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
Blade Runner (1982)
as Batty
Batman Begins (2005)
as Earle
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
as President of the World State Federation
Sin City (2005)
as Cardinal Roark
Mysteries (1978)
as Simonsen aka Johan Frederik Nagel
Iron Mask (2019)
as English Ambassador
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
as The Commodore
Ladyhawke (1985)
as Captain Etienne Navarre
The Hitcher (1986)
as John Ryder
The Rite (2011)
as Istvan Kovak
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
as Lothos
24 Hours to Live (2017)
as Frank
Surviving the Game (1994)
as Burns
Blind Fury (1989)
as Nick Parker
Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)
as Rudi van der Merwe
Flesh + Blood (1985)
as Martin
Nighthawks (1981)
as Wulfgar
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
as Keeler
Split Second (1992)
as Stone
The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
as Bishop August Schmidt
Escape from Sobibor (1987)
as Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015)
as King Zakour
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987)
as Nick Randall
Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997)
as Curtiz
Turkish Delight (1973)
as Erik Vonk
Chanel Solitaire (1981)
as Etienne de Balsan
Samson (2018)
as Manoah
Minotaur (2006)
as Cyrnan
Wedlock (1991)
as Frank Warren
Fatherland (1994)
as SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
as John Tanner
Moonage Daydream (2022)
as Self (archive voice)
The Blood of Heroes (1989)
as Sallow
Deathline (1997)
as John Wade
Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
as Hobo
Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989)
as The Brain
The Heineken Kidnapping (2011)
as Alfred Heineken
2047: Sights of Death (2014)
as Colonel Asimov
Spetters (1980)
as Gerrit Witkamp
Admiral (2015)
as Maarten Tromp
Hostile Waters (1997)
as Cap. Britanov
Tempesta (2004)
as Van Beuningen
Naked and Lustful (1976)
Actor
Fifty Shades of Erotica (2015)
as (archive footage)
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997)
as John Thornton
The Rhapsody (2008)
Actor
Unity (2015)
as Narrator (voice)
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)
as Self
Eureka (1983)
as Claude Maillot Van Horn
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
as Blane Van Niekirk
Omega Doom (1996)
as Omega Doom
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich (2016)
as Oskar Halminski
Dracula III: Legacy (2005)
as Dracula
Blast (1997)
as Leo
New World Disorder (1999)
as David Marx
Warrior Angels (2002)
as Grekkor
The Room (2001)
Actor
The Letters (2014)
as Benjamin Praagh
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001)
as Copilot MacIntosh
Barbarossa (2009)
as Federico Barbarossa
Dracula 3D (2012)
as Abraham van Helsing
Blind Side (1993)
as Jake Shell
Katie Tippel (1975)
as Hugo
Soldier of Orange (1977)
as Erik Lanshof
Corbin Nash (2018)
as Stranger
A Breed Apart (1984)
as Jim Malden
Rond Floris (1969)
as Self
Bone Daddy (1998)
as Palmer
Gangsterdam (2017)
as Dolph
Dead Tone (2007)
as Det. John Criton
Life's a Beach (2010)
as Jean-Luc
Precious Find (1996)
as Armond Crille
The Sonata (2018)
as Richard Marlowe
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point (2006)
as Gen. Frank Lewis
Fatal Error (1979)
as Rinus de Gier
The Mill and the Cross (2011)
as Peter Bruegel
Behind the White Glasses (2015)
as Self
The Hunt for Eagle One (2006)
as Gen. Frank Lewis
Woman Between Wolf and Dog (1979)
as Adriaan
Bleeders (1997)
as Dr. Marlowe
Past Midnight (1992)
as Ben Jordan
Nostradamus (1994)
as The Mystic Monk
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (1976)
as Lieutenant Duclari
Crossworlds (1996)
as A.T.
The 5th Execution (2011)
as Khant
Tonight at Noon (—)
as Diego
Bride Flight (2008)
as Old Frank
The Broken Key (2017)
as Professor Moonlight
The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988)
as Andreas Kartak
The Edge (1989)
as Sheriff Emil Abel (Indian Poker)
On a Moonlit Night (1989)
as John Knott
Beyond Justice (1992)
as Tom Burton
Mirror Wars: Reflection One (2005)
as Mysterious Man
Arctic Blue (1993)
as Ben Corbett
Flying Virus (2001)
as Ezekial
Requiem 2019 (2011)
Actor
Black Butterflies (2011)
as Abraham Jonker
The Best of Max Headroom (1987)
as Self
All for One (2011)
as Niemeyer
Simon Magus (1999)
as Count Albrecht, the Squire
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000)
as Self
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (2001)
as Dutch Schultz(voice)
Spoon (2011)
as Victor Spoon
The Ruby Ring (1997)
as Patrick Collins
Dazzle (2009)
Actor
Cold Blood (1975)
as Chris
Moving McAllister (2007)
as Maxwell McAllister
Scorcher (2002)
as US President Nelson
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994)
as Fred Noonan
Drawing Home (2017)
as Carl Rungius
The Reverend (2011)
as The Withstander
The Future (2013)
as Maciste
Tactical Assault (1998)
as Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday
Mr. Stitch (1995)
as Doctor Rue Wakeman
The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994)
as Rueben Bean
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002)
as Paul Marcinkus
Voyage (1993)
as Morgan Norvell
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling (2007)
as Self
Happiness Runs (2010)
as Insley
Mariette in Ecstasy (1996)
as Chaplan
The Cardboard Village (2011)
as Sacristan
Mentor (2006)
as Sanford Pollard
Cyrano de Bergerac (1975)
as de Valvert
Dandelions (1974)
as Rick
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? (2003)
Actor
Partners in Crime (2000)
as Gene Reardon
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' (2004)
as Self
Wilder (2000)
as Dr. Sam Dennis Charney
Blood of the Innocent (1994)
as Dr. Lem
Isip the Warrior (—)
as Catholic Priest
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick (2016)
as Self - Actor
Clones (2015)
as Dr. Richards
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood (1996)
as Himself
Real Playing Game (2013)
as Steve Batier
Magic Flute Diaries (2008)
as Dr. Richard Nagel
Lying in Wait (2001)
as Keith Miller
The Prince of Motor City (2008)
as William Hamilton
More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
as Himself
Francesco (2014)
as Padre di Francesco
Starting Over (2007)
as Peter Rossen
Pastorale 1943 (1978)
as August Schultz
Break (2020)
as Ray
Agent Ranjid Saves the World (2012)
as Freek van Dyk
The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993)
as Himself
Portable Life (2011)
as Antonio
Cancer Rising (1975)
as Pierre
Starfish Tango (—)
as Self
Floris (2004)
as Floris (archive footage from Floris, 1969)
3 (2009)
as Father (voice)
Eating Pattern (1997)
as Bog
Heilige Jeanne (1978)
as Dunois
Wax - We Are The X (2016)
as Aron Mulder
Es begann bei Tiffany (1979)
as Ryder
Never Enough (2004)
as Sebastian
Blond, Blue Eyes (2006)
as Self
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone (2012)
as Michelangelo
Genderness (2016)
Actor