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Actor Gunnar Hansen was the first and most well-known actor to portray the character, later going on to become a vocal advocate for the character. Since Hansen's portrayal of Leatherface, numerous other actors and stuntmen have assumed the role of the character throughout the series.
Gunnar Milton Hansen (March 4, 1947 – November 7, 2015) was an Icelandic-born American actor and author. He played the mentally impaired cannibal Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Theatrical release poster Directed by Tobe Hooper Written by Kim Henkel Tobe Hooper Produced by Tobe Hooper Starring Marilyn Burns Paul A. Partain Edwin Neal Jim Siedow Gunnar Hansen Narrated by John Larroquette Cinematography Daniel Pearl Edited by Sallye Richardson Larry Carroll Music by Tobe Hooper Wayne Bell Production company Vortex Inc. Distributed by ...
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The screenplay's story of man who loses his sense of identity was derived from actor Gunnar Hansen's origination of the Leatherface character. In January 2013, it was revealed that due to the success of Texas Chainsaw 3D , Millennium Films began planning a sequel film to be called Texas Chainsaw 4 which was expected to begin filming later in ...
Leatherface lay dormant for more than a decade, until 1986 when Hooper flipped the script of his original film to direct the dark comedy-driven The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2.
He was portrayed by Gunnar Hansen in the original 1974 film, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Bill Johnson in 1986's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, R. A. Mihailoff in 1990's Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, Robert Jacks in 1995's Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, Andrew Bryniarski in the Platinum Dunes films: 2003's The ...
Johnson was chosen to play Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2. [3] Despite negative reviews from critics due in part to the film relying much more on gore and black comedy than its predecessor, the film has become a cult classic [4] and it gained Johnson notoriety as one of the six actors to have portrayed the character.