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