Acting
Rutger 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.
Filmography
Roel Oostra – Theaterman in hart en nieren
Film · 2026
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
Film · 2021
Break
Film · 2020
Iron Mask
Film · 2019
Corbin Nash
Film · 2018
Samson
Film · 2018
The Sonata
Film · 2018
The Sisters Brothers
Film · 2018
Drawing Home
Film · 2017
Gangsterdam
Film · 2017
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Film · 2017
The Broken Key
Film · 2017
24 Hours to Live
Film · 2017
Mata Hari
Series · 2017
Porters
Series · 2017
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick
Film · 2016
WAX: We Are the X
Film · 2016
Genderness
Film · 2016
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich
Film · 2016
Channel Zero
Series · 2016
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
Film · 2015
Admiral
Film · 2015
Unity
Film · 2015
Behind the White Glasses
Film · 2015
Clones
Film · 2015
Fifty Shades of Erotica
Film · 2015
Galavant
Series · 2015
The Last Kingdom
Series · 2015
The Letters
Film · 2014
2047: Sights of Death
Film · 2014
Francesco
Film · 2014
The Real History of Science Fiction
Series · 2014
Francesco
Series · 2014
The Future
Film · 2013
Real Playing Game
Film · 2013
Flight of the Storks
Series · 2013
Dracula 3D
Film · 2012
Agent Ranjid Saves the World
Film · 2012
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone
Film · 2012
Metal Hurlant Chronicles
Series · 2012
The 5th Execution
Film · 2011
Portable Life
Film · 2011
Hobo with a Shotgun
Film · 2011
The Rite
Film · 2011
Black Butterflies
Film · 2011
The Mill and the Cross
Film · 2011
The Heineken Kidnapping
Film · 2011
The Cardboard Village
Film · 2011
The Reverend
Film · 2011
More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun
Film · 2011
Spoon
Film · 2011
Requiem 2019
Film · 2011
All for One
Film · 2011
Happiness Runs
Film · 2010
Life's a Beach
Film · 2010
Barbarossa
Film · 2009
3
Film · 2009
Dazzle
Film · 2009
Bride Flight
Film · 2008
Magic Flute Diaries
Film · 2008
The Prince of Motor City
Film · 2008
The Rhapsody
Film · 2008
True Blood
Series · 2008
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
Film · 2007
Goal II: Living the Dream
Film · 2007
Dead Tone
Film · 2007
Moving McAllister
Film · 2007
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Film · 2007
Starting Over
Film · 2007
Zomer Draait Door, De
Series · 2007
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point
Film · 2006
The Hunt for Eagle One
Film · 2006
Minotaur
Film · 2006
Blond, Blue Eyes
Film · 2006
Mentor
Film · 2006
Sin City
Film · 2005
Batman Begins
Film · 2005
The Poseidon Adventure
Film · 2005
Mirror Wars: Reflection One
Film · 2005
Dracula III: Legacy
Film · 2005
De Wereld Draait Door
Series · 2005
Tempesta
Film · 2004
Never Enough
Film · 2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
Film · 2004
Floris
Film · 2004
Salem's Lot
Series · 2004
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?
Film · 2003
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Film · 2002
Scorcher
Film · 2002
Warrior Angels
Film · 2002
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
Film · 2002
V Graham Norton
Series · 2002
Flying Virus
Film · 2001
Lying in Wait
Film · 2001
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal
Film · 2001
The Room
Film · 2001
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
Film · 2001
Alias
Series · 2001
Smallville
Series · 2001
Wilder
Film · 2000
Partners in Crime
Film · 2000
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Film · 2000
The 10th Kingdom
Series · 2000
New World Disorder
Film · 1999
Simon Magus
Film · 1999
Tactical Assault
Film · 1998
Bone Daddy
Film · 1998
Merlin
Series · 1998
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
Film · 1997
Hostile Waters
Film · 1997
Deathline
Film · 1997
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
Film · 1997
Bleeders
Film · 1997
Blast
Film · 1997
Eating Pattern
Film · 1997
The Ruby Ring
Film · 1997
Lexx
Series · 1997
Precious Find
Film · 1996
Omega Doom
Film · 1996
Crossworlds
Film · 1996
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
Film · 1996
Mariette in Ecstasy
Film · 1996
Mr. Stitch
Film · 1995
Fatherland
Film · 1994
Surviving the Game
Film · 1994
Nostradamus
Film · 1994
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
Film · 1994
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
Film · 1994
Blood of the Innocent
Film · 1994
Blind Side
Film · 1993
Arctic Blue
Film · 1993
Voyage
Film · 1993
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Film · 1993
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Film · 1992
Split Second
Film · 1992
Past Midnight
Film · 1992
Beyond Justice
Film · 1992
Wedlock
Film · 1991
The Law of the Desert
Series · 1991
The Blood of Heroes
Film · 1989
On a Moonlit Night
Film · 1989
Blind Fury
Film · 1989
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Film · 1989
The Edge
Film · 1989
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
Film · 1988
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Film · 1987
Escape from Sobibor
Film · 1987
The Best of Max Headroom
Film · 1987
The Hitcher
Film · 1986
Ladyhawke
Film · 1985
Flesh + Blood
Film · 1985
The Max Headroom Show
Series · 1985
A Breed Apart
Film · 1984
The Osterman Weekend
Film · 1983
Eureka
Film · 1983
Blade Runner
Film · 1982
Inside the Third Reich
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
Nighthawks
Film · 1981
Chanel Solitaire
Film · 1981
Spetters
Film · 1980
Fatal Error
Film · 1979
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
Film · 1979
Es begann bei Tiffany
Film · 1979
Duel In De Diepte
Series · 1979
For Queen and Country
Series · 1979
Heilige Jeanne
Film · 1978
Pastorale 1943
Film · 1978
Mysteries
Film · 1978
Soldier of Orange
Film · 1977
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Film · 1976
Naked and Lustful
Film · 1976
The Wilby Conspiracy
Film · 1975
Katie Tippel
Film · 1975
Cold Blood
Film · 1975
Cyrano de Bergerac
Film · 1975
Cancer Rising
Film · 1975
Floris von Rosemund
Series · 1975
Dandelions
Film · 1974
Turkish Delight
Film · 1973
Rond Floris
Film · 1969
Floris
Series · 1969
Omnibus
Series · 1967
Isip the Warrior
Film
Tonight at Noon
Film
Starfish Tango
Film