.