# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gunnar-hansen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:52:47.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gunnar-hansen"
name: "Gunnar Hansen"
slug: "gunnar-hansen"
description: "Gunnar Milton Hansen was an Icelandic-born American actor and author. He played the deranged cannibal Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)."
tagline: "Icelandic-born American actor (1947–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gunnar_Hansen%2C_Cinema_Wasteland_2009.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947-03-04"
deathDate: "2015-11-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0360815"
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    url:       "http://www.gunnarhansen.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump