2017 · Character file
Bud
Bud escapes alongside Jackson and the others. His imposing physical presence plays a role in the film’s uncertainty over which young man will become Leatherface.
Played by Sam Coleman
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2017 · Character file
Doctor Lang
Lang directs the institution holding the young people. His encounters with Verna help establish the conflict between institutional control and the Sawyer family’s claims.
Played by Chris Adamson
2017 · Character file
Deputy Sorells
Sorells belongs to the law-enforcement side of the pursuit. His supporting role helps situate Hartman within an official structure even as the ranger’s motives become personal.
Played by Finn Jones
2017 · Character file
Young Jedidiah
Kabakchief plays Jedidiah during the childhood material. This is the younger stage of the character later played by Sam Strike, not a separate Leatherface identity.
Played by Boris Kabakchief
2017 · Character file
Nubbins Sawyer
The younger family member connects this prequel’s household with the Hitchhiker identity associated with the original film. The connection belongs to the Sawyer-oriented prequel branch.
Played by Dejan Angelov
2017 · Character file
Ted Hardesty
Ted provides a brief link to the Hardesty name associated with Sally and Franklin. His limited appearance should not be expanded into a full untold storyline without further production evidence.
Played by Julian Kostov
2017 · Character file
Betty Hartman
Betty’s death shapes her father Hal Hartman’s pursuit of the Sawyers. The character’s place in the opening history is essential to understanding the ranger’s later revenge motive.
Played by Lorina Kamburova
2022 · Character file
Lila
Lila accompanies her sister Melody to Harlow. Her experience of earlier trauma shapes her response to the town’s violence and distinguishes her from the business venture driving the trip.
Played by Elsie Fisher
2022 · Character file
Melody
Melody is one of the visitors trying to remake Harlow as a new commercial opportunity. Her relationship with Lila adds a personal responsibility to decisions that initially appear to concern property and investment.
Played by Sarah Yarkin
2022 · Character file
Leatherface
Burnham plays the older killer encountered in Harlow. This film does not import the full Thomas Hewitt origin or Heather’s inheritance story; it follows its own continuation from the original premise.
Played by Mark Burnham
2022 · Character file
Sally Hardesty
Sally returns as an older survivor seeking confrontation. Fouéré takes over the role originated by Marilyn Burns, making the distinction between character continuity and performer continuity especially important.
Played by Olwen Fouéré
2022 · Character file
Dante
Dante is part of the effort to redevelop Harlow. His involvement in the dispute over the town’s existing occupants helps initiate the confrontation at the center of the film.
Played by Jacob Latimore
2022 · Character file
Ruth
Ruth accompanies Dante and the group. Her place in the early aftermath of the property dispute moves her outside the main town gathering and into a different encounter with Leatherface.
Played by Nell Hudson
2022 · Character file
Richter
Richter is a contractor already connected with the town. His interactions with Lila complicate the visitors’ assumptions about the people and culture they encounter in Harlow.
Played by Moe Dunford
2022 · Character file
Ginny McCumber
Ginny occupies the house that becomes the focus of the visitors’ property dispute. Her relationship with Leatherface provides the immediate personal context for his renewed violence.
Played by Alice Krige
2022 · Character file
Catherine
Catherine is associated with investment in the Harlow venture. Her presence links the small central group with the wider visitors arriving to participate in the town’s proposed transformation.
Played by Jessica Allain
2022 · Character file
Sheriff Hathaway
Hathaway is one of the officers involved in the early Harlow incident. His role places official intervention inside the chain of events rather than outside the film’s danger.
Played by William Hope
2022 · Character file
Deputy
The deputy participates in the official response to the incident at Ginny’s home. This supporting role belongs to the 2022 film’s law-enforcement sequence and is not Sheriff Hoyt from the remake branch.
Played by Jolyon Coy
2022 · Character file
Herb
Herb is a supporting figure in the film’s Texas setting. The archive records the performer and installment without supplying an invented personal history beyond the released story.
Played by Sam Douglas