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Rutger Hauer

Rutger Oelsen Hauer is a Dutch film actor. He is 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 is 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 discusses many of his movie roles. Proceeds of the book go to Hauer's Starfish Foundation.


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Born:
Jan 23, 1944 In Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands
Movie/TV Credits:
164
First Appeared:
In the series De koperen hond
Latest Project:
Movie Emperor 2025
Known For
Poster of Mirror Wars: Reflection One
Poster of The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
Poster of Chanel Solitaire
Filmography
Series De koperen hond Unknown 2025
Movie Emperor John The Constant 2025
Movie Tonight at Noon Diego 2025
Series Het gestolen kasteel Unknown 2025
Movie Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood Himself (archive footage) 2021-05-03
Movie Break Ray 2020-04-20
Movie Iron Mask English Ambassador 2019-08-16
Movie Corbin Nash Stranger 2018-04-20
Movie The Sonata Richard Marlowe 2018-11-15
Movie Samson Manoah 2018-02-16
Movie The Sisters Brothers The Commodore 2018-09-19
Movie Uncle Howard Self (archive footage) 2017-03-10
Series Mata Hari Стольбаккен 2017-03-20
Movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets President of the World State Federation 2017-07-20
Movie 24 Hours to Live Frank 2017-10-26
Movie The Broken Key Professor Moonlight 2017-11-16
Movie Drawing Home Carl Rungius 2017-12-01
Movie Gangsterdam Dolph 2017-03-29
Movie The Worlds of Philip K. Dick Self - Actor 2016-03-02
Series Channel Zero Joseph Peach 2016-10-11
Movie Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the Fourth Reich Oskar Halminski 2016-10-03
Movie Wax: We Are The X Aron Mulder 2016-03-31
Movie The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power King Zakour 2015-01-09
Movie Admiral Maarten Tromp 2015-01-29
Movie Behind the White Glasses 2015-09-21
Series The Last Kingdom Ravn 2015-10-10
Movie Unity Narrator (voice) 2015-08-12
Movie Fifty Shades of Erotica 2015-04-13
Movie Clones Dr. Richards 2015-07-04
Movie The Letters Benjamin Praagh 2014-02-23
Movie Francesco Padre di Francesco 2014-12-08
Movie 2047: Sights of Death Colonel Asimov 2014-06-13
Movie The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy Self (archive footage) 2013-09-24
Movie The Future Maciste 2013-09-06
Movie Real Playing Game Steve Batier 2013-08-28
Series Metal Hurlant Chronicles Kerm 2012-10-27
Movie Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt Freek van Dyk 2012-10-18
Movie Dracula 3D Abraham van Helsing 2012-11-09
Movie All for One Niemeyer 2011-02-10
Movie Black Butterflies Abraham Jonker 2011-02-06
Movie The Rite Istvan Kovak 2011-01-28
Movie The Mill and the Cross Peter Bruegel 2011-03-18
Movie Hobo with a Shotgun Hobo 2011-05-06
Movie The Cardboard Village 2011-09-06
Movie Portable Life Antonio 2011-09-01
Movie The Reverend The Withstander 2011-08-03
Movie More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun Himself 2011-07-04
Movie The Heineken Kidnapping Alfred Heineken 2011-10-27
Movie The 5th Execution Khant 2011-03-24
Movie Life's a Beach Jean-Luc 2010-01-01
Movie Happiness Runs Insley 2010-05-14
Movie Barbarossa Federico Barbarossa 2009-10-09
Movie Dazzle 2009-01-01
Movie The Prince of Motor City 2008-07-09
Movie Magic Flute Diaries Dr. Richard Nagel 2008-04-15
Series True Blood Niall Brigan 2008-09-07
Movie Bride Flight Old Frank 2008-10-15
Movie Goal! II: Living the Dream Rudi van der Merwe 2007-02-09
Movie Dead Tone Det. John Criton 2007-05-16
Movie Starting Over Peter Rossen 2007-11-10
Movie Moving McAllister Maxwell McAllister 2007-09-13
Series Zomer Draait Door, De Unknown 2007-06-02
Movie Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner' Self 2007-12-18
Movie Minotaur Cyrnan 2006-03-11
Movie The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point Gen. Frank Lewis 2006-06-27
Movie Mentor Sanford Pollard 2006-04-28
Movie The Hunt for Eagle One Gen. Frank Lewis 2006-01-17
Movie The Poseidon Adventure Bishop August Schmidt 2005-11-20
Movie Sin City Cardinal Patrick Henry Roark 2005-04-01
Movie Dracula III: Legacy Dracula 2005-07-12
Movie Batman Begins William Earle 2005-06-10
Series De Wereld Draait Door Unknown 2005-10-10
Movie Mirror Wars: Reflection One Mysterious Man 2005-09-01
Movie Tempesta Van Beuningen 2004-05-10
