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See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers, and other crew members who worked on the horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Find out who played Fred Krueger, Nancy Thompson, Glen Lantz, and more.
Nov 16, 1984 · A Nightmare on Elm Street: Directed by Wes Craven. With John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp, Amanda Wyss. Teenager Nancy Thompson must uncover the dark truth concealed by her parents after she and her friends become targets of the spirit of a serial killer with a bladed glove in their dreams, in which if they die, it kills them in ...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Robert Shaye. It is the first installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and stars Heather Langenkamp , John Saxon , Ronee Blakley , Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger , [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and Johnny Depp in his film debut.
Find out who played Freddy Krueger, Nancy Thompson and other characters in the horror franchise that started in 1984. See the list of cast members for each film, from the original to the remake.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare
- Freddy vs. Jason
- Freddy's Nightmares
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Donald Thompson
1. Played by John Saxon 2. Appeared in A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, Wes Craven's New Nightmare Donald "Don" Thompson is the father of Nancy Thompson and Marge Thompson's ex-husband. Years before the events of the first film, he participates in the murder of Fred Krueger when Krueger was freed on a technicality after a series of child murders. After this, he divorces Nancy's mother. When Tina Gray is murdered, Don (a lieutenant in the Springwood police department) us...
Freddy Krueger
1. Played by Robert Englund 2. Appeared in A Nightmare on Elm Street, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Freddy Vs Jason, Freddy Vs Jason Vs Ash, Freddy Vs Jason Vs Ash: Nightmare Warriors, and Freddy Vs Jason Vs Michael Vs Leatherface Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger (a.k.a. The Springwood Slasher) is a child killer who is responsible for the kidn...
Glen Lantz
1. Played by Johnny Depp 2. Appeared in A Nightmare on Elm Street Glen Lantz, a student at Springwood High, is Nancy Thompson's boyfriend. Before the film's events (and unbeknownst to Glen), his parents participated in the murder of Fred Krueger. He begins having a series of tormenting nightmares of a man who turns out to be Krueger's spirit, does not tell his friends, and would not let them keep him from getting some sleep, believing that they are just dreams. When his friends Tina and Rod d...
Jesse Walsh
1. Portrayed by Mark Patton 2. Appeared in: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Jesse Walsh is a student who moves into Nancy Thompson's old house on Elm Street with his family and begins having nightmares about Freddy Krueger. He learns that his father paid a bargain price for the house; one of its previous owners had been mysteriously killed, and it is rumored to be haunted. Freddy possesses Jesse, using him to kill in the real world and slowly gaining the strength to manifest his own form. He uses...
Lisa Webber
1. Played by Kim Myers 2. Appeared in: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Lisa Webber is a wealthy and popular girl at Springwood High who is attracted to Jesse Walsh when he moves into her neighborhood. They begin dating, but Jesse becomes increasingly erratic under Freddy Krueger's influence. Lisa tries to convince Jesse that Freddy is dead until she sees him manifest in Jesse's body. Freddy tries to kill her, but her proclamations of love weaken his hold on Jesse (apparently allowing Jesse to ban...
Ron Grady
1. Played by Robert Rusler 2. Appeared in: A Nightmare on Elm Street 2 Ron Grady, initially Jesse's rival, grows close to him while they are punished by Schneider. Jesse confides his fears about Freddy to Ron, and asks him to watch over him while he sleeps to make sure that Freddy does not gain control. Ron falls asleep, Freddy seizes control and transforms Jesse into Freddy, and murders Ron. According to Robert Englund, a homoerotic subtext implies that Jesse is gay and Freddy is his fear of...
Amanda Krueger
1. Played by Nan Martin, Beatrice Boepple 2. Appeared in: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (Martin), A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 (Boepple), Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: Nightmare Warriors Amanda Krueger is Freddy's mother. She decides to become a nun, chooses Mary Helena as her religious name and is assigned to Westin Hills Hospital. Amanda is accidentally locked inside with psychopaths and killers for several days at Christmastime. Beaten and raped, when she is found she is barely al...
Kristen Parker
1. Played by Patricia Arquette, Tuesday Knight 2. Appeared in: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (Arquette), A Nightmare on Elm Street 4(Knight) Kristen Parker is one of the last Elm Street children who have nightmares. After falling asleep she is attacked by Freddy, who slits her wrists. Her injuries are seen as a suicide attempt; Kristen is admitted to Westin Hills Hospital, where she meets other children who are having similar nightmares. After meeting Nancy Thompson (the original Freddy survivo...
