Rutger Hauer

actor

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Country: Netherlands

Gender: M

Birthday: 1944-01-23

Died: 2019-07-19

Biography
Rutger Oelsen Hauer (23 January 1944 - 19 July 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.

Actor:

  1. 1. Turkish Delight (1973), film
    ...
    Eric Vonk, the sculptor
  2. 2. The Wilby Conspiracy (1975), film
    ...
    Blane Van Niekirk
  3. 3. Cold Blood (1975), film
    ...
    Cris
  4. 4. Katie Tippel (1975), film
    ...
    Hugo
  5. 5. Soldier of Orange (1977), film
    ...
    Erik Lanshof
  6. 6. Knut Hamsun's Mysteries (1978), film
    ...
    Johan Nagel
  7. 7. Fatal Error (1979), film
  8. 8. Spetters (1980), film
    ...
    Gerrit Witkamp
  9. 9. Nighthawks (1981), film
    ...
    Wulfgar
  10. 10. Bladerunner (1982), film
    ...
    Batty
  11. 11. Mission CIA (1983), film
    ...
    John Tanner
  12. 12. Eureka (1983), film
    ...
    Claude Maillot Van Horn
  13. 13. A Breed Apart (1984), film
    ...
    Jim Malden
  14. 14. Ladyhawke (1985), film
    ...
    Navarre
  15. 15. Flesh + Blood (1985), film
    ...
    Martin
  16. 16. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986), film
    ...
    Nick Randall
  17. 17. The Hitcher (1986), film
    ...
    John Ryder
  18. 18. Escape from Sobibor (1987), film
    ...
    Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky
  19. 19. The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988), film
    ...
    Andreas Kartak
  20. 20. Blind Fury (1989), film
    ...
    Nick Parker
  21. 21. The Blood of Heroes (1989), film
    ...
    Sallow
  22. 22. On a Moonlit Night (1989), film
    ...
    John Knott
  23. 23. Wedlock (1991), film
    ...
    Frank Warren
  24. 24. Past Midnight (1991), film
    ...
    Ben Jordan
  25. 25. Beyond Justice (1991), film
    ...
    Tom Burton
  26. 26. The Law of the Desert (1991), series
    ...
    Tom Burton
  27. 27. Split Second (1992), film
    ...
    Harley Stone
  28. 28. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), film
    ...
    Lothos
  29. 29. Arctic Blue (1993), film
    ...
    Ben Corbett
  30. 30. Surviving the Game (1994), film
    ...
    Thomas Burns
  31. 31. Fatherland (1994), film
    ...
    March
  32. 32. The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994), film
    ...
    Reuben / Roberta's Husband
  33. 33. MR. STITCH (1995), film
    ...
    Doctor Rue Wakeman
  34. 34. Crossworlds (1996), film
    ...
    A.T.
  35. 35. Zaštitnik svemira (1996), film
    ...
    Armond Crille
  36. 36. Omega Doom (1996), film
    ...
    Omega Doom
  37. 37. Redline (1997), film
    ...
    John Anderson Wade
  38. 38. Knockin' on Heaven's Door (1997), film
    ...
    Curtiz
  39. 39. The Call Of The Wild (1997), film
    ...
    John Thornton
  40. 40. Blast (1997), film
    ...
    Leo
  41. 41. Hostile Waters (1997), film
    ...
    Capt. Britanov
  42. 42. Merlin (1998), film
    ...
    King Vortigern
  43. 43. Merlin (1998), series
    ...
    King Vortigern
  44. 44. BONE DADDY (1998), film
    ...
    Palmer
  45. 45. Tactical Assault (1998), film
    ...
    Capt. John 'Doc' Holiday
  46. 46. Simon Magus (1999), film
    ...
    Squire
  47. 47. Novi svetski nered (1999), film
    ...
    David Marx
  48. 48. Slow Burn (2000), film
    ...
    Dr. Sam Dennis Charney
  49. 49. Partners in Crime (2000), film
    ...
    Gene Reardon
  50. 50. The Tenth Kingdom (2000), series
    ...
    Huntsman
  51. 51. Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001), film
    ...
    Copilot MacIntosh
  52. 52. Scorcher (2002), film
    ...
    President Nelson
  53. 53. Crusade of Vengeance (2002), film
    ...
    Grekkor
  54. 54. Anđeoske ratnice (2002), film
    ...
    Grekkor
  55. 55. The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002), film
  56. 56. Dracula II: Ascension (2003), film
    ...
