Gunnar Hansen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1947-03-04 (68 years old)

Deathday

2015-11-07

Place of Birth

Reykjavik, Iceland

Gunnar Hansen

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gunnar Milton Hansen (March 4, 1947 – November 7, 2015) was an Icelandic American actor and author best known for playing Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gunnar Hansen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2005

Wolfsbayne

as The Elder

2009

Won Ton Baby!

as Dr. Kurt Severson

2004

2007

Shudder

as Samson

1996

Repligator

as Dr. Kildare (male)

2006

The Deepening

as Dr. Chambers

1988

1995

Freakshow

as The Freakmaster

1994

Mosquito

as Earl

1993

Zombie Jamboree

as Himself

2004

Murder-Set-Pieces

as Nazi Mechanic

2021

Death Breed

as George

2013

Texas Chainsaw 3D

as Leatherface (archive footage)

1991

1999

Hellblock 13

as The Executioner

1977

The Demon Lover

as Prof. Peckinpah

2004

2002

2002

Witchunter

as Michael Jones

2007

Gimme Skelter

as Porter Sandford

2002

2003

Next Victim

as Doctor Howard

2009

2018

Death House

as Albert Kenny

2002

Sinister

as The Piper

Production

2018

Death House

as Writer

1994

1993

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