Gunnar Hansen
Icelandic-born American actor (1947-2015) · Iceland · On the map · Actors · Died at 68
Gunnar Milton Hansen was an Icelandic-born American actor and author. He played the deranged cannibal Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).
Gunnar Hansen is read about 1,063 times a day, in 25 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 9 November 2026
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2015Died7 November 20152013
Texas Chainsaw 3DFilm, Leatherface (archive footage)2009
It Came from TrafalgarFilm, Tex Ghoul2007Gimme SkelterFilm, Porter Sandford2006Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the SawFilm2004
Chainsaw SallyFilm, Daddy2002
Hatred Of A MinuteFilm, Barry1999Where Are They Now?Series
Hellblock 13Film, 1999The Executioner1996
E! True Hollywood StorySeries
RepligatorFilm, 1996Dr. Kildare (male)1994
MosquitoFilm, Earl1991
Campfire TalesFilm, Ralph1988
Hollywood Chainsaw HookersFilm, The Stranger1974
The Texas Chain Saw MassacreFilm, Leatherface1947Born4 March 1947
Texas Chainsaw 3DFilm, Leatherface (archive footage)2009It Came from TrafalgarFilm, Tex Ghoul2007Gimme SkelterFilm, Porter Sandford2006Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the SawFilm2004Chainsaw SallyFilm, Daddy2002Hatred Of A MinuteFilm, Barry1999Where Are They Now?SeriesHellblock 13Film, 1999The Executioner1996E! True Hollywood StorySeriesRepligatorFilm, 1996Dr. Kildare (male)1994MosquitoFilm, Earl1991Campfire TalesFilm, Ralph1988Hollywood Chainsaw HookersFilm, The Stranger1974The Texas Chain Saw MassacreFilm, Leatherface1947Born4 March 1947People around Gunnar
Close ties
Edwin Neal Also in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
John Dugan Also in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Shudder
Tobe Hooper Produced The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
Marilyn Burns Also in Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
Fred Olen Ray Produced Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)
Gary Jones Directed Mosquito (1995)
Known for
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974
Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers 1988
Texas Chainsaw 3D 2013
Mosquito 1994
Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre 2009
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
50 credits on file
Television 2
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
Country
Iceland
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1947 to 2015 · aged 68