Jennifer Caulfield
1. Played by Penelope Sudrow 2. Appeared in: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 Jennifer Caulfield is a teenaged patient at Westin Hills Hospital who refuses to sleep after experiencing horrific dreams and self-harms to stay awake. An aspiring TV star, she watches shows to learn techniques but inadvertently falls asleep. Unaware that she is dreaming, she approaches the wall-mounted TV in the hospital when it displays strange images. The TV sprouts arms and Freddy's head; the arms restrain and lift h...
Alice Johnson
1. Played by Lisa Wilcox 2. Appeared in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, A Nightmare on Elm Street 5, Nightmares on Elm Street, The Nightmares on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger's Seven Sweetest Dreams ("Dead Highway, Lost Roads") and Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors Alice is a friend of Kristen Parker, the last Elm Street child. Freddy Krueger requires her to bring him more children, eventually tormenting her enough to summon Alice. Kristen is killed by Freddy after she gives Alice (a...
Dan Jordan
1. Played by Danny Hassel 2. Appeared in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 Daniel "Dan" Jordan is a Springwood teenager. A star football player, his friendship with Rick Johnson introduces him to Alice (who has a crush on him). Dan joins Alice to help defeat Freddy Krueger, and Alice saves his life. In A Nightmare on Elm Street 5, Dan and Alice begin a romantic relationship and Alice becomes pregnant with their son, Jacob. After Freddy returns (using the unborn Jacob...
Debbie Stevens
1. Played by Brooke Theiss 2. Appeared in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 Debbie, the last of Alice Johnson's friends after the others are killed by Freddy Krueger, has a deep-rooted fear of insects. Knowing that Debbie will be Freddy's next target, Alice tries to save her; however, Freddy traps Alice and love interest Dan in a time loop without their knowledge. By the time Alice and Dan can escape, they are too late to reach Debbie before Freddy attacks her; he kills Debbie by painfully transfor...
Jacob Johnson
1. Played by Whit Hertford 2. Appeared in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5, Nightmares on Elm Street, The Nightmares on Elm Street: Freddy Krueger's Seven Sweetest Dreams ("Dead Highway, Lost Roads"), A Nightmare on Elm Street: Perchance to Dream and Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash: The Nightmare Warriors Jacob is the son of Alice Johnson and Dan Jordan. After being defeated by his mother in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4, Freddy Krueger returns in Jacob's dreams before he is born and feeds him the souls of...
Greta Gibson
1. Played by Erika Anderson 2. Appeared in A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 Greta, a friend of Alice Johnson and daughter of the overbearing Racine, wants to be a supermodel. At a party in her honor hosted by her mother, she falls asleep at the table. Freddy binds Greta to his chair and opens a doll with his claws, opening Greta's abdomen. He then locks her in a refrigerator, killing her in the dream world; in the real world she is apparently choking, but none of the party guests help her.
Mark Gray
1. Played by Joe Seely 2. Appeared in: A Nightmare on Elm Street 5 Mark is a friend of Alice Johnson. Obsessed with comic books, he is a talented comic-book artist, knowledgeable about mythology and in love with Greta. Although Mark does not believe Alice's story about Freddy Krueger at first, he begins to take her seriously after Freddy kills Greta. He is later attacked by Freddy, but is saved by Alice and awakens before Freddy can kill him. Alice asks Mark to research Freddy and Amanda Krue...
Carlos Rodriguez
1. Played by Ricky Dean Logan 2. Appeared in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare Carlos Rodriguez is a youth counseled by Maggie Burroughs who was physically abused by his parents, leaving with him a hearing disability. When Maggie and John Doe travel to Springwood, Carlos stows away in their van with Spencer and Tracy. After they are discovered by Maggie, they rest at a nearby house. Carlos and Spencer fall asleep, allowing Freddy to kill Carlos by magnifying his hearing aid and scratching a...
Doc
1. Played by Yaphet Kotto 2. Appeared in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare Doc, a counselor at Maggie Burroughs' shelter, is a dream counselor and often uses that therapy to help Tracy. He can control his own dreams, allowing him to remember John Doe, Spencer and Carlos after their deaths although everyone else (except Maggie and Tracy) forgets them. Doc discovers that the only way to kill Freddy is to bring him into the real world after pulling a piece of his sweater during a confrontation....
