The independent archive / 1974—2022
Nine films. Different families. Conflicting histories. Follow the people, stories, and sources through every released chapter.
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2006 · Character file
The supervisor belongs to the industrial setting surrounding Thomas Hewitt. The slaughterhouse closure provides important context for the prequel’s account of the family’s isolation.
Played by Tim De Zarn
2013 · Character file
Heather’s inheritance reveals a concealed family history and changes her relationship to Leatherface. Her identity is central to the film’s shift from a familiar escape story toward divided loyalties.
Played by Alexandra Daddario
2013 · Character file
Yeager plays the older Leatherface encountered by Heather. The film gives him a surviving family connection and a role in an inheritance conflict, distinguishing this version from Thomas Hewitt.
Played by Dan Yeager
2013 · Character file
Ryan travels to Texas with Heather and the others. This Ryan is unrelated to William Butler’s character in the third film; the shared name occurs in different stories and casts.
Played by Trey Songz
2013 · Character file
Nikki is part of Heather’s traveling group. Her relationships within the group add another source of tension before the inheritance property’s hidden danger dominates the story.
Played by Tania Raymonde
2013 · Character file
Darryl joins the travelers along the road and becomes involved with the inherited property. His role revisits the franchise’s recurring uncertainty around picking up strangers.
Played by Shaun Sipos
2013 · Character file
Kenny accompanies Heather’s group to Texas. His place in the ensemble belongs to the inheritance journey and the property’s transition from apparent opportunity to danger.
Played by Keram Malicki-Sánchez
2013 · Character file
Carl is a younger representative of the town’s law-enforcement world. His family connection to the mayor ties local authority to the history surrounding the Sawyers.
Played by Scott Eastwood
2013 · Character file
The sheriff is involved in both the family’s history and the present conflict. His role provides a different position within local authority from Mayor Hartman’s.
Played by Thom Barry
2013 · Character file
Hartman connects the town’s present power structure to the violence directed at the Sawyer family. The character is central to the film’s complications of victimhood, revenge, and civic authority.
Played by Paul Rae
2013 · Character file
Farnsworth is the attorney connected with Heather’s inheritance. He provides a formal link between the young woman’s everyday life and the Texas estate that changes her understanding of her family.
Played by Richard Riehle
2013 · Character file
Moseley plays Drayton in the opening material revisiting the original family. This is not Chop Top, the character he originated in the second film.
Played by Bill Moseley
2013 · Character file
Hansen returns to the franchise as a different member of the family rather than as Leatherface. The appearance creates a production connection to 1974 without reusing the actor’s original role.
Played by Gunnar Hansen
2013 · Character file
Verna is central to the inheritance that brings Heather to Texas. Burns’s participation connects this production to the original cast, but Verna is distinct from Sally Hardesty.
Played by Marilyn Burns
2013 · Character file
Dugan reprises the family elder in the film’s opening-era material. This is a more direct role connection than the different character he played in The Next Generation.
Played by John Dugan
2013 · Character file
Gavin belongs to Heather’s adoptive family. The Millers’ place in her history becomes important as the inheritance exposes the difference between what she was told and her connection to the Sawyers.
Played by David Born
2013 · Character file
Arlene is part of Heather’s adoptive family. Her role belongs to the film’s conflict over hidden origins rather than the household presented in the Hewitt remake continuity.
Played by Sue Rock
2013 · Character file
Ollie is a supporting figure in the town and family-history conflict. His record is kept within the 2013 installment rather than being extended into unrelated franchise branches.
Played by Ritchie Montgomery
2017 · Character file
Jackson’s identity becomes the film’s central reveal. His relationship with Lizzy and his return to the Sawyer family form the path toward the Leatherface image recognized from later events in this branch.
Played by Sam Strike
2017 · Character file
Lizzy is a nurse caught in the escape from Gorman House. Her bond with Jackson gives the journey a competing emotional direction before the Sawyer family reasserts its influence.
Played by Vanessa Grasse
2017 · Character file
Verna seeks to reclaim her son and represents the family’s hold on his identity. Her maternal role is inseparable from the household’s demand for loyalty and participation.
Played by Lili Taylor
2017 · Character file
Hartman’s pursuit is driven by the death of his daughter. The character makes law enforcement another source of personal violence rather than a straightforward alternative to the Sawyer family.
Played by Stephen Dorff
2017 · Character file
Ike is one of the escapees traveling with Jackson, Bud, Clarice, and Lizzy. His behavior creates danger within the group as well as from the authorities pursuing it.
Played by James Bloor
2017 · Character file
Clarice is an escapee whose partnership with Ike intensifies the road journey’s violence. Writer and director interviews provide context for the character’s development beyond the finished performance.
Played by Jessica Madsen