North Penn High School
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North Penn High School is a part of the North Penn School District
and is located in Towamencin Township
, Pennsylvania
, about a mile outside of Lansdale borough, 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia, along Valley Forge Road (PA Route 363
). It operates under the Principal Burton T. Hynes and the school colors are Navy and Columbia blue. The school hours are 7:25AM to 2:22PM.
North Penn High School was created in 1955 as the result of a joint venture of seven school systems (Hatfield Joint Consolidated, Lansdale Borough, Line Lexington Independent, Montgomery Township, North Wales Borough, Towamencin Township and Upper Gwynedd Township) to educate students from three former high schools: Hatfield High School, Lansdale High School, and North Wales High School. The original North Penn High School building was an expansion of the building that had served as Lansdale High School since the 1930s. The former Hatfield
and North Wales
buildings were eventually converted to elementary school
s. The North Wales building is still used for this purpose today. The Hatfield building, later renamed the E.B. Laudenslager Elementary School, was replaced by a newer building in 1971. The current North Penn High School was constructed in 1971 because of severe overcrowding at the original school. The former high school building, located on Penn Street in Lansdale, is now Penndale Middle School.
North Penn High School is among the largest statewide, with student enrollment for the 2005-2006 school year at 3,423.
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are represented at the high school, while freshmen (commonly the first year of high school) are enrolled in one of the three aforementioned middle schools. The middle schools enroll grades 7 - 9 while the elementary schools enroll grades K - 6.
The graduating class of 2008 was 1036.
, Canada
, and Puerto Rico
attended.
North Penn High School and Knapp Elementary School both celebrated their 50th anniversaries in the year of 2005.
North Penn High School's International Thespian
troupe was the first high school to start a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
(BC/EFA) high school chapter in the world. BC/EFA is a charity in which Broadway
actors, and now high schools, can raise money which gets sent to this charity to fight AIDS
. North Penn has an annual gala to raise money in addition to auctioning off many pieces of Broadway memorabilia.
In the 2001-2002 school year, the high school participated in the Y100 Food Drive for the first time, and won 1st place. As a prize, Saves the Day
played a free, private concert for them. In the 2006-2007 school year, the high school participated in the WMMR
Preston and Steve
Food Drive and donated over 2 tons of food. They won 1st place, and as a result, were awarded an OK Go
concert.
In 2006, The North Penn Marching Knights won the USSBA Grand National Championship at the Naval Academy, and they also won their 10th consecutive state championship.
On Friday, April 18, 2008, former President
Bill Clinton
visited North Penn High School. Due to the school's large community and student body, it was chosen as one of the places that a representative of the Clinton campaign
would speak.
distinguished North Penn as having the best athletic program in Pennsylvania
, noting that the school has "won 45 state championships over the last 10 years" and "is a power in football and is also dominant in boys' swimming." The school is also prominent in boys' and girls' water polo
, and boys' winter track, spring track, cross country
, and more recently baseball.
The men's water polo team won state titles in 2004, 2006, and 2007, while being ranked second on the east coast in 2007.
The football teams latest state title was in 2003.
Also, the cross country teams latest state title was in 2008, winning the state championship for the second year in a row. In 2009, runner Brad Miles took the individual state title, making it 3 consecutive years that the team has won some kind of state title.
Continuing with the school's sports dominance, the Men's Baseball team won the PIAA Class AAAA State Championship in 2009, the first baseball state championship in North Penn's History.
Former North Penn football coach Mike Pettine is now on the coaching staff of the New York Jets
as defensive coordinator. Alumnus Mark Will-Weber is a successful distance runner and writer. After coaching prominent Division III teams at Moravian College
, and authoring The Quotable Runner, he now teaches writing at Moravian.
North Penn's most successful sport might very well be their track and field program. A powerhouse in AAA track, North Penn won 113 straight dual meets from 1995-2010.
North Penn's men's swimming and diving team held the longest dual meet winning streak in any sport across the nation in history. The streak ended in 2005 with 251 straight dual meet victories.
