Gunnar Hansen

Known for: Acting
Born: March 4, 1947, Reykjavik, Iceland
Died: November 7, 2015
Movies: 46

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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 Movies

7.3

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

1974

5.5

Texas Chainsaw 3D

2013

5.7

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers

1988

3.9

Murder-Set-Pieces

2004

4.9

Mosquito

1994

4.5

Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre

2009

3.7

Death House

2018

6.8

The American Nightmare

2000

6.7

Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape

2010

7.0

Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth

2000

Filmography

2025	Nash the Slash Rises Again!	Self - Leatherface(archive footage)
2024	Dinner with Leatherface	Self
2024	Inner Demons
2021	Death Breed	George
2021	The History of Metal and Horror	Self
2018	Death House	Albert Kenny
2015	True Fear: The Making of Psycho	Self
2015	Bugging Out! The Making of 'Mosquito'	Himself
2013	Texas Chainsaw 3D	Leatherface (archive footage)
2010	Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape	Self (archive footage)
2009	Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre	Captain Pétur
2009	Won Ton Baby!	Dr. Kurt Severson
2009	It Came from Trafalgar	Tex Ghoul
2008	Brutal Massacre: A Comedy	Krenshaw
2007	Shudder	Samson
2007	Gimme Skelter	Porter Sandford
2006	The Deepening	Dr. Chambers
2006	Flesh Wounds: Seven Stories of the Saw	Self
2006	Swarm of the Snakehead	Gunner
2005	The Perfect Scary Movie	Self
2005	Aconite	The Elder
2005	Apocalypse and the Beauty Queen	Reggie
2004	Murder-Set-Pieces	Nazi Mechanic
2004	Chainsaw Sally	Daddy
2004	UnConventional	Self
2003	Next Victim	Doctor Howard
2002	Sinister	The Piper
2002	Rachel's Attic	Ronald
2002	Witchunter	Michael Jones
2002	Hatred Of A Minute	Barry
2000	Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film	Self
2000	Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth	Self
2000	The American Nightmare	Self
1999	Hellblock 13	The Executioner
1996	Repligator	Dr. Kildare (male)
1996	Theater Dark Video Magazine	Self
1995	Freakshow	The Freakmaster
1994	Mosquito	Earl
1993	Zombie Jamboree ‘93	Himself
1991	Campfire Tales	Ralph
1988	Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers	The Stranger
1988	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: A Family Portrait	Himself
1977	The Demon Lover	Prof. Peckinpah
1974	The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	Leatherface

Directing, Writing & Producing

2018	Death House	Writer
1994	Maine: America's Coast	Screenplay

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