Rutger Hauer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

182

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-01-23

Day of death

2019-07-19 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands

Rutger Hauer

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.

Known For

  • Smallville

    Smallville

  • The Last Kingdom

    The Last Kingdom

  • True Blood

    True Blood

  • Batman Begins

    Batman Begins

  • De Wereld Draait Door

    De Wereld Draait Door

  • Lexx

    Lexx

  • V Graham Norton

    V Graham Norton

  • Blade Runner

    Blade Runner

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point

    The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point

  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

    Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

  • Fifty Shades of Erotica

    Fifty Shades of Erotica

  • Channel Zero

    Channel Zero

  • Sin City

    Sin City

  • Hobo with a Shotgun

    Hobo with a Shotgun

  • The Hunt for Eagle One

    The Hunt for Eagle One

  • Blind Fury

    Blind Fury

  • Galavant

    Galavant

  • Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

    Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

  • Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

    Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

  • Iron Mask

    Iron Mask

  • Knockin' on Heaven's Door

    Knockin' on Heaven's Door

  • Inside the Third Reich

    Inside the Third Reich

  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

    Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

  • Merlin

    Merlin

  • Francesco

    Francesco

  • Alias

    Alias

  • The Rite

    The Rite

  • Mysteries

    Mysteries

  • The Blood of Heroes

    The Blood of Heroes

  • The Ruby Ring

    The Ruby Ring

  • Blind Side

    Blind Side

  • On a Moonlit Night

    On a Moonlit Night

  • Ladyhawke

    Ladyhawke

  • Corbin Nash

    Corbin Nash

  • The 10th Kingdom

    The 10th Kingdom

  • Unity

    Unity

  • Fatherland

    Fatherland

  • Never Enough

    Never Enough

  • The Broken Key

    The Broken Key

  • The Real History of Science Fiction

    The Real History of Science Fiction

  • Max Havelaar

    Max Havelaar

  • Salem's Lot

    Salem's Lot

  • The Beans of Egypt, Maine

    The Beans of Egypt, Maine

  • The Hitcher

    The Hitcher

  • Pastorale 1943

    Pastorale 1943

  • The Sisters Brothers

    The Sisters Brothers

  • The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

    The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

  • Eating Pattern

    Eating Pattern

  • Split Second

    Split Second

  • Scorcher

    Scorcher

  • Bloodhounds of Broadway

    Bloodhounds of Broadway

  • Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich

    Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer

    Buffy the Vampire Slayer

  • Metal Hurlant Chronicles

    Metal Hurlant Chronicles

  • On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

    On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

  • Tactical Assault

    Tactical Assault

  • Flying Virus

    Flying Virus

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

  • The 5th Execution

    The 5th Execution

  • The Osterman Weekend

    The Osterman Weekend

  • Wilder

    Wilder

  • Beyond Justice

    Beyond Justice

  • The Edge

    The Edge

  • Drawing Home

    Drawing Home

  • Samson

    Samson

  • The Letters

    The Letters

  • The Sonata

    The Sonata

  • Break

    Break

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

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

  • Dracula III: Legacy

    Dracula III: Legacy

  • The Wilby Conspiracy

    The Wilby Conspiracy

  • Dracula 3D

    Dracula 3D

  • Barbarossa

    Barbarossa

  • Magic Flute Diaries

    Magic Flute Diaries

  • The Future

    The Future

  • Eureka

    Eureka

  • Wedlock

    Wedlock

  • Moving McAllister

    Moving McAllister

  • Goal II: Living the Dream

    Goal II: Living the Dream

  • The Reverend

    The Reverend

  • Turkish Delight

    Turkish Delight

  • Bone Daddy

    Bone Daddy

  • Life's a Beach

    Life's a Beach

  • Minotaur

    Minotaur

  • Surviving the Game

    Surviving the Game

  • Hostile Waters

    Hostile Waters

  • Simon Magus

    Simon Magus

  • A Breed Apart

    A Breed Apart

  • Flesh + Blood

    Flesh + Blood

  • Warrior Angels

    Warrior Angels

