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name: "Andrew Bryniarski"
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born: "13 February 1969"
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# Andrew Bryniarski

Actor. Born 13 February 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 February 1969, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Active:** 1992–2002

## Biography

Andrew Bryniarski is an American actor and former bodybuilder. He was born on 13 February 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bryniarski was discovered by a talent agent while visiting Los Angeles and made his film debut in *Hudson Hawk* (1991). He is known for his role as Chip in *Batman Returns* (1992), Zangief in *Street Fighter* (1994), Steve Lattimer in *The Program* (1993), and Thomas Hewitt (Leatherface) in *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre* (2003) and its prequel *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning* (2006). He has also appeared in *Any Given Sunday* (1999), *Pearl Harbor* (2001), *Scooby-Doo* (2002) and the series *Firefly* (2002).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, dc.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Firefly* (2002), Fi1m 83, as Crow — [page](https://film.one/tv/firefly.md)
- *Batman Returns* (1992), Fi1m 81, as Chip — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-returns.md)

## Also known for

- *Pearl Harbor* (2001), Boxer Joe
- *Scooby-Doo* (2002), Cavern Henchman
- *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre* (2003), Thomas Hewitt (Leatherface)
- *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning* (2006), Thomas Hewitt / Leatherface
- *Any Given Sunday* (1999), Patrick 'Madman' Kelly
- *Street Fighter* (1994), Zangief
- *Hudson Hawk* (1991), Butterfinger
- *Burn Notice* (2007), Big Ed

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