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Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer

Acting

Born: January 23, 1944Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands

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
Filmography
Moonage Daydream

Moonage Daydream

Self (archive voice)

2022
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

2021
Break

Break

Ray

2020
Iron Mask

Iron Mask

English Ambassador

2019
The Sonata

The Sonata

Richard Marlowe

2018
The Sisters Brothers

The Sisters Brothers

The Commodore

2018
Corbin Nash

Corbin Nash

Stranger

2018
Samson

Samson

Manoah

2018
Drawing Home

Drawing Home

Carl Rungius

2017
The Broken Key

The Broken Key

Professor Moonlight

2017
24 Hours to Live

24 Hours to Live

Frank

2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

President of the World State Federation

2017
Gangsterdam

Gangsterdam

Dolph

2017

Genderness

2016
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich

Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich

Oskar Halminski

2016
Wax - We Are The X

Wax - We Are The X

Aron Mulder

2016
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick

The Worlds of Philip K. Dick

Self - Actor

2016
Behind the White Glasses

Behind the White Glasses

Self

2015
Unity

Unity

Narrator (voice)

2015
Clones

Clones

Dr. Richards

2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica

Fifty Shades of Erotica

(archive footage)

2015
Admiral

Admiral

Maarten Tromp

2015
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

King Zakour

2015
Francesco

Francesco

Padre di Francesco

2014
2047: Sights of Death

2047: Sights of Death

Colonel Asimov

2014
The Letters

The Letters

Benjamin Praagh

2014
The Future

The Future

Maciste

2013
Real Playing Game

Real Playing Game

Steve Batier

2013
Dracula 3D

Dracula 3D

Abraham van Helsing

2012
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone

Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone

Michelangelo

2012
Agent Ranjid Saves the World

Agent Ranjid Saves the World

Freek van Dyk

2012
The Heineken Kidnapping

The Heineken Kidnapping

Alfred Heineken

2011
The Cardboard Village

The Cardboard Village

Sacristan

2011
Portable Life

Portable Life

Antonio

2011
The Reverend

The Reverend

The Withstander

2011
More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun

More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun

Himself

2011
Hobo with a Shotgun

Hobo with a Shotgun

Hobo

2011
The 5th Execution

The 5th Execution

Khant

2011
The Mill and the Cross

The Mill and the Cross

Peter Bruegel

2011
All for One

All for One

Niemeyer

2011
Black Butterflies

Black Butterflies

Abraham Jonker

2011
The Rite

The Rite

Istvan Kovak

2011
Requiem 2019

Requiem 2019

2011
Spoon

Spoon

Victor Spoon

2011
Happiness Runs

Happiness Runs

Insley

2010
Life's a Beach

Life's a Beach

Jean-Luc

2010
Barbarossa

Barbarossa

Federico Barbarossa

2009
3

3

Father (voice)

2009
Dazzle

Dazzle

2009
The Rhapsody

The Rhapsody

2008
Bride Flight

Bride Flight

Old Frank

2008

The Prince of Motor City

William Hamilton

2008
Magic Flute Diaries

Magic Flute Diaries

Dr. Richard Nagel

2008
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Self

2007

Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

Self

2007
Starting Over

Starting Over

Peter Rossen

2007
Moving McAllister

Moving McAllister

Maxwell McAllister

2007
Dead Tone

Dead Tone

Det. John Criton

2007
Goal II: Living the Dream

Goal II: Living the Dream

Rudi van der Merwe

2007
Blond, Blue Eyes

Blond, Blue Eyes

Self

2006
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point

The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point

Gen. Frank Lewis

2006
Mentor

Mentor

Sanford Pollard

2006
Minotaur

Minotaur

Cyrnan

2006
The Hunt for Eagle One

The Hunt for Eagle One

Gen. Frank Lewis

2006
The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure

Bishop August Schmidt

2005
Mirror Wars: Reflection One

Mirror Wars: Reflection One

Mysterious Man

2005
Dracula III: Legacy

Dracula III: Legacy

Dracula

2005
Batman Begins

Batman Begins

Earle

2005
Sin City

Sin City

Cardinal Roark

2005

Never Enough

Sebastian

2004
Tempesta

Tempesta

Van Beuningen

2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

Self

2004
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?

The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?