  • Portable Life

    Portable Life

  • Chanel Solitaire

    Chanel Solitaire

  • Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

  • Lying in Wait

    Lying in Wait

  • Black Butterflies

    Black Butterflies

  • Crossworlds

    Crossworlds

  • Bleeders

    Bleeders

  • Starting Over

    Starting Over

  • The Poseidon Adventure

    The Poseidon Adventure

  • Nighthawks

    Nighthawks

  • Heilige Jeanne

    Heilige Jeanne

  • Arctic Blue

    Arctic Blue

  • Dead Tone

    Dead Tone

  • Nostradamus

    Nostradamus

  • Mentor

    Mentor

  • Dandelions

    Dandelions

  • Porters

    Porters

  • Soldier of Orange

    Soldier of Orange

  • Francesco

    Francesco

  • Wax - We Are The X

    Wax - We Are The X

  • Mr. Stitch

    Mr. Stitch

  • Spetters

    Spetters

  • Blood of the Innocent

    Blood of the Innocent

  • The Legend of the Holy Drinker

    The Legend of the Holy Drinker

  • Admiral

    Admiral

  • Katie Tippel

    Katie Tippel

  • Blast

    Blast

  • 24 Hours to Live

    24 Hours to Live

  • All for One

    All for One

  • The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

    The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

  • Spoon

    Spoon

  • Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood

    Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood

  • Gangsterdam

    Gangsterdam

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • The Heineken Kidnapping

    The Heineken Kidnapping

  • The Prince of Motor City

    The Prince of Motor City

  • Happiness Runs

    Happiness Runs

  • Real Playing Game

    Real Playing Game

  • For Queen and Country

    For Queen and Country

  • Escape from Sobibor

    Escape from Sobibor

  • The Max Headroom Show

    The Max Headroom Show

  • Omega Doom

    Omega Doom

  • Flight of the Storks

    Flight of the Storks

  • The Cardboard Village

    The Cardboard Village

  • 2047: Sights of Death

    2047: Sights of Death

  • Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal

    Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal

  • Voyage

    Voyage

  • Bride Flight

    Bride Flight

  • Floris von Rosemund

    Floris von Rosemund

  • Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone

    Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone

  • Tempesta

    Tempesta

  • Duel In De Diepte

    Duel In De Diepte

  • Deathline

    Deathline

  • Zomer Draait Door, De

    Zomer Draait Door, De

  • Precious Find

    Precious Find

  • Floris

    Floris

  • Past Midnight

    Past Midnight

  • Naked and Lustful

    Naked and Lustful

  • Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

    Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

  • Cold Blood

    Cold Blood

  • Tonight at Noon

    Tonight at Noon

  • Cancer Rising

    Cancer Rising

  • Agent Ranjid Saves the World

    Agent Ranjid Saves the World

  • Blond, Blue Eyes

    Blond, Blue Eyes

  • 3

    3

  • Emperor

    Emperor

  • Partners in Crime

    Partners in Crime

  • Behind the White Glasses

    Behind the White Glasses

  • Fatal Error

    Fatal Error

  • Mirror Wars: Reflection One

    Mirror Wars: Reflection One

  • The Revenge of the Dead Indians

    The Revenge of the Dead Indians

  • The Mill and the Cross

    The Mill and the Cross

  • Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

    Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

  • The Best of Max Headroom

    The Best of Max Headroom

  • The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair

    The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair

  • Dazzle

    Dazzle

  • Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

    Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

  • Clones

    Clones

  • The Room

    The Room

  • Isip the Warrior

    Isip the Warrior

  • Woman Between Wolf and Dog

    Woman Between Wolf and Dog

  • Mariette in Ecstasy

    Mariette in Ecstasy

  • Desert Law

    Desert Law

  • Requiem 2019

    Requiem 2019

  • New World Disorder

    New World Disorder

  • The Worlds of Philip K. Dick

    The Worlds of Philip K. Dick

  • The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?

    The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?

  • Rond Floris

    Rond Floris

  • Genderness

    Genderness

  • Es begann bei Tiffany

    Es begann bei Tiffany

  • Starfish Tango

    Starfish Tango