Rutger Hauer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 23, 1944
- Died
- July 19, 2019 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Isip the Warrior
Movie · as Catholic Priest
Tonight at Noon
Movie · as Diego
Starfish Tango
Movie · as Self
Roel Oostra – Theaterman in hart en nieren
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Blind Channel: After Dark Side
TV · as Jake Shell · 5 eps
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Break
Movie · as Ray
Iron Mask
Movie · as English Ambassador
Corbin Nash
Movie · as Stranger
Samson
Movie · as Manoah
The Sonata
Movie · as Richard Marlowe
The Sisters Brothers
Movie · as The Commodore
Drawing Home
Movie · as Carl Rungius
Gangsterdam
Movie · as Dolph
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Movie · as President of the World State Federation
The Broken Key
Movie · as Professor Moonlight
24 Hours to Live
Movie · as Frank
Mata Hari
TV · as Стольбаккен · 12 eps
Porters
TV · as Tillman · 7 eps
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick
Movie · as Self - Actor
WAX: We Are the X
Movie · as Aron Mulder
Genderness
Movie
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich
Movie · as Oskar Halminski
Channel Zero
TV · as Joseph Peach · 6 eps
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Movie · as King Zakour
Admiral
Movie · as Maarten Tromp
Unity
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Behind the White Glasses
Movie · as Self
Clones
Movie · as Dr. Richards
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Movie · as (archive footage)
Galavant
TV · as Kingsley · 3 eps
The Last Kingdom
TV · as Ravn · 1 ep
The Letters
Movie · as Benjamin Praagh
2047: Sights of Death
Movie · as Colonel Asimov
Francesco
Movie · as Padre di Francesco
The Real History of Science Fiction
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Francesco
TV · as Padre di Francesco · 2 eps
The Future
Movie · as Maciste
Real Playing Game
Movie · as Steve Batier
Flight of the Storks
TV · as Sonderman · 2 eps
Dracula 3D
Movie · as Abraham van Helsing
Agent Ranjid Saves the World
Movie · as Freek van Dyk
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone
Movie · as Michelangelo
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
TV · as Kerm · 7 eps
The 5th Execution
Movie · as Khant
Portable Life
Movie · as Antonio
Hobo with a Shotgun
Movie · as Hobo
The Rite
Movie · as Istvan Kovak
Black Butterflies
Movie · as Abraham Jonker
The Mill and the Cross
Movie · as Peter Bruegel
The Heineken Kidnapping
Movie · as Alfred Heineken
The Cardboard Village
Movie · as Sacristan
The Reverend
Movie · as The Withstander
More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun
Movie · as Himself
Spoon
Movie · as Victor Spoon
Requiem 2019
Movie
All for One
Movie · as Niemeyer
Happiness Runs
Movie · as Insley
Life's a Beach
Movie · as Jean-Luc
Barbarossa
Movie · as Federico Barbarossa
3
Movie · as Father (voice)
Dazzle
Movie
Bride Flight
Movie · as Old Frank
Magic Flute Diaries
Movie · as Dr. Richard Nagel
The Prince of Motor City
Movie · as William Hamilton
The Rhapsody
Movie
True Blood
TV · as Niall Brigant · 6 eps
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
Movie · as Self
Goal II: Living the Dream
Movie · as Rudi van der Merwe
Dead Tone
Movie · as Det. John Criton
Moving McAllister
Movie · as Maxwell McAllister
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Movie · as Self
Starting Over
Movie · as Peter Rossen
Zomer Draait Door, De
TV · 1 ep
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point
Movie · as Gen. Frank Lewis
The Hunt for Eagle One
Movie · as Gen. Frank Lewis
Minotaur
Movie · as Cyrnan
Blond, Blue Eyes
Movie · as Self
Mentor
Movie · as Sanford Pollard
Sin City
Movie · as Cardinal Roark
Batman Begins
Movie · as Earle
The Poseidon Adventure
Movie · as Bishop August Schmidt
Mirror Wars: Reflection One
Movie · as Mysterious Man
Dracula III: Legacy
Movie · as Dracula
De Wereld Draait Door
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Tempesta
Movie · as Van Beuningen
Never Enough
Movie · as Sebastian
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
Movie · as Self
Floris
Movie · as Floris (archive footage from Floris, 1969)
Salem's Lot
TV · as Kurt Barlow · 2 eps
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?