North Penn offers a variety of sports that students can participate in, including but not limited to: football, basketball, soccer, swimming, water polo, softball, baseball, golf , tennis, wrestling, indoor track, outdoor track, cross country, lacrosse, volleyball, field hockey, dance, cheer leading, bowling, ice hockey, rugby, and ultimate frisbee.
, Indianapolis 500
, and the Fiesta Bowl
. Their major motion picture credits include both "Blow Out
" and "Rocky V
". The Marching Knights have held Bands of America
Regional Finalist titles for 10 consecutive years and have won 10 consecutive USSBA
regional championships. The Marching Knights have won the Cavalcade of Bands Yankee Conference Championship 13 times. In 2006, the North Penn Marching Knights was the first band to receive the title of USSBA Grand National Champion. In addition, the Marching Knights competed in their first BOA Super Regional in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2007, the North Penn Marching Knights placed third place in the USSBA northern state championships and first place at the USSBA Grand National Championship. The marching band is led by two drum majors and many student leaders. Each drum major and student leader is selected by the Marching Knights staff.
An extension of the Marching Knights is North Penn's indoor program. The indoor program consists of the percussion ensemble, visual ensemble, jazz band, and lab band. Each member of each ensemble must audition and be selected by a staff member. The percussion and visual ensemble have each participated in many competitions, most notably Winter Guard International
Championships. The jazz and lab bands each compete at jazz festivals and have competed in the Cavalcade Jazz Championships.
featured the football team in a documentary entitled "The Season."
The school's football team was featured in the 1999 film "The Last Game". The movie includes a storyline about North Penn's former rivalry with neighboring Central Bucks West High School.
In 2004, the school made national news and was the subject of a show on MTV
due to the elaborate senior class prank pulled by Thomas McDonald, Brendan Mulvihill, Marty Sandeen, Andrew Molholt, Jay Habre, Tim Frisch, and 50+ participants they recruited over the course of the entire 2003-2004 academic year. On the night of June 6, the rear and cafeteria courtyards of the school's grounds were forked with over 40,000 plastic forks. At graduation, Dr. Hassler, the superintendent, threw forks onto the field to congratulate the senior class on their brilliant and harmless senior prank.
On Friday, April 18, 2008, former President Bill Clinton
delivered a speech on the steps of North Penn High School at a rally for Hillary Clinton's presidency. The Pennsylvania primary was Tuesday April 22. Preceding President Clinton were introductions by PA Representative Allyson Schwartz, former Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel.
On Monday, September 8, 2008, John Oates
, half of Hall & Oates
and member of the Class of 1966, returned to North Penn for an assembly in his honor, which included a video about his life made by the school's broadcasting class, and a question and answer period. He also played several songs from his new solo album 1000 Miles of Life, and "Rich Girl
".
North Penn School District
The North Penn School District is a regional public school district that consists of thirteen elementary schools, three middle schools, and one high school...
and is located in Towamencin Township
Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania
Towamencin Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 17,578 at the 2010 census. It is part of the North Penn School District. Towamencin has residential neighborhoods, historic farmhouses, recreational facilities, many schools, and open spaces. ...
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, about a mile outside of Lansdale borough, 25 miles northwest of Philadelphia, along Valley Forge Road (PA Route 363
Pennsylvania Route 363
Pennsylvania Route 363 is a state highway located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania that is a spur of PA 63. The route runs from an interchange with U.S. Route 422 near Valley Forge northeast to PA 63 in Lansdale. The route runs through suburban areas of central Montgomery County, passing some...
). It operates under the Principal Burton T. Hynes and the school colors are Navy and Columbia blue. The school hours are 7:25AM to 2:22PM.
