Gunnar Hansen
Hansen at Days of the Dead in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2012
Born	(1947-03-04)March 4, 1947 Reykjavík, Iceland
Died	November 7, 2015(2015-11-07) (aged 68) Northeast Harbor, Maine, U.S.
Cause of death	Pancreatic cancer
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1973-2014

Gunnar Hansen (March 4, 1947 – November 7, 2015) was an Icelandic-American actor and author. He was best known for playing the mentally-ill cannibal Leatherface in The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).

Hansen was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. He was raised in Maine and in Austin, Texas. He studied at the University of Texas at Austin. Hansen died of pancreatic cancer on November 7, 2015 at the age of 68.^[1]

• Gunnar Hansen official web site
• Gunnar Hansen on IMDb

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