ACTOR

Gunnar Hansen

1947 - 2015

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Hansen has received more than 1,472,119 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Gunnar Hansen is the 3,178th most popular actor (down from 2,569th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Iceland (down from 28th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Icelander Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gunnar Hansen ranks 3,178 out of 13,578. Before him are Lee Jong-suk, Corinne Marchand, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gisèle Casadesus, Kelly Hu, and John Neville. After him are Can Yaman, Tom Noonan, Laurent Terzieff, Jonny Lee Miller, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and Sam Jaffe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Gunnar Hansen ranks 362. Before him are Rajko Grlić, Dominique Baratelli, Wenche Myhre, Natalya Varley, Deniz Gezmiş, and Albert Brooks. After him are Mihaela Peneș, Laurent Pokou, Stephen Collins, Akira Terao, Alaksandar Milinkievič, and Linda Thorson. Among people deceased in 2015, Gunnar Hansen ranks 208. Before him are Ján Chryzostom Korec, Ants Antson, Oʻtkir Sultonov, Nicolae Rainea, Gheorghe Gruia, and Tadeusz Konwicki. After him are Hermann Zapf, Jules Bianchi, Fred Thompson, Roddy Piper, Qiao Shi, and Alex Rocco.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Gunnar Hansen ranks 40 out of 190. Before him are Davíð Oddsson (1948), Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975), Guðbrandur Þorláksson (1542), Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885), Friðrik Ólafsson (1935), and Sturla Þórðarson (1214). After him are Jón Ögmundsson (1052), Hannes Hafstein (1861), Eiður Guðjohnsen (1978), Baltasar Kormákur (1966), Ólafur Thors (1892), and Gunnar Thoroddsen (1910).

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Among ACTORS In Iceland

Among actors born in Iceland, Gunnar Hansen ranks 2. Before him are Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975). After him are Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson (1963), Jón Gnarr (1967), Anita Briem (1982), Hera Hilmar (1988), Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (1988), Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (1980), Tómas Lemarquis (1977), and Heida Reed (1988).

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Television and Movie Roles

Quantum of Solace
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Zombieland: Double Tap
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Oct 9th 20196.9 / 10
Riddick
Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.
Sep 2nd 20136.3 / 10