North Penn High School was created in 1955 as the result of a joint venture of seven school systems (Hatfield Joint Consolidated, Lansdale Borough, Line Lexington Independent, Montgomery Township, North Wales Borough, Towamencin Township and Upper Gwynedd Township) to educate students from three former high schools: Hatfield High School, Lansdale High School, and North Wales High School. The original North Penn High School building was an expansion of the building that had served as Lansdale High School since the 1930s. The former Hatfield
Hatfield, Pennsylvania
Hatfield is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,290 at the time of the 2010 census.-Geography:Hatfield is located at ....
and North Wales
North Wales, Pennsylvania
North Wales is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is one of the three historic population centers that make up the North Penn Valley...
buildings were eventually converted to elementary school
Elementary school
An elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
s. The North Wales building is still used for this purpose today. The Hatfield building, later renamed the E.B. Laudenslager Elementary School, was replaced by a newer building in 1971. The current North Penn High School was constructed in 1971 because of severe overcrowding at the original school. The former high school building, located on Penn Street in Lansdale, is now Penndale Middle School.
North Penn High School is among the largest statewide, with student enrollment for the 2005-2006 school year at 3,423.
Sophomores, juniors, and seniors are represented at the high school, while freshmen (commonly the first year of high school) are enrolled in one of the three aforementioned middle schools. The middle schools enroll grades 7 - 9 while the elementary schools enroll grades K - 6.
The graduating class of 2008 was 1036.
Honors
The school hosted the 75th Anniversary National Association of Student Councils (NASC) national conference from June 24-28, 2006, where students from 49 states, as well as AustraliaAustralia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, and Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
attended.
North Penn High School and Knapp Elementary School both celebrated their 50th anniversaries in the year of 2005.
North Penn High School's International Thespian
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
troupe was the first high school to start a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the theatre community’s response to the AIDS crisis. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the theatre community, on Broadway, Off-Broadway and across the country, BC/EFA raises funds for AIDS-related causes across the United States...
(BC/EFA) high school chapter in the world. BC/EFA is a charity in which Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
actors, and now high schools, can raise money which gets sent to this charity to fight AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
. North Penn has an annual gala to raise money in addition to auctioning off many pieces of Broadway memorabilia.
In the 2001-2002 school year, the high school participated in the Y100 Food Drive for the first time, and won 1st place. As a prize, Saves the Day
Saves the Day
Saves the Day is an American rock band from Princeton, New Jersey, formed in 1994. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Chris Conley, guitarist Arun Bali, bassist Rodrigo Palma, and drummer Claudio Rivera....
played a free, private concert for them. In the 2006-2007 school year, the high school participated in the WMMR
WMMR
WMMR is an active rock radio station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, broadcasting at 93.3 MHz FM. The station is owned by Greater Media....
Preston and Steve
Preston and Steve
The Preston and Steve show is a morning radio comedy and variety broadcast on Philadelphia Active Rock station 93.3 FM WMMR featuring DJs Preston Elliot and Steve Morrison. The show, which originated at Y100 in Philadelphia, features daily telephone interviews, in-studio guests, celebrity...
Food Drive and donated over 2 tons of food. They won 1st place, and as a result, were awarded an OK Go
OK Go
OK Go is a rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, USA, now residing in Los Angeles, California, USA. The band is composed of Damian Kulash , Tim Nordwind , Dan Konopka and Andy Ross , who joined them in 2005, replacing Andy Duncan...
concert.
In 2006, The North Penn Marching Knights won the USSBA Grand National Championship at the Naval Academy, and they also won their 10th consecutive state championship.
On Friday, April 18, 2008, former President
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
visited North Penn High School. Due to the school's large community and student body, it was chosen as one of the places that a representative of the Clinton campaign
Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2008
New York junior Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton had expressed interest in the 2008 United States presidential election since at least October 2002, drawing media speculation on whether she would become a candidate. No woman has ever won the nomination of a major party in the...
would speak.
Sports
In 2005, 2006, and 2007 Sports IllustratedSports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...
distinguished North Penn as having the best athletic program in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, noting that the school has "won 45 state championships over the last 10 years" and "is a power in football and is also dominant in boys' swimming." The school is also prominent in boys' and girls' water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, and boys' winter track, spring track, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, and more recently baseball.
The men's water polo team won state titles in 2004, 2006, and 2007, while being ranked second on the east coast in 2007.
The football teams latest state title was in 2003.
