Rutger Hauer
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Smallville
Morgan Edge
2001
Series
True Blood
Niall Brigant
2008
Series
American Playhouse
The Brain
1982
Series
American Playhouse
Reuben Bean
1982
Series
The Last Kingdom
Ravn
2015
Series
De Wereld Draait Door
Self
2005
Series
Omnibus
Narrator (voice)
1967
Film
Batman Begins
Earle
2005
Film
Blade Runner
Batty
1982
Series
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Series
Lexx
Bog
1997
Film
Sin City
Cardinal Roark
2005
Series
Alias
Anthony Geiger
2001
Series
Channel Zero
Joseph Peach
2016
Series
Galavant
Kingsley
2015
Film
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
President of the World State Federation
2017
Film
The Hitcher
John Ryder
1986
Film
The Rite
Istvan Kovak
2011
Series
Merlin
King Vortingern
1998
Series
Salem's Lot
Kurt Barlow
2004
Series
The 10th Kingdom
Huntsman
2000
Series
The Real History of Science Fiction
Self
2014
Series
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Kerm
2012
Film
24 Hours to Live
Frank
2017
Film
Iron Mask
English Ambassador
2019
Series
Mata Hari
Стольбаккен
2017
Series
Porters
Tillman
2017
Film
Ladyhawke
Captain Etienne Navarre
1985
Film
The Sisters Brothers
The Commodore
2018
Series
The Max Headroom Show
Self
1985
Film
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Lothos
1992
Film
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
King Zakour
2015
Film
Split Second
Stone
1992
Film
Nighthawks
Wulfgar
1981
Film
Blind Fury
Nick Parker
1989
Film
Samson
Manoah
2018
Film
Goal II: Living the Dream
Rudi van der Merwe
2007
Film
Flesh + Blood
Martin
1985
Film
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Keeler
2002
Film
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Curtiz
1997
Series
Flight of the Storks
Sonderman
2013
Series
Inside the Third Reich
Albert Speer
1982
Film
Hobo with a Shotgun
Hobo
2011
Film
Turkish Delight
Erik Vonk
1973
Film
The Poseidon Adventure
Bishop August Schmidt
2005
Film
The Blood of Heroes
Sallow
1989
Film
Fatherland
SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March
1994
Film
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Nick Randall
1987
Film
Escape from Sobibor
Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky
1987
Film
Admiral
Maarten Tromp
2015
Series
The Law of the Desert
Tom Burton
1991
Film
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich
Oskar Halminski
2016
Film
Surviving the Game
Burns
1994
Film
Dracula III: Legacy
Dracula
2005
Series
Floris
Floris van Rosemondt
1969
Film
Dead Tone
Det. John Criton
2007
Film
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
John Thornton
1997
Zomer Draait Door, De
2007
Film
Dracula 3D
Abraham van Helsing
2012
Film
Fifty Shades of Erotica
(archive footage)
2015
Series
Francesco
Padre di Francesco
2014
Film
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
2007
Film
The Osterman Weekend
John Tanner
1983
Film
Mysteries
Simonsen aka Johan Frederik Nagel
1978
Film
Spetters
Gerrit Witkamp
1980
Film
Naked and Lustful
1976
Film
Wedlock
Frank Warren
1991
Film
Blast
Leo
1997
Film
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal
Copilot MacIntosh
2001
Film
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Film
Hostile Waters
Cap. Britanov
1997
Film
Minotaur
Cyrnan
2006
Film
Life's a Beach
Jean-Luc
2010
Series
For Queen and Country
Erik Lanshof
1979
Film
Bloodhounds of Broadway
The Brain
1989
Film
The Wilby Conspiracy
Blane Van Niekirk
1975
Film
Soldier of Orange
Erik Lanshof
1977
Film
Precious Find
Armond Crille
1996
Film
A Breed Apart
Jim Malden
1984
Film
The Best of Max Headroom
Self
1987
Series
Floris von Rosemund
Floris
1975
Film
Bleeders
Dr. Marlowe
1997
Film
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point
Gen. Frank Lewis
2006
Film
The Rhapsody
2008
Series
Duel In De Diepte
John van der Velde
1979
Film
The Hunt for Eagle One
Gen. Frank Lewis
2006
Film
Barbarossa
Federico Barbarossa
2009
Film
Eureka
Claude Maillot Van Horn
1983
Film
Bone Daddy
Palmer
1998
Film
2047: Sights of Death
Colonel Asimov
2014
Film
The Sonata
Richard Marlowe
2018
Film
Black Butterflies
Abraham Jonker
2011
Film
Roel Oostra – Theaterman in hart en nieren
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
Deathline
John Wade
1997
Film
Gangsterdam
Dolph
2017
Film
The Broken Key
Professor Moonlight
2017
Film
The Letters
Benjamin Praagh
2014
Film
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Andreas Kartak
1988
Film
Warrior Angels
Grekkor
2002
Film
Blind Side
Jake Shell
1993
Film
The Room
2001
Film
Corbin Nash
Stranger
2018
Film
Behind the White Glasses
Self
2015
Film
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
Adriaan
1979
Film
Arctic Blue
Ben Corbett
1993
Film
Dazzle
2009
Film
Moving McAllister
Maxwell McAllister
2007
Film
Katie Tippel
Hugo
1975
Film
New World Disorder
David Marx
1999
Film
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
Self
2004
Film
Past Midnight
Ben Jordan
1992
Film
On a Moonlit Night
John Knott
1989
Film
Rond Floris
Self
1969
Film
Bride Flight
Old Frank
2008
Film
Omega Doom
Omega Doom
1996
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
Self
2007
Film
Crossworlds
A.T.
