Rutger Hauer
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Rutger Oelsen Hauer (January 23, 1944 – July 19, 2019) was a Dutch film actor. He was well known for his roles in Flesh + Blood, Blind Fury, Blade Runner, The Hitcher, Nighthawks, Sin City, Ladyhawke, The Blood of Heroes and Batman Begins. Hauer was born in Breukelen, Netherlands, to drama teachers Arend and Teunke, and grew up in Amsterdam. Since his parents were very occupied with their careers, he and his three sisters (one older, two younger) were raised mostly by nannies. At the age of 15, Hauer ran off to sea and spent a year scrubbing decks aboard a freighter. Returning home, he worked as an electrician and a carpenter for three years while attending acting classes at night school. He went on to join an experimental troupe, with which he remained for five years before he was cast in the lead role in the very successful 1969 television series Floris, a Dutch Ivanhoe-like medieval action drama. The role made him famous in his native country. Hauer's career changed course when director Paul Verhoeven cast him as the lead in Turkish Delight (1973) (based on the Jan Wolkers book of the same name). The movie found box-office favour abroad as well as at home, and within two years, its star was invited to make his English-language debut in the British film The Wilby Conspiracy (1975). Set in South Africa and starring Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier, the film was an action melodrama with a focus on apartheid. Hauer's supporting role, however, was barely noticed in Hollywood, and he returned to Dutch films for several years. Hauer made his American debut in the Sylvester Stallone vehicle Nighthawks (1981), cast as a psychopathic and cold-blooded terrorist named "Wolfgar" (after a character in the Old English poem Beowulf). The following year, he appeared in arguably his most famous and acclaimed role as the eccentric, violent, yet sympathetic replicant Roy Batty in Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi thriller, Blade Runner. Hauer was a dedicated environmentalist. He fought for the release of Greenpeace's co-founder, Paul Watson, who was convicted in 1994 for sinking a Norwegian whaling vessel. Hauer has also established an AIDS awareness foundation called the Rutger Hauer Starfish Foundation. He married his second wife, Ineke, in 1985 (they had been together since 1968); and he has one child, actress Aysha Hauer, who was born in 1966 and who made him a grandfather in 1988. In April 2007, he published his autobiography All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners (co-written with Patrick Quinlan) where he discussed many of his movie roles. Proceeds of the book go to Hauer's Starfish Foundation.
Known for
Credits
Batman Begins (2005)
as Earle
Blade Runner (1982)
as Batty
Sin City (2005)
as Cardinal Roark
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
as President of the World State Federation
Iron Mask (2019)
as English Ambassador
Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
as (archive footage)
Mysteries (1978)
as Simonsen aka Johan Frederik Nagel
Ladyhawke (1985)
as Captain Etienne Navarre
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
as Lothos
Samson (2018)
as Manoah
The Rite (2011)
as Istvan Kovak
The Hitcher (1986)
as John Ryder
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
as The Commodore
Fatherland (1994)
as SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015)
as King Zakour
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
as Keeler
24 Hours to Live (2017)
as Frank
Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)
as Rudi van der Merwe
Split Second (1992)
as Stone
Nighthawks (1981)
as Wulfgar
The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
as Bishop August Schmidt
Naked and Lustful (1976)
Actor
Flesh + Blood (1985)
as Martin
The Blood of Heroes (1989)
as Sallow
Escape from Sobibor (1987)
as Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky
Blind Fury (1989)
as Nick Parker
Spetters (1980)
as Gerrit Witkamp
Dracula 3D (2012)
as Abraham van Helsing
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
as Curtiz
Blast (1997)
as Leo
The Rhapsody (2008)
Actor
Turkish Delight (1973)
as Erik Vonk
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
as The Brain
Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
as Hobo
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
as John Tanner
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001)
as Copilot MacIntosh
Deathline (1997)
as John Wade
Admiral (2015)
as Maarten Tromp
Tonight at Noon (—)
as Diego
Precious Find (1996)
as Armond Crille
Gangsterdam (2017)
as Dolph
Hostile Waters (1997)
as Cap. Britanov
Life's a Beach (2010)
as Jean-Luc
Surviving the Game (1994)
as Burns
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
as Blane Van Niekirk
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich (2016)
as Oskar Halminski
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987)
as Nick Randall
Bleeders (1997)
as Dr. Marlowe
Blood of the Innocent (1994)
as Dr. Lem
Valerian (2004)
Actor
Soldier of Orange (1977)
as Erik Lanshof
The Mill and the Cross (2011)
as Peter Bruegel
Moonage Daydream (2022)
as Self (archive voice)
Bride Flight (2008)
as Old Frank
Tempesta (2004)
as Van Beuningen
Minotaur (2006)
as Cyrnan
A Breed Apart (1984)
as Jim Malden
The Hunt for Eagle One (2006)
as Gen. Frank Lewis
Warrior Angels (2002)
as Grekkor
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)
as Andreas Kartak
Black Butterflies (2011)
as Abraham Jonker
Eureka (1983)
as Claude Maillot Van Horn
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)
as Self
Crossworlds (1996)
as A.T.
