Rutger Hauer

Acting

Born January 23, 1944 — Died July 19, 2019 Breukelen, 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.

Movies(157)

Moonage Daydream

Self (archive voice)

2022

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

2021

Break

Ray

2020

Iron Mask

English Ambassador

2019

The Sonata

Richard Marlowe

2018

The Sisters Brothers

The Commodore

2018

Corbin Nash

Stranger

2018

Samson

Manoah

2018

Drawing Home

Carl Rungius

2017

The Broken Key

Professor Moonlight

2017

24 Hours to Live

Frank

2017

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

President of the World State Federation

2017

Gangsterdam

Dolph

2017

Genderness

2016

Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich

Oskar Halminski

2016

Wax - We Are The X

Aron Mulder

2016

The Worlds of Philip K. Dick

Self - Actor

2016

Behind the White Glasses

Self

2015

Unity

Narrator (voice)

2015

Clones

Dr. Richards

2015

Fifty Shades of Erotica

(archive footage)

2015

Admiral

Maarten Tromp

2015

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

King Zakour

2015

Francesco

Padre di Francesco

2014

2047: Sights of Death

Colonel Asimov

2014

The Letters

Benjamin Praagh

2014

The Future

Maciste

2013

Real Playing Game

Steve Batier

2013

Dracula 3D

Abraham van Helsing

2012

Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone

Michelangelo

2012

Agent Ranjid Saves the World

Freek van Dyk

2012

The Heineken Kidnapping

Alfred Heineken

2011

The Cardboard Village

Sacristan

2011

Portable Life

Antonio

2011

The Reverend

The Withstander

2011

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

Himself

2011

Hobo with a Shotgun

Hobo

2011

The 5th Execution

Khant

2011

The Mill and the Cross

Peter Bruegel

2011

All for One

Niemeyer

2011

Black Butterflies

Abraham Jonker

2011

The Rite

Istvan Kovak

2011

Spoon

Victor Spoon

2011

Requiem 2019

2011

Happiness Runs

Insley

2010

Life's a Beach

Jean-Luc

2010

Barbarossa

Federico Barbarossa

2009

Father (voice)

2009

Dazzle

2009

The Rhapsody

2008

Bride Flight

Old Frank

2008

The Prince of Motor City

William Hamilton

2008

Magic Flute Diaries

Dr. Richard Nagel

2008

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Self

2007

Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

Self

2007

Starting Over

Peter Rossen

2007

Moving McAllister

Maxwell McAllister

2007

Dead Tone

Det. John Criton

2007

Goal II: Living the Dream

Rudi van der Merwe

2007

Blond, Blue Eyes

Self

2006

The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point

Gen. Frank Lewis

2006

Mentor

Sanford Pollard

2006

Minotaur

Cyrnan

2006

The Hunt for Eagle One

Gen. Frank Lewis

2006

The Poseidon Adventure

Bishop August Schmidt

2005

Mirror Wars: Reflection One

Mysterious Man

2005

Dracula III: Legacy

Dracula

2005

Batman Begins

Earle

2005

Sin City

Cardinal Roark

2005

Never Enough

Sebastian

2004

Tempesta

Van Beuningen

2004

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

Self

2004

The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?

2003

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Keeler

2002

Warrior Angels

Grekkor

2002

Scorcher

US President Nelson

2002

The Bankers Of God: The Calvi Affair

Paul Marcinkus

2002

Flying Virus

Ezekial

2001

The Last Words of Dutch Schultz

Dutch Schultz(voice)

2001

Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal

Copilot MacIntosh

2001

The Room

2001

Lying in Wait

Keith Miller

2001

Wilder

Dr. Sam Dennis Charney

2000

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

Self

2000

Partners in Crime

Gene Reardon

2000

New World Disorder

David Marx

1999

Simon Magus

Count Albrecht, the Squire

1999

Bone Daddy

Palmer

1998

Tactical Assault

Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday

1998

The Ruby Ring

Patrick Collins

1997

Hostile Waters

Cap. Britanov

1997

Deathline

John Wade

1997

Eating Pattern

Bog

1997

Bleeders

Dr. Marlowe

1997

The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

John Thornton

1997

Blast

Leo

1997

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Curtiz

1997

Omega Doom

1996

Mariette in Ecstasy

Chaplan

1996

Precious Find

Armond Crille

1996

Crossworlds

A.T.

1996

Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood

Himself

1996

Mr. Stitch

Doctor Rue Wakeman

1995

Fatherland

SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March

1994

The Beans of Egypt, Maine

Rueben Bean

1994

Nostradamus

The Mystic Monk

1994

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

Fred Noonan

1994

Surviving the Game

Burns

1994

Blood of the Innocent

Dr. Lem

1994

Voyage

Morgan Norvell

1993

Blind Side

Jake Shell

1993

Arctic Blue

Ben Corbett

1993

The Revenge of the Dead Indians

Himself

1993

Beyond Justice

Tom Burton

1992

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Lothos

1992

Past Midnight

Ben Jordan

1992

Split Second

Stone

1992

Wedlock

Frank Warren

1991

Bloodhounds of Broadway

The Brain

1989

The Blood of Heroes

Sallow

1989

On a Moonlit Night

John Knott

1989

The Edge

Sheriff Emil Abel (Indian Poker)

1989

Blind Fury

Nick Parker

1989

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

Andreas Kartak

1988

Escape from Sobibor

Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky

1987

The Best of Max Headroom

Self

1987

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Nick Randall

1987

The Hitcher

John Ryder

1986

Flesh + Blood

Martin

1985

Ladyhawke

Captain Etienne Navarre

1985

A Breed Apart

Jim Malden

1984

The Osterman Weekend

John Tanner

1983

Eureka

Claude Maillot Van Horn

1983

Blade Runner

Batty

1982

Chanel Solitaire

Etienne de Balsan

1981

Nighthawks

Wulfgar

1981

Spetters

Gerrit Witkamp

1980

Fatal Error

Rinus de Gier

1979

Woman Between Wolf and Dog

Adriaan

1979

Es begann bei Tiffany

Ryder

1979

Mysteries

Simonsen aka Johan Frederik Nagel

1978

Pastorale 1943

August Schultz

1978

Heilige Jeanne

Dunois

1978

Soldier of Orange

Erik Lanshof

1977

Naked and Lustful

1976

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

Lieutenant Duclari

1976

Cyrano de Bergerac

de Valvert

1975

Cancer Rising

Pierre

1975

Cold Blood

Chris

1975

Katie Tippel

Hugo

1975

The Wilby Conspiracy

Blane Van Niekirk

1975

Dandelions

Rick

1974

Turkish Delight

Erik Vonk

1973

Rond Floris

Self

1969

Isip the Warrior

Catholic Priest

Tonight at Noon

Diego

Starfish Tango

Self

Rutger Hauer

TV Shows(27)

Movies(157)