1996
Film
Blood of the Innocent
Dr. Lem
1994
Film
The 5th Execution
Khant
2011
Film
Beyond Justice
Tom Burton
1992
Film
Es begann bei Tiffany
Ryder
1979
Film
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Self
2000
Film
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
Fred Noonan
1994
Film
Partners in Crime
Gene Reardon
2000
Film
Tempesta
Van Beuningen
2004
Film
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
Rueben Bean
1994
Film
Agent Ranjid Saves the World
Freek van Dyk
2012
Film
Spoon
Victor Spoon
2011
Film
Cold Blood
Chris
1975
Film
Mirror Wars: Reflection One
Mysterious Man
2005
The Prince of Motor City
William Hamilton
2008
Film
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick
Self - Actor
2016
Film
Requiem 2019
2011
Film
Clones
Dr. Richards
2015
Film
The Cardboard Village
Sacristan
2011
Film
Nostradamus
The Mystic Monk
1994
Film
The Future
Maciste
2013
Film
The Heineken Kidnapping
Alfred Heineken
2011
Film
WAX: We Are the X
Aron Mulder
2016
Film
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
Paul Marcinkus
2002
Film
Flying Virus
Ezekial
2001
Film
Scorcher
US President Nelson
2002
Film
Mr. Stitch
Doctor Rue Wakeman
1995
Film
Happiness Runs
Insley
2010
Film
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?
2003
Film
The Mill and the Cross
Peter Bruegel
2011
Film
More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun
Himself
2011
Film
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Lieutenant Duclari
1976
Tonight at Noon
Diego
Film
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
Dutch Schultz(voice)
2001
Film
Tactical Assault
Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday
1998
Film
Chanel Solitaire
Etienne de Balsan
1981
Film
Real Playing Game
Steve Batier
2013
Film
Simon Magus
Count Albrecht, the Squire
1999
Isip the Warrior
Catholic Priest
Film
Lying in Wait
Keith Miller
2001
Film
Drawing Home
Carl Rungius
2017
Film
Break
Ray
2020
Film
Pastorale 1943
August Schultz
1978
Film
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Himself
1993
Film
Voyage
Morgan Norvell
1993
Film
The Edge
Sheriff Emil Abel (Indian Poker)
1989
Film
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
All for One
Niemeyer
2011
Film
The Reverend
The Withstander
2011
Film
Mentor
Sanford Pollard
2006
Film
Wilder
Dr. Sam Dennis Charney
2000
Film
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone
Michelangelo
2012
Mariette in Ecstasy
Chaplan
1996
Film
Dandelions
Rick
1974
Film
Cancer Rising
Pierre
1975
Film
Magic Flute Diaries
Dr. Richard Nagel
2008
Film
3
Father (voice)
2009
Film
Cyrano de Bergerac
de Valvert
1975
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
Himself
1996
Genderness
2016
Film
Fatal Error
Rinus de Gier
1979
Film
Starting Over
Peter Rossen
2007
Starfish Tango
Self
Film
Francesco
Padre di Francesco
2014
Film
Floris
Floris (archive footage from Floris, 1969)
2004
Film
The Ruby Ring
Patrick Collins
1997
Film
Portable Life
Antonio
2011
Film
Blond, Blue Eyes
Self
2006
Film
Eating Pattern
Bog
1997
Film
Heilige Jeanne
Dunois
1978
Never Enough
Sebastian
2004