    Dracula III
  57. 57. Tempesta (2004), film
    ...
    Van Beuningen
  58. 58. Salems Lot (2004), film
    ...
    Kurt Barlow
  59. 59. Batman Begins (2005), film
    ...
    Earle
  60. 60. Sin City (2005), film
    ...
    Cardinal Roark
  61. 61. Poseidon Adventure (2005), film
    ...
    Bishop August Schmidt
  62. 62. Dracula III: Legacy (2005), film
    ...
    Dracula III
  63. 63. Mirror Wars: Reflection One (2005), film
    ...
    Mysterious Man
  64. 64. The Hunt for Eagle One (2006), film
    ...
    Gen. Frank Lewis
  65. 65. Minotaur (2006), film
    ...
    Cyrnan
  66. 66. Starting Over (2007), film
    ...
    Peter Rossen
  67. 67. Moving McAllister (2007), film
    ...
    Maxwell McAllister
  68. 68. Goal II: Living the Dream (2007), film
    ...
    Rudi van der Merwe
  69. 69. 7eventy 5ive (2007), film
    ...
    Detective John Criton
  70. 70. Magic Flute Diaries (2008), film
    ...
    Dr. Richard Nagel
  71. 71. Bride Flight (2008), film
    ...
    Old Frank
  72. 72. Sword of War (2009), film
    ...
    Federico Barbarossa
  73. 73. Happiness Runs (2010), film
    ...
    Insley
  74. 74. NYCTV Profiles (2010), series
    ...
    Sallow
  75. 75. The Rite (2011), film
    ...
    Istvan Kovak
  76. 76. Hobo with a Shotgun (2011), film
    ...
    Hobo
  77. 77. 21 Days: The Heineken Kidnapping (2011), film
    ...
    Alfred Heineken
  78. 78. Command Force (2011), film
    ...
    Khant
  79. 79. All for One (2011), film
    ...
    Niemeyer
  80. 80. The Reverend (2011), film
    ...
    Withstander
  81. 81. The Cardboard Village (2011), film
    ...
    Il sacrestano
  82. 82. The Mill and the Cross (2011), film
    ...
    Pieter Bruegel
  83. 83. Black Butterflies (2011), film
  84. 84. Flight of the Storks (2012), film
    ...
    Sonderman
  85. 85. Dracula 3D (2012), film
    ...
    Van Helsing
  86. 86. Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra (2012), film
    ...
    Michelangelo
  87. 87. Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt (2012), film
    ...
    Van Dyk
  88. 88. Il Futuro (2013), film
    ...
    Maciste
  89. 89. 2047: Sights of Death (2014), film
    ...
    Colonel Asimov
  90. 90. The Letters (2014), film
    ...
    Father Bejamin Praagh
  91. 91. Francesco (2014), film
    ...
    Padre di Francesco
  92. 92. The Real History of Science Fiction (2014), series
    ...
    Roy Batty
  93. 93. The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power (2015), film
    ...
    King Zakkour
  94. 94. Clones (2015), film
    ...
    Dr. Richards
  95. 95. Behind the White Glasses (2015), film
    ...
    Self
  96. 96. Admiral (2015), film
    ...
    Maarten Tromp
  97. 97. Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich (2016), film
    ...
    Oskar Halminski
  98. 98. Uncle Howard (2016), film
    ...
    Self (archive footage)
  99. 99. Channel Zero (2016), series
    ...
    Joseph Peach
  100. 100. Wax: We Are The X (2016), film
  101. 101. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), film
    ...
    President of the World State Federation
  102. 102. 24 Hours to Live (2017), film
    ...
    Frank
  103. 103. Gangsterdam (2017), film
    ...
    Dolph Van Tannen
  104. 104. The Broken Key (2017), film
    ...
    Professor Moonlight
  105. 105. Porters (2017), series
    ...
    Tillman
  106. 106. Samson (2018), film
    ...
    Manoah
  107. 107. Corbin Nash (2018), film
    ...
    Stranger
  108. 108. The Sisters Brothers (2018), film
    ...
    The Commodore
  109. 109. The Sonata (2018), film
    ...
    Richard Marlowe
  110. 110. You Don't Nomi (2019), film
    ...
    Self / Segment 'Turks Fruit' (archive footage)
  111. 111. Break (2020), film

Writer:

  1. 1. On a Moonlit Night (1989), film
    ...
    (dialogue)

Narrator:

  1. 1. North America (2013), series

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