Head to headLin Shaye against Robert Englund Both careers by IMDb ratingLin ShayeRobert Englund
Tale of the tape as an actor
Lin Shaye vs Robert Englund
Lin Shaye averages 5.53 across 89 rated films as an actor, ahead of Robert Englund at 5.46.
- 120 (89 rated)
- Films acted
- 67 (49 rated)
- ◀5.53
- Average
- 5.46
- ◀5.62
- Weighted
- 5.51
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 7.4
- Best film
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 7.4
- ◀6.84, 1994 to 1998
- Peak five
- 6.36, 1978 to 1984
- None
- Longest 7+ run
- None
- ◀5.74 (+0.21)
- Current form
- 5.64 (+0.18)
- ◀4.19M
- IMDb votes
- 1.31M
- 1975 to 2026
- Career
- 1974 to 2026
- None
- Oscars
- None
Rows won
5 to 0
Lin Shaye ahead
Films together
5
averaging 5.98
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
 A Nightmare on Elm Street | 1984 | 7.4 | as Teacher | as Fred Krueger |
 New Nightmare | 1994 | 6.4 | Actor | as Robert Englund |
| Wish You Were Dead | 2001 | · | as Jinny Macintosh | as Bernie Garces |
 2001 Maniacs | 2005 | 5.3 | as Granny Boone | as Mayor Buckman |
 The Midnight Man | 2016 | 4.8 | as Anna Luster | as Dr. Harding |