2003
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Keeler

2002
Warrior Angels

Warrior Angels

Grekkor

2002
Scorcher

Scorcher

US President Nelson

2002
The Bankers Of God: The Calvi Affair

The Bankers Of God: The Calvi Affair

Paul Marcinkus

2002
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz

The Last Words of Dutch Schultz

Dutch Schultz(voice)

2001
Flying Virus

Flying Virus

Ezekial

2001
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal

Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal

Copilot MacIntosh

2001
The Room

The Room

2001
Lying in Wait

Lying in Wait

Keith Miller

2001
Wilder

Wilder

Dr. Sam Dennis Charney

2000
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

Self

2000
Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

Gene Reardon

2000
New World Disorder

New World Disorder

David Marx

1999
Simon Magus

Simon Magus

Count Albrecht, the Squire

1999
Bone Daddy

Bone Daddy

Palmer

1998
Tactical Assault

Tactical Assault

Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday

1998
The Ruby Ring

The Ruby Ring

Patrick Collins

1997
Hostile Waters

Hostile Waters

Cap. Britanov

1997
Deathline

Deathline

John Wade

1997
Eating Pattern

Eating Pattern

Bog

1997
Bleeders

Bleeders

Dr. Marlowe

1997
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

John Thornton

1997
Blast

Blast

Leo

1997
Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Curtiz

1997
Omega Doom

Omega Doom

Omega Doom

1996

Mariette in Ecstasy

Chaplan

1996
Precious Find

Precious Find

Armond Crille

1996
Crossworlds

Crossworlds

A.T.

1996

Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood

Himself

1996
Mr. Stitch

Mr. Stitch

Doctor Rue Wakeman

1995
Fatherland

Fatherland

SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March

1994
The Beans of Egypt, Maine

The Beans of Egypt, Maine

Rueben Bean

1994
Nostradamus

Nostradamus

The Mystic Monk

1994
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

Fred Noonan

1994
Surviving the Game

Surviving the Game

Burns

1994
Blood of the Innocent

Blood of the Innocent

Dr. Lem

1994
Voyage

Voyage

Morgan Norvell

1993
Blind Side

Blind Side

Jake Shell

1993
The Revenge of the Dead Indians

The Revenge of the Dead Indians

Himself

1993
Arctic Blue

Arctic Blue

Ben Corbett

1993
Beyond Justice

Beyond Justice

Tom Burton

1992
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Lothos

1992
Past Midnight

Past Midnight

Ben Jordan

1992
Split Second

Split Second

Stone

1992
Wedlock

Wedlock

Frank Warren

1991
Bloodhounds of Broadway

Bloodhounds of Broadway

The Brain

1989
The Blood of Heroes

The Blood of Heroes

Sallow

1989
On a Moonlit Night

On a Moonlit Night

John Knott

1989
The Edge

The Edge

Sheriff Emil Abel (Indian Poker)

1989
Blind Fury

Blind Fury

Nick Parker

1989
The Legend of the Holy Drinker

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

Andreas Kartak

1988
Escape from Sobibor

Escape from Sobibor

Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky

1987
The Best of Max Headroom

The Best of Max Headroom

Self

1987
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Nick Randall

1987
The Hitcher

The Hitcher

John Ryder

1986
Flesh + Blood

Flesh + Blood

Martin

1985
Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke

Captain Etienne Navarre

1985
A Breed Apart

A Breed Apart

Jim Malden

1984
The Osterman Weekend

The Osterman Weekend

John Tanner

1983
Eureka

Eureka

Claude Maillot Van Horn

1983
Blade Runner

Blade Runner

Batty

1982
Chanel Solitaire

Chanel Solitaire

Etienne de Balsan

1981
Nighthawks

Nighthawks

Wulfgar

1981
Spetters

Spetters

Gerrit Witkamp

1980
Fatal Error

Fatal Error

Rinus de Gier

1979
Woman Between Wolf and Dog

Woman Between Wolf and Dog

Adriaan

1979
Es begann bei Tiffany

Es begann bei Tiffany

Ryder

1979
Mysteries

Mysteries

Simonsen aka Johan Frederik Nagel

1978
Pastorale 1943

Pastorale 1943

August Schultz

1978
Heilige Jeanne

Heilige Jeanne

Dunois

1978
Soldier of Orange

Soldier of Orange

Erik Lanshof

1977
Naked and Lustful

Naked and Lustful

1976
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company

Lieutenant Duclari

1976
Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

de Valvert

1975
Cancer Rising

Cancer Rising

Pierre

1975
Cold Blood

Cold Blood

Chris

1975
Katie Tippel

Katie Tippel

Hugo

1975
The Wilby Conspiracy

The Wilby Conspiracy

Blane Van Niekirk

1975
Dandelions

Dandelions

Rick

1974
Turkish Delight

Turkish Delight

Erik Vonk

1973
Rond Floris

Rond Floris

Self

1969