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