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Biography
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.
Acted in 160
2020s
- 2024
Blind Channel: After Dark Side
Jake Shell · 5 episodes
- 2020
Break
Ray
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
Drawing Home
Carl Rungius
The Broken Key
Professor Moonlight
Porters
Tillman · 7 episodes
Gangsterdam
Dolph
Mata Hari
Стольбаккен · 12 episodes
- 2016
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich
Oskar Halminski
WAX: We Are the X
Aron Mulder
- 2015
Clones
Dr. Richards
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
Admiral
Maarten Tromp
- 2014
Francesco
Padre di Francesco
Francesco
Padre di Francesco · 2 episodes
The Letters
Benjamin Praagh
- 2013
Real Playing Game
Steve Batier
Flight of the Storks
Sonderman · 2 episodes
- 2012
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone
Michelangelo
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Kerm · 7 episodes
Agent Ranjid Saves the World
Freek van Dyk
- 2011
The Heineken Kidnapping
Alfred Heineken
The Cardboard Village
Sacristan
Portable Life
Antonio
The Reverend
The Withstander
All for One
Niemeyer
Black Butterflies
Abraham Jonker
Spoon
Victor Spoon
Requiem 2019
Movie
- 2010
Happiness Runs
Insley
2000s
- 2009
Barbarossa
Federico Barbarossa
3
Father (voice)
Dazzle
Movie
- 2008
The Rhapsody
Movie
Magic Flute Diaries
Dr. Richard Nagel
- 2007
Starting Over
Peter Rossen
- 2006
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point
Gen. Frank Lewis
Mentor
Sanford Pollard
The Hunt for Eagle One
Gen. Frank Lewis
- 2005
Mirror Wars: Reflection One
Mysterious Man
Dracula III: Legacy
Dracula
- 2004
Floris
Floris (archive footage from Floris, 1969)
- 2003
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?
Movie
- 2002
Warrior Angels
Grekkor
Scorcher
US President Nelson
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
Paul Marcinkus
- 2001
Flying Virus
Ezekial
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
Dutch Schultz(voice)
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal
Copilot MacIntosh
The Room
Movie
Lying in Wait
Keith Miller
- 2000
Wilder
Dr. Sam Dennis Charney
Partners in Crime
Gene Reardon
1990s
- 1999
New World Disorder
David Marx
Simon Magus
Count Albrecht, the Squire
- 1998
Tactical Assault
Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday
- 1997
The Ruby Ring
Patrick Collins
Eating Pattern
Bog
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
John Thornton
43Blast
Leo
- 1996
Omega Doom
Omega Doom
Mariette in Ecstasy
Chaplan
Precious Find
Armond Crille
- 1995
Mr. Stitch
Doctor Rue Wakeman
- 1994
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
Rueben Bean
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
Fred Noonan
Blood of the Innocent
Dr. Lem
- 1993
Blind Side
Jake Shell
Arctic Blue
Ben Corbett
- 1992
Beyond Justice
Tom Burton
Past Midnight
Ben Jordan
- 1991
The Law of the Desert
Tom Burton · 3 episodes
1980s
- 1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
The Brain
On a Moonlit Night
John Knott
The Edge
Sheriff Emil Abel (Indian Poker)
- 1988
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Andreas Kartak
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1981
Chanel Solitaire
Etienne de Balsan
- 1980
1970s
- 1979
Duel In De Diepte
John van der Velde · 4 episodes
Fatal Error
Rinus de Gier
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
Adriaan
Es begann bei Tiffany
Ryder
For Queen and Country
Erik Lanshof · 4 episodes
- 1978
Pastorale 1943
August Schultz
Heilige Jeanne
Dunois
- 1977
Soldier of Orange
Erik Lanshof
- 1976
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Lieutenant Duclari
- 1975
Cyrano de Bergerac
de Valvert
Cancer Rising
Pierre
Floris von Rosemund
Floris · 19 episodes
Cold Blood
Chris
- 1974
Dandelions
Rick
- 1973
1960s
- 1969
Produced 3
2000s
- 2009
Dazzle
Executive Producer
1990s
- 1995
Mr. Stitch
Executive Producer
- 1993
Arctic Blue
Co-Executive Producer
Directed 2
2010s
- 2011
Requiem 2019
Director
2000s
- 2001
The Room
Director
Wrote 1
1980s
- 1989
On a Moonlit Night
Dialogue
Appearances18
2020s
- 2026
Roel Oostra – Theaterman in hart en nieren
Self (archive footage)
- 2021
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2016
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick
Self - Actor
- 2015
Behind the White Glasses
Self
- 2014
- 2011
More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun
Himself
2000s
- 2007
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
- 2006
Blond, Blue Eyes
Self
- 2005
- 2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
Self
- 2002
- 2000
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Self
1990s
- 1993
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Himself
1980s
- 1987
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
- 1985
The Max Headroom Show
Self · 1 episode
1960s
- 1969
Rond Floris
Self
- 1967