Series Salem's Lot Kurt Barlow 2004-06-20
Movie The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? 2003-03-04
Movie Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Keeler 2002-12-31
Movie Warrior Angels Grekkor 2002-10-11
Movie Scorcher US President Nelson 2002-10-04
Series V Graham Norton Unknown 2002-05-06
Movie The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair Paul Marcinkus 2002-03-07
Movie Lying in Wait Keith Miller 2001-03-15
Movie Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal Copilot MacIntosh 2001-05-13
Movie Flying Virus Ezekial 2001-12-31
Series Smallville Unknown 2001-10-16
Series Alias Unknown 2001-09-30
Movie Wilder Dr. Sam Dennis Charney 2000-11-01
Movie Partners in Crime Gene Reardon 2000-01-07
Movie On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Self 2000-07-15
Series The 10th Kingdom Huntsman 2000-02-27
Movie New World Disorder David Marx 1999-12-03
Movie Simon Magus Count Albrecht, the Squire 1999-02-17
Series Merlin King Vortingern 1998-04-26
Movie Tactical Assault Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday 1998-04-07
Movie Bone Daddy Palmer 1998-07-19
Movie Blast Leo 1997-03-13
Movie Knockin' on Heaven's Door Curtiz 1997-02-20
Series Lexx Unknown 1997-04-18
Movie Hostile Waters Cap. Britanov 1997-10-18
Movie The Ruby Ring Patrick Collins 1997-11-26
Movie Deathline John Wade 1997-09-26
Movie Eating Pattern Bog 1997-09-04
Movie The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon John Thornton 1997-06-22
Movie Bleeders Dr. Marlowe 1997-07-31
Movie Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood Himself 1996-01-08
Movie Precious Find Armond Crille 1996-06-26
Movie Mariette in Ecstasy Chaplan 1996-07-04
Movie Crossworlds A.T. 1996-10-30
Movie Omega Doom Omega Doom 1996-10-21
Movie Mr. Stitch Doctor Rue Wakeman 1995-11-20
Movie Blood of the Innocent Dr. Lem 1994-01-01
Movie Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight Fred Noonan 1994-06-12
Movie Fatherland SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March 1994-11-26
Movie The Beans of Egypt, Maine Rueben Bean 1994-11-23
Movie Nostradamus The Mystic Monk 1994-08-18
Movie Surviving the Game Thomas Burns 1994-04-15
Movie Arctic Blue Ben Corbett 1993-01-01
Movie Blind Side Jake Shell 1993-01-30
Movie Voyage Morgan Norvell 1993-06-01
Movie The Revenge of the Dead Indians Himself 1993-01-01
Movie Beyond Justice Tom Burton 1992-12-02
Movie Split Second Harley Stone 1992-05-01
Movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lothos 1992-07-24
Movie Past Midnight Ben Jordan 1992-05-03
Movie Wedlock Frank Warren 1991-05-10
Movie Desert Law Tom Burton 1991-03-19
Movie Bloodhounds of Broadway The Brain 1989-11-03
Movie Blind Fury Nick Parker 1989-08-17
Movie The Blood of Heroes Sallow 1989-10-19
Movie On a Moonlit Night John Knott 1989-09-05
Movie The Legend of the Holy Drinker Andreas Kartak 1988-09-01
Movie Wanted: Dead or Alive Nick Randall 1987-01-16
Movie Escape from Sobibor Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky 1987-04-12
Movie The Hitcher John Ryder 1986-01-17
Movie Ladyhawke Captain Etienne Navarre 1985-03-27
Movie Flesh + Blood Martin 1985-08-30
Movie Terror in the Aisles Wulfgar (archive footage) (uncredited) 1984-10-26
Movie A Breed Apart Jim Malden 1984-06-01
Movie The Osterman Weekend John Tanner 1983-10-14
Movie Eureka Claude Maillot Van Horn 1983-05-01
Movie Blade Runner Roy Batty 1982-06-25
Movie Inside the Third Reich Albert Speer 1982-05-09
Movie Nighthawks Wulfgar 1981-03-17
Movie Chanel Solitaire Etienne de Balsan 1981-01-01
Movie Spetters Gerrit Witkamp 1980-02-28
Movie Es begann bei Tiffany Ryder 1979-04-30
Series Duel In De Diepte Unknown 1979-10-02
Movie Woman Between Wolf and Dog 1979-06-04
Movie Fatal Error Rinus de Gier 1979-09-20
Movie Mysteries Johan Nagel 1978-09-07
Movie Heilige Jeanne Dunois 1978-03-24
Movie Pastorale 1943 August Schultz 1978-04-20
Movie Soldier of Orange Erik Lanshof 1977-09-22
Movie Naked and Lustful 1976-11-01
Movie Max Havelaar Duclari 1976-09-09
Movie The Wilby Conspiracy Blane Van Niekirk 1975-02-01
Series Floris von Rosemund Floris 1975-08-09
Movie Cold Blood Cris 1975-07-18
Movie Katie Tippel Hugo 1975-03-06
Movie Cyrano de Bergerac de Valvert 1975-10-11
Movie Cancer Rising Pierre 1975-09-18
Movie Dandelions Rick 1974-10-11
Movie Turkish Delight Eric Vonk 1973-02-22
Series Floris Floris 1969-10-05