Robert Englund

Find out all about Robert Englund, from his friendship with a Star Wars Jedi to his guilty pleasure television show.

The door opened for Englund — a "happy accident (opens in new tab)," he said, as it fit between his at-the-time miniseries and television commitments. Matt Donato is a Rotten Tomatoes approved film critic who stays up too late typing words for such outlets as What To Watch, Bloody Disgusting, Fangoria, Shudder, Ebert Voices, and countless other publications. In Tobe Hooper's exploitation flick Eaten Alive, Englund plays a womanizer named Buck who says the following: "I'm Buck and I'm here to f***." In Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, a rapist nurse utters the same line word for word. His personal website (opens in new tab) lists he attended Cranbrook Theatre School, then left UCLA to study at Meadow Brook Theater — a branch of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He enjoyed performing in regional theater for five years and eventually would score roles for productions like Godspell in both New York City and Los Angeles. Tobin Bell as Jigsaw in the Saw series. Doug Bradley as Pinhead in Hellraiser. Brad Dourif as Chucky the killer doll. There’s photo evidence (opens in new tab) of Englund on the set of Big Wednesday (1978) riding waves between takes. "I can still feel the bumps," Englund said. Tarantino loves paying homage to his favorite films and Eaten Aliveis on that list of references (opens in new tab). Believe it or not, Englund and Mark Hamill used to be good friends in the 70s. Unfortunately, even with co-stars like British sensation Bill Nighy and comedian Molly Shannon, the film was a commercial and critical flop. Neither worked out, but what did happen is Englund urged his buddy Hamill (opens in new tab) to try out for the role of Luke Skywalker.