Andrew Bryniarski (born February 13, 1969) is an American actor and a former bodybuilder.
Bryniarski was born in from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA). He is a graduate of North Penn High School in Lansdale, PA. While visiting a friend in Hollywood, California, he was discovered by a talent scout and soon found himself in the film Hudson Hawk alongside Bruce Willis.
He has appeared in numerous films, but is best known for his work in football film playing characters such as Steve Lattimer The Program and Mad Dog Kelly from Any Given Sunday. He is also known as the character Leatherface in the 2003 remake of the 1973 film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a role that earned him a nomination as "Best Villain" for the 2004 MTV Movie Awards and People Magazine's Teen Choice Award for "Best Thriller". He reprised the role as Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, making him the only actor to portray Leatherface in more than one film.
He is also an accomplished musician. He plays in the band Shadow Syndicate, and is a member of Black Label Society's Los Angeles chapter.
Year
Title
Role
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Dragonfight
Bar Fight Spectator
Necessary Roughness
Wyatt Beaudry
Hudson Hawk
Butterfinger
Batman Returns
Charles "Chip" Shreck
Cyborg 3: The Recycler
Jocko
The Program
Steve Lattimer
Street Fighter
Zangief
Higher Learning
Knocko
Any Given Sunday
Patrick "Madman" Kelly
Pearl Harbor
Joe, Boxer
Black Mask 2: City of Masks
Iguana/Daniel Martinez
Scooby Doo
Cavern Henchman
Rollerball
Halloran
The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special
Lobo
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Thomas "Leatherface" Hewitt
The Curse of El Charro
El Charro
Seven Mummies
Blade
The Forest
Chasing 3000
Gang Member
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Thomas "Leatherface" Hewitt
Bryniarski also played Crow, the lieutenant of crime lord Adelei Niska, in the Firefly episode "The Train Job" and Larry Phillips, Jr. in the tv movie 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out based on the North Hollywood shootout incident
