What is Gunnar Hansen?
{{Infobox person | image = Gunnar Hansen photographed by Ryota Nakanishi (cropped).jpg | caption = Hansen at Days of the Dead in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], 2012 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|3|4}} | birth_place = [[Reykjavík]], [[Iceland]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2015|11|7|1947|3|4}} | death_place = [[Northeast Harbor, Maine]], [[U.S.]] | death_cause = [[Pancreatic cancer]] | other_names = | website = | alma_mater = [[University of Texas at Austin]] | spouse = | years_active = 1973-2014 | occupation = Actor }} '''Gunnar Hansen''' (March 4, 1947 &ndash; November 7, 2015) was an [[Iceland]]ic-[[Americans|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.<ref>[http://abc7.com/entertainment/texas-chainsaw-massacre-actor-gunnar-hansen-dies-at-68/1073907/ 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' Actor Gunnar Hansen Dies at 68]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.gunnarhansen.com/ Gunnar Hansen official web site] *{{IMDb name|360815}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Gunnar}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Actors from Austin, Texas]] [[Category:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)]] [[Category:Actors from Maine]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American video game actors]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Maine]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States]] [[Category:Writers from Reykjavík|Gunnar Hansen]] [[Category:Writers from Maine]] [[Category:Writers from Texas]] [[Category:Actors from Reykjavík]] {{actor-stub}}