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Andrew Bryniarski

 
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  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '90s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Horror, Action
  • Career Highlights: Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest, The Curse of El Charro, 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout
  • First Major Screen Credit: 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout (2003)

Biography

A hulking actor whose early performances in such efforts as Hudson Hawk (1991) and Street Fighter (1994) utilized his girth to maximum effect, actor Andrew Bryniarski has crafted an impressive career in action films while considerably honing his acting skills. Born in Philadelphia in 1969, it was on a summer vacation to Hollywood that Bryniarski stumbled into acting after being spotted by a talent scout and screen testing for legendary Hollywood director Joel Silver. Soon acting alongside Bruce Willis in the notorious Hollywood bomb Hudson Hawk (1991), roles in Batman Returns (1992) and Street Fighter (1994) proved Bryniarski was an onscreen talent to be reckoned with. Of course, he was a natural for sports films, and with such efforts as Necessary Roughness (1991), The Program (1993), and Any Given Sunday (1999), Bryniarski took to the gridiron with bone-crunching results. After smashing skulls in both Pearl Harbor (2001) and Rollerball (2002), Bryniarski teamed with legendary Hong Kong film director Tsui Hark for a villainous role in Black Mask 2: City of Masks (2002). After stepping into Gunnar Hansen's formidable shoes for the role of legendary screen villain Leatherface in the 2003 Hollywood horror remake The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it was back to the gridiron in the same year's The Playmakers of New Orleans. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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Andrew Bryniarski

Andrew Bryniarski, 2006
Born February 13, 1969 (1969-02-13) (age 40)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation Bodybuilder, film actor

Andrew Bryniarski (born February 13, 1969) is an American actor and a former bodybuilder. He is 6'5.

Bryniarski was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] He is a graduate of North Penn High School in Lansdale, Pennsylvania. 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 1974 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.

Bryniarski practices yoga[2] and enjoys horse riding and mountain climbing.

Bryniarski can be occasionally seen on RVDTV, an internet series with professional wrestler Rob Van Dam, as a part of the Friends in High Places segments.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Dragonfight Bar Fight Spectator
1991 Necessary Roughness Wyatt Beaudry
Hudson Hawk Butterfinger
1992 Batman Returns Charles "Chip" Shreck
1993 Cyborg 3: The Recycler Jocko
The Program Steve Lattimer
1994 Street Fighter Zangief
1995 Higher Learning Knocko
1999 Any Given Sunday Patrick "Madman" Kelly
2001 Pearl Harbor Joe, Boxer
2002 Black Mask 2: City of Masks Iguana/Daniel Martinez
Scooby Doo Cavern Henchman
Rollerball Halloran
Firefly Crow (episode "The Train Job")
The Lobo Paramilitary Christmas Special Lobo
2003 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out Larry Eugene Phillips, Jr.
2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Thomas "Leatherface" Hewitt
2004 The Curse of El Charro El Charro
2005 Seven Mummies Blade
2006 The Forest
Chasing 3000 Gang Member
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning Thomas "Leatherface" Hewitt
2008 Bram Stoker's Dracula's Guest Count Dracula

References

  1. ^ http://www.andrewbryniarski.net/pages/bio.htm Bryniarski's birthplace and height
  2. ^ http://www.andrewbryniarski.net/pages/bio.htm Bryniarski's facts

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