Beyond Justice (1992)
as Tom Burton
Wedlock (1991)
as Frank Warren
Bone Daddy (1998)
as Palmer
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point (2006)
as Gen. Frank Lewis
Dazzle (2009)
Actor
Katie Tippel (1975)
as Hugo
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000)
as Self
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997)
as John Thornton
Moving McAllister (2007)
as Maxwell McAllister
Arctic Blue (1993)
as Ben Corbett
Blind Side (1993)
as Jake Shell
Omega Doom (1996)
as Omega Doom
2047: Sights of Death (2014)
as Colonel Asimov
Cold Blood (1975)
as Chris
Corbin Nash (2018)
as Stranger
Barbarossa (2009)
as Federico Barbarossa
The Best of Max Headroom (1987)
as Self
Partners in Crime (2000)
as Gene Reardon
The Room (2001)
Actor
Rond Floris (1969)
as Self
Past Midnight (1992)
as Ben Jordan
Chanel Solitaire (1981)
as Etienne de Balsan
The 5th Execution (2011)
as Khant
Nostradamus (1994)
as The Mystic Monk
New World Disorder (1999)
as David Marx
The Sonata (2018)
as Richard Marlowe
The Broken Key (2017)
as Professor Moonlight
Lying in Wait (2001)
as Keith Miller
Flying Virus (2001)
as Ezekial
The Prince of Motor City (2008)
as William Hamilton
Mentor (2006)
as Sanford Pollard
Fatal Error (1979)
as Rinus de Gier
Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979)
as Adriaan
Isip the Warrior (—)
as Catholic Priest
Mariette in Ecstasy (1996)
as Chaplan
The Cardboard Village (2011)
as Sacristan
Tactical Assault (1998)
as Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday
The Bankers Of God: The Calvi Affair (2002)
as Paul Marcinkus
Behind the White Glasses (2015)
as Self
Agent Ranjid Saves the World (2012)
as Freek van Dyk
Mirror Wars: Reflection One (2005)
as Mysterious Man
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (2001)
as Dutch Schultz(voice)
The Heineken Kidnapping (2011)
as Alfred Heineken
Cyrano de Bergerac (1975)
as de Valvert
Mr. Stitch (1995)
as Doctor Rue Wakeman
On a Moonlit Night (1989)
as John Knott
All for One (2011)
as Niemeyer
Happiness Runs (2010)
as Insley
The Letters (2014)
as Benjamin Praagh
The Reverend (2011)
as The Withstander
Real Playing Game (2013)
as Steve Batier
Dead Tone (2007)
as Det. John Criton
Drawing Home (2017)
as Carl Rungius
Dracula III: Legacy (2005)
as Dracula
Spoon (2011)
as Victor Spoon
Clones (2015)
as Dr. Richards
Pastorale 1943 (1978)
as August Schultz
Magic Flute Diaries (2008)
as Dr. Richard Nagel
The Future (2013)
as Maciste
Starfish Tango (—)
as Self
Wilder (2000)
as Dr. Sam Dennis Charney
Es begann bei Tiffany (1979)
as Ryder
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994)
as Fred Noonan
Eating Pattern (1997)
as Bog
Break (2020)
as Ray
The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994)
as Rueben Bean
The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993)
as Himself
Cancer Rising (1975)
as Pierre
The Edge (1989)
as Sheriff Emil Abel (Indian Poker)
Heilige Jeanne (1978)
as Dunois
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick (2016)
as Self - Actor
Scorcher (2002)
as US President Nelson
3 (2009)
as Father (voice)
Floris (2004)
as Floris (archive footage from Floris, 1969)
Starting Over (2007)
as Peter Rossen
The Ruby Ring (1997)
as Patrick Collins
Blond, Blue Eyes (2006)
as Self
Dandelions (1974)
as Rick
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling (2007)
as Self
Requiem 2019 (2011)
Actor
Simon Magus (1999)
as Count Albrecht, the Squire
Wax - We Are The X (2016)
as Aron Mulder
Voyage (1993)
as Morgan Norvell
Never Enough (2004)
as Sebastian
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood (1996)
as Himself
Portable Life (2011)
as Antonio
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone (2012)
as Michelangelo
Francesco (2014)
as Padre di Francesco
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (1976)
as Lieutenant Duclari
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' (2004)
as Self
More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
as Himself
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? (2003)
Actor
Genderness (2016)
Actor
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood (2021)
as Self (archive footage)