Also, the cross country teams latest state title was in 2008, winning the state championship for the second year in a row. In 2009, runner Brad Miles took the individual state title, making it 3 consecutive years that the team has won some kind of state title.
Continuing with the school's sports dominance, the Men's Baseball team won the PIAA Class AAAA State Championship in 2009, the first baseball state championship in North Penn's History.
Former North Penn football coach Mike Pettine is now on the coaching staff of the New York Jets
New York Jets
The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
as defensive coordinator. Alumnus Mark Will-Weber is a successful distance runner and writer. After coaching prominent Division III teams at Moravian College
Moravian College
Moravian College a private liberal arts college, and the associated Moravian Theological Seminary are located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States, in the Lehigh Valley region.-History:...
, and authoring The Quotable Runner, he now teaches writing at Moravian.
North Penn's most successful sport might very well be their track and field program. A powerhouse in AAA track, North Penn won 113 straight dual meets from 1995-2010.
North Penn's men's swimming and diving team held the longest dual meet winning streak in any sport across the nation in history. The streak ended in 2005 with 251 straight dual meet victories.
North Penn offers a variety of sports that students can participate in, including but not limited to: football, basketball, soccer, swimming, water polo, softball, baseball, golf , tennis, wrestling, indoor track, outdoor track, cross country, lacrosse, volleyball, field hockey, dance, cheer leading, bowling, ice hockey, rugby, and ultimate frisbee.
Marching Knights
The North Penn Marching Knights was formed in December 1971. Since then, they have received many awards and honors. A few of the places that they have performed at are the Kentucky DerbyKentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
, Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis 500
The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is an American automobile race, held annually, typically on the last weekend in May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana...
, and the Fiesta Bowl
Fiesta Bowl
The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Frito-Lay and named with their Tostitos brand, is a United States college football bowl game played annually at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. Between its origination in 1971 and 2006, the game was hosted in Tempe, Arizona at Sun Devil...
. Their major motion picture credits include both "Blow Out
Blow Out
Blow Out is a 1981 thriller film, written and directed by Brian De Palma. The film stars John Travolta as Jack Terry, a movie sound effects technician from Philadelphia who, while recording sounds for a low-budget slasher film, serendipitously captures audio evidence of an assassination involving a...
" and "Rocky V
Rocky V
Rocky V is an American film released as the fifth film in the Rocky series in 1990. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Stallone's real life son Sage, and real life boxer Tommy Morrison as boxer Tommy Gunn, a talented yet raw boxer...
". The Marching Knights have held Bands of America
Bands of America
Bands of America , a division of Music for All, Inc., is an organization that promotes and organizes marching band competitions for high school students. Competitions include both Regional and Super Regional Championships as well as the Grand National Championships...
Regional Finalist titles for 10 consecutive years and have won 10 consecutive USSBA
United States Scholastic Band Association
The United States Scholastic Band Association was formed in the Fall of 1988 to provide high school band programs with a competitive circuit featuring top judges from across the continent and a venue for the US Scholastic Band Championship....
regional championships. The Marching Knights have won the Cavalcade of Bands Yankee Conference Championship 13 times. In 2006, the North Penn Marching Knights was the first band to receive the title of USSBA Grand National Champion. In addition, the Marching Knights competed in their first BOA Super Regional in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2007, the North Penn Marching Knights placed third place in the USSBA northern state championships and first place at the USSBA Grand National Championship. The marching band is led by two drum majors and many student leaders. Each drum major and student leader is selected by the Marching Knights staff.
An extension of the Marching Knights is North Penn's indoor program. The indoor program consists of the percussion ensemble, visual ensemble, jazz band, and lab band. Each member of each ensemble must audition and be selected by a staff member. The percussion and visual ensemble have each participated in many competitions, most notably Winter Guard International
Winter Guard International
Spawning from the organization Drum Corps International , Winter Guard International was founded in 1977. WGI is a visual performing arts organization that hosts regional and national competitions for color guard and indoor percussion ensembles. Contests are held in the U.S...
