Acting
Rutger Hauer
EN, FY, DE, RU cinema · 158 credits
Born
23 January 1944
Died
19 July 2019 (aged 75)
Birthplace
Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands
Also known as Rutger Oelsen 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
Filmography
Isip the Warrior
Isip the Warrior
as Catholic Priest
Starfish Tango
Starfish Tango
as Self, Director
Roel Oostra – Theaterman in hart en nieren
as Self (archive footage)
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Break
as Ray
Iron Mask
as English Ambassador
Corbin Nash
as Stranger
Samson
as Manoah
The Sonata
as Richard Marlowe
The Sisters Brothers
as The Commodore
Drawing Home
as Carl Rungius
Gangsterdam
as Dolph
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
as President of the World State Federation
The Broken Key
as Professor Moonlight
24 Hours to Live
as Frank
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick
as Self - Actor
WAX: We Are the X
as Aron Mulder
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich
as Oskar Halminski
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
as King Zakour
Admiral
as Maarten Tromp
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
Clones
as Dr. Richards
Fifty Shades of Erotica
as (archive footage)
The Letters
as Benjamin Praagh
2047: Sights of Death
as Colonel Asimov
Francesco
as Padre di Francesco
The Future
as Maciste
Real Playing Game
as Steve Batier
Dracula 3D
as Abraham van Helsing
Agent Ranjid Saves the World
as Freek van Dyk
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone
as Michelangelo
The 5th Execution
as Khant
Portable Life
as Antonio
The Rite
as Istvan Kovak
Black Butterflies
as Abraham Jonker
The Mill and the Cross
as Peter Bruegel
The Heineken Kidnapping
as Alfred Heineken
The Cardboard Village
as Sacristan
The Reverend
as The Withstander
Spoon
as Victor Spoon
Requiem 2019
Actor, Director
All for One
as Niemeyer
Happiness Runs
as Insley
Life's a Beach
as Jean-Luc
Barbarossa
as Federico Barbarossa
3
as Father (voice)
Dazzle
Actor, Executive Producer
Bride Flight
as Old Frank
Magic Flute Diaries
as Dr. Richard Nagel
The Prince of Motor City
2008
The Prince of Motor City
as William Hamilton
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
2007
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
as Self
Goal II: Living the Dream
as Rudi van der Merwe
Dead Tone
as Det. John Criton
Moving McAllister
as Maxwell McAllister
Starting Over
as Peter Rossen
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point
as Gen. Frank Lewis
The Hunt for Eagle One
as Gen. Frank Lewis
Minotaur
as Cyrnan
Blond, Blue Eyes
as Self
Mentor
as Sanford Pollard
Sin City
as Cardinal Roark
Batman Begins
as Earle
The Poseidon Adventure
as Bishop August Schmidt
Mirror Wars: Reflection One
as Mysterious Man
Dracula III: Legacy
as Dracula
Tempesta
as Van Beuningen
Camera ascunsă
2004
Never Enough
as Sebastian
Floris
as Floris (archive footage from Floris, 1969)
Scorcher
as US President Nelson
Warrior Angels
as Grekkor
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
as Paul Marcinkus
Flying Virus
as Ezekial
Lying in Wait
as Keith Miller
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal
as Copilot MacIntosh
The Room
Actor, Director
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
as Dutch Schultz(voice)
Wilder
as Dr. Sam Dennis Charney
Partners in Crime
as Gene Reardon
New World Disorder
as David Marx
Simon Magus
as Count Albrecht, the Squire
Tactical Assault
as Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday
Bone Daddy
as Palmer
Hostile Waters
as Cap. Britanov
Deathline
as John Wade
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
as John Thornton
Bleeders
as Dr. Marlowe
Blast
as Leo
The Ruby Ring
as Patrick Collins
Precious Find
as Armond Crille
Omega Doom
as Omega Doom
Crossworlds
as A.T.
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
1996
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
as Himself
Mariette in Ecstasy
as Chaplan
Mr. Stitch
as Doctor Rue Wakeman, Executive Producer
Fatherland
as SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March
Surviving the Game
as Burns
Nostradamus
as The Mystic Monk
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
as Rueben Bean
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
as Fred Noonan
Blood of the Innocent
as Dr. Lem
Blind Side
as Jake Shell
Arctic Blue
as Ben Corbett, Co-Executive Producer
Voyage
as Morgan Norvell
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Lothos
Split Second
as Stone
Past Midnight
as Ben Jordan
Beyond Justice
as Tom Burton
Wedlock
as Frank Warren
The Blood of Heroes
as Sallow
On a Moonlit Night
as John Knott, Dialogue
Blind Fury
as Nick Parker
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as The Brain
The Edge
as Sheriff Emil Abel (Indian Poker)
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
as Andreas Kartak
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Nick Randall
Escape from Sobibor
as Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky
The Hitcher
as John Ryder
Ladyhawke
as Captain Etienne Navarre
Flesh + Blood
as Martin
A Breed Apart
as Jim Malden
The Osterman Weekend
as John Tanner
Eureka
as Claude Maillot Van Horn
Blade Runner
as Batty
Nighthawks
as Wulfgar
Chanel Solitaire
as Etienne de Balsan
Spetters
as Gerrit Witkamp
Fatal Error
as Rinus de Gier
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
as Adriaan
Heilige Jeanne
as Dunois
Pastorale 1943
as August Schultz
Mysteries
as Simonsen aka Johan Frederik Nagel
Soldier of Orange
as Erik Lanshof
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
as Lieutenant Duclari
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Blane Van Niekirk
Katie Tippel
as Hugo
Cold Blood
as Chris
Cyrano de Bergerac
as de Valvert
Cancer Rising
as Pierre
Dandelions
as Rick
Turkish Delight
as Erik Vonk
Rond Floris
as Self