Gunnar Hansen

Known for

Acting

Born

March 4, 1947

Birthplace

Reykjavik, Iceland

Died

November 7, 2015 (aged 68)

Biography

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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).

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Best known work

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974

Texas Chainsaw 3D

2013

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers

1988

Murder-Set-Pieces

2004

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

Mosquito

1994

Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre

2009

Death House

2018

The American Nightmare

2000

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

2010

Filmography

TBA
Chain Saw Confidential
Book
2025
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
as Self - Leatherface(archive footage)
2024
Dinner with Leatherface
as Self
2024
Inner Demons
2021
Death Breed
as George
2021
The History of Metal and Horror
as Self
2018
Death House
as Albert Kenny, Writer
2015
True Fear: The Making of Psycho
as Self
2015
Bugging Out! The Making of 'Mosquito'
as Himself
2013
Texas Chainsaw 3D
as Leatherface (archive footage)
2010
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre
as Captain Pétur
2009
Won Ton Baby!
as Dr. Kurt Severson
2009
It Came from Trafalgar
as Tex Ghoul
2008
Brutal Massacre: A Comedy
as Krenshaw
2007
Shudder
as Samson
2007
Gimme Skelter
as Porter Sandford
2006
The Deepening
as Dr. Chambers
2006
Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the Saw
as Self
2006
Swarm of the Snakehead
as Gunner
2005
The Perfect Scary Movie
as Self
2005
Aconite
as The Elder
2005
Apocalypse and the Beauty Queen
as Reggie
2004
Murder-Set-Pieces
as Nazi Mechanic
2004
Chainsaw Sally
as Daddy