Championships. The jazz and lab bands each compete at jazz festivals and have competed in the Cavalcade Jazz Championships.
In the media
In 1999, ESPNESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
featured the football team in a documentary entitled "The Season."
The school's football team was featured in the 1999 film "The Last Game". The movie includes a storyline about North Penn's former rivalry with neighboring Central Bucks West High School.
In 2004, the school made national news and was the subject of a show on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
due to the elaborate senior class prank pulled by Thomas McDonald, Brendan Mulvihill, Marty Sandeen, Andrew Molholt, Jay Habre, Tim Frisch, and 50+ participants they recruited over the course of the entire 2003-2004 academic year. On the night of June 6, the rear and cafeteria courtyards of the school's grounds were forked with over 40,000 plastic forks. At graduation, Dr. Hassler, the superintendent, threw forks onto the field to congratulate the senior class on their brilliant and harmless senior prank.
On Friday, April 18, 2008, former President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
delivered a speech on the steps of North Penn High School at a rally for Hillary Clinton's presidency. The Pennsylvania primary was Tuesday April 22. Preceding President Clinton were introductions by PA Representative Allyson Schwartz, former Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Hoeffel.
On Monday, September 8, 2008, John Oates
John Oates
John William Oates is an American rock, R&B and soul guitarist, musician, songwriter and producer best known as half of the rock and soul duo Hall & Oates ....
, half of Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates
Hall & Oates are an American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates. They achieved their greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. Both sing and play instruments. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed "rock and soul."...
and member of the Class of 1966, returned to North Penn for an assembly in his honor, which included a video about his life made by the school's broadcasting class, and a question and answer period. He also played several songs from his new solo album 1000 Miles of Life, and "Rich Girl
Rich Girl (Hall & Oates song)
"Rich Girl" is a song by Daryl Hall and John Oates. On March 26, 1977, it became their first number one single on Billboard Hot 100 chart. The single originally appeared on the 1976 album Bigger Than Both of Us.-Content:...
".
Notable alumni
- John OatesJohn OatesJohn William Oates is an American rock, R&B and soul guitarist, musician, songwriter and producer best known as half of the rock and soul duo Hall & Oates ....
(Class of 1966) Member of the musical duo Hall & OatesHall & OatesHall & Oates are an American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates. They achieved their greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. Both sing and play instruments. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed "rock and soul."... - Michael E. Brown - (Class of 1972) Dean of the Elliott School of International AffairsElliott School of International AffairsThe Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University is a professional school in international relations. It is located in the heart of Washington, D.C...
, George Washington UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityThe George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States... - Jay CaufieldJay CaufieldJohn Jay Caufield is a former NHL right winger. Jay was raised in the Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania, area about a mile outside of Lansdale borough. He graduated from North Penn High School.-Playing career:...
(Class of 1978) Former NHL Player. Won Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991/1992 season. - Liza WeilLiza WeilLiza Rebecca Weil is an American actress. She is known for her role as Paris Geller in the television drama Gilmore Girls and has guest-starred on programs such as The Adventures of Pete & Pete, ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Grey's Anatomy, and The West Wing.-Early life:Weil was born in...
(Class of 1995) Television and theater actress, Paris Geller on Gilmore GirlsGilmore GirlsGilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW... - Andrew BryniarskiAndrew BryniarskiAndrew Bryniarski is an American actor and a former bodybuilder of Russian descent, who is best known for portraying Steve Lattimer in The Program, as well as Leatherface in the remake of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and its prequel and Zangief in the live action Street Fighter movie...
- Film and television actor. Appeared as LeatherfaceLeatherfaceLeatherface is the main antagonist in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre horror-film series and its spin-offs. He wears masks made of human skin and engages in murder and cannibalism alongside his inbred family. He is considered by many to be one of the first major slasher film villains alongside Michael...
in the 2003 remake of The Texas Chainsaw MassacreThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a 2003 remake of the 1974 horror film of the same name. The 2003 film was directed by Marcus Nispel and produced by Michael Bay...