Dream Demons
1. Appeared in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare The Dream Demons are three serpentine entities which are revealed as the source of Freddy Krueger's power and ability to kill in dreams. After the human Freddy is killed by a vigilante mob, the demons appear to him with an offer to become their agent in exchange for power and immortality. Freddy accepts the offer and the demons merge with him, giving him his powers. After his daughter Maggie Burroughs pulls Freddy into the real world and destr...
Chase Porter
1. Played by David Newsom 2. Appeared in Wes Craven's New Nightmare Chase, father of Dylan Porter and fictional husband of Heather Langenkamp, is based on Langenkamp's husband David LeRoy Anderson in occupation. A film special-effects worker, he does not tell Nancy that his latest project is a new Nightmare on Elm Streetfilm; instead, he lies to her that he was working on visual effects a television soap-company commercial. After Heather's nightmare (which leaves his fingers wounded as they w...
Dylan Porter
1. Played by Miko Hughes 2. Appeared in Wes Craven's New Nightmare Dylan, the fictional son of Heather Langenkamp (based on her real-life son, Daniel Atticus Anderson), is fascinated with dinosaurs and loves the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel". He begins having strange dreams and commits involuntary acts relating to his mother's A Nightmare on Elm Street films, although she forbids him to watch them. The acts became more severe and Dylan is brought to the hospital, where doctors...
Heather Langenkamp
1. Played by Heather Langenkamp 2. Appeared in Wes Craven's New Nightmare Heather, a fictionalized version of the real Heather Langenkamp, has left the A Nightmare on Elm Street films for a quiet life with her family. When work starts on a new Nightmare film, Heather begins having prophetic nightmares about murders and being stalked by Freddy Krueger. She is uncomfortable when her co-star, Robert Englund (who played Freddy), is nearby. Her husband is killed under strange circumstances and her...
Bill Freeburg
1. Played by Kyle Labine 2. Appeared in Freddy vs. Jason Bill Freeburg is a Springwood teenager who joins Lori Campbell and her friends to defeat Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees. They steal hypnocil (to keep them from dreaming) from Westin Hills Hospital, but Freddy possesses the stoned Bill and uses him to destroy the stock of hypnocil and inject Jason with a sedative. Bill, however, is killed by Jason before the sedative takes effect.
Charlie Linderman
1. Played by Chris Marquette 2. Appeared in Freddy vs. Jason Charlie Linderman is a Springwood teenager who has an unrequited crush on Kia Waterson and joins her friends to defeat Freddy and Jason. After the group goes to Crystal Lake and brings Freddy into the real world to fight Jason, Charlie is fatally wounded and expresses his feelings for Kia before he dies.
Gibb Smith
1. Played by Katharine Isabelle 2. Appeared in Freddy vs. Jason Gibb Smith is a Springwood teenager and a friend of Lori Campbell. She is in an emotionally abusive relationship with her boyfriend, Trey, who is later killed by Jason. At a rave, she passes out and is stalked by Freddy; before he can kill her, however, she is killed by Jason in the real world. Freddy then realizes he must act against Jason.
Tim Blocker
1. Played by Ian Patrick Williams 2. Appeared in "No More Mr. Nice Guy" Lieutenant Tim Blocker is the police officer who arrests Freddy Krueger after Freddy stalks Blocker's teenage twin daughters, Merit and Lisa, around his house. His wife's name is Sarah. After Freddy's trial ends in acquittal on a legal technicality, a lynch mob forms. Tim arrives to stop them, saying that killing Freddy would lower them all to his level. Freddy taunts Tim, boasting that he would get his twins sooner or la...
Merit and Lisa Blocker
1. Played by Gry and Hili Park 2. Appear in "No More Mr. Nice Guy" and "Sister's Keeper" Merit and Lisa are Tim and Sarah's blonde, identical-twindaughters. They are the main characters of "Sister's Keeper", after their father's death in the series premiere. Merit is the "nutcase sister" who thinks that Freddy is back, warning before his death: "If you kill Freddy, you'll only make it worse".She dreams about him, and believes that he murdered their father. When Freddy injures Merit in her dre...
Learn about the cast and characters of the horror film series created by Wes Craven, featuring Freddy Krueger, a dream stalker who kills his victims in their sleep. Find out who played Nancy Thompson, the protagonist of the original film, and other recurring roles in different films and media.
A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares ...
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A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge.