Movie
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Movie · as Keeler
Scorcher
Movie · as US President Nelson
Warrior Angels
Movie · as Grekkor
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
Movie · as Paul Marcinkus
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Flying Virus
Movie · as Ezekial
Lying in Wait
Movie · as Keith Miller
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal
Movie · as Copilot MacIntosh
The Room
Movie
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
Movie · as Dutch Schultz(voice)
Alias
TV · as Anthony Geiger · 1 ep
Smallville
TV · as Morgan Edge · 2 eps
Wilder
Movie · as Dr. Sam Dennis Charney
Partners in Crime
Movie · as Gene Reardon
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Movie · as Self
The 10th Kingdom
TV · as Huntsman · 5 eps
New World Disorder
Movie · as David Marx
Simon Magus
Movie · as Count Albrecht, the Squire
Tactical Assault
Movie · as Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday
Bone Daddy
Movie · as Palmer
Merlin
TV · as King Vortingern · 2 eps
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Movie · as Curtiz
Hostile Waters
Movie · as Cap. Britanov
Deathline
Movie · as John Wade
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
Movie · as John Thornton
Bleeders
Movie · as Dr. Marlowe
Blast
Movie · as Leo
Eating Pattern
Movie · as Bog
The Ruby Ring
Movie · as Patrick Collins
Lexx
TV · as Bog · 1 ep
Precious Find
Movie · as Armond Crille
Omega Doom
Movie · as Omega Doom
Crossworlds
Movie · as A.T.
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
Movie · as Himself
Mariette in Ecstasy
Movie · as Chaplan
Mr. Stitch
Movie · as Doctor Rue Wakeman
Fatherland
Movie · as SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March
Surviving the Game
Movie · as Burns
Nostradamus
Movie · as The Mystic Monk
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
Movie · as Rueben Bean
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
Movie · as Fred Noonan
Blood of the Innocent
Movie · as Dr. Lem
Blind Side
Movie · as Jake Shell
Arctic Blue
Movie · as Ben Corbett
Voyage
Movie · as Morgan Norvell
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Movie · as Himself
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Movie · as Lothos
Split Second
Movie · as Stone
Past Midnight
Movie · as Ben Jordan
Beyond Justice
Movie · as Tom Burton
Wedlock
Movie · as Frank Warren
The Law of the Desert
TV · as Tom Burton · 3 eps
The Blood of Heroes
Movie · as Sallow
On a Moonlit Night
Movie · as John Knott
Blind Fury
Movie · as Nick Parker
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Movie · as The Brain
The Edge
Movie · as Sheriff Emil Abel (Indian Poker)
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Movie · as Andreas Kartak
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Movie · as Nick Randall
Escape from Sobibor
Movie · as Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky
The Best of Max Headroom
Movie · as Self
The Hitcher
Movie · as John Ryder
Ladyhawke
Movie · as Captain Etienne Navarre
Flesh + Blood
Movie · as Martin
The Max Headroom Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Breed Apart
Movie · as Jim Malden
The Osterman Weekend
Movie · as John Tanner
Eureka
Movie · as Claude Maillot Van Horn
Blade Runner
Movie · as Batty
Inside the Third Reich
TV · as Albert Speer · 2 eps
American Playhouse
TV · as The Brain, Reuben Bean · 1 ep
Nighthawks
Movie · as Wulfgar
Chanel Solitaire
Movie · as Etienne de Balsan
Spetters
Movie · as Gerrit Witkamp
Fatal Error
Movie · as Rinus de Gier
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
Movie · as Adriaan
Es begann bei Tiffany
Movie · as Ryder
Duel In De Diepte
TV · as John van der Velde · 4 eps
For Queen and Country
TV · as Erik Lanshof · 4 eps
Heilige Jeanne
Movie · as Dunois
Pastorale 1943
Movie · as August Schultz
Mysteries
Movie · as Simonsen aka Johan Frederik Nagel
Soldier of Orange
Movie · as Erik Lanshof
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Movie · as Lieutenant Duclari
Naked and Lustful
Movie
The Wilby Conspiracy
Movie · as Blane Van Niekirk
Katie Tippel
Movie · as Hugo
Cold Blood
Movie · as Chris
Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie · as de Valvert
Cancer Rising
Movie · as Pierre
Floris von Rosemund
TV · as Floris · 19 eps
Dandelions
Movie · as Rick
Turkish Delight
Movie · as Erik Vonk
Rond Floris
Movie · as Self
Floris
TV · as Floris van Rosemondt · 13 eps
Omnibus
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep