
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.
Movie | Sin City - The Hard Goodbye | Roark | 2019 |
Movie | Tonight at Noon | Diego | 2019 |
Movie | Magic Flute Diaries | Dr. Richard Nagel | 2019 |
Movie | Corbin Nash | Stranger | 2019 |
Movie | Gangsterdam | Dolph | 2017-03-29 |
Movie | Drawing Home | Carl Rungius | 2017-12-01 |
Movie | Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets | President of the World State Federation | 2017-07-20 |
Movie | The Broken Key | 2017-11-16 | |
Movie | Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the Fourth Reich | Oskar Halminski | 2016-10-03 |
Series | De koperen hond | Unknown | 2016 |
Series | Het gestolen kasteel | Unknown | 2016 |
Movie | Behind the White Glasses | 2015-09-21 | |
Movie | The Letters | Benjamin Praagh | 2015-12-04 |
Series | The Last Kingdom | Ravn | 2015-10-10 |
Movie | Admiral | Maarten Tromp | 2015-01-29 |
Movie | The Scorpion King: Quest for Power | King Zakour | 2015-01-09 |
Movie | Unity | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 2015-08-12 |
Movie | Wax: We Are The X | 2015-02-24 | |
Movie | 2047: Sights of Death | Colonel Asimov | 2014-06-13 |
Movie | Francesco | Padre di Francesco | 2014-12-08 |
Movie | Flight of the Storks | Sonderman | 2013-12-20 |
Movie | Il futuro | Maciste | 2013-09-06 |
Movie | Real Playing Game | Steve Batier | 2013-08-28 |
Movie | Dracula 3D | Abraham van Helsing | 2012-11-09 |
Series | Metal Hurlant Chronicles | Kerm | 2012-10-27 |
Movie | Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt | Freek van Dyk | 2012-10-18 |
Movie | The Reverend | The Withstander | 2012-08-03 |
Movie | Black Butterflies | Abraham Jonker | 2011-02-06 |
Movie | The Rite | Istvan Kovak | 2011-01-28 |
Movie | More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun | Himself | 2011-07-04 |
Movie | All for One | Niemeyer | 2011-02-10 |
Movie | The Mill and the Cross | Peter Bruegel | 2011-03-18 |
Movie | The 5th Execution | Khant | 2011-03-24 |
Movie | Hobo with a Shotgun | Hobo | 2011-05-06 |
Movie | The Cardboard Village | 2011-09-06 | |
Movie | The Heineken Kidnapping | Alfred Heineken | 2011-10-27 |
Movie | Life's a Beach | Jean-Luc | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | Barbarossa | Federico Barbarossa | 2009-10-09 |
Movie | Dazzle | 2009-01-01 | |
Movie | Bride Flight | Old Frank | 2008-10-15 |
Series | True Blood | Niall Brigan | 2008-09-07 |
Movie | Moving McAllister | Maxwell McAllister | 2007-09-13 |
Series | Zomer Draait Door, De | Unknown | 2007-06-02 |
Movie | Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner | Himself | 2007-12-18 |
Movie | Starting Over | Peter Rossen | 2007-11-10 |
Movie | Dead Tone | Det. John Criton | 2007-05-16 |
Movie | Goal! II: Living the Dream | Rudi van der Merwe | 2007-02-09 |
Movie | Mentor | Sanford Pollard | 2006-04-28 |
Movie | Minotaur | Cyrnan | 2006-03-11 |
Movie | The Hunt for Eagle One | Gen. Frank Lewis | 2006-01-17 |
Movie | The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point | Gen. Frank Lewis | 2006-06-27 |
Movie | The Poseidon Adventure | Bishop August Schmidt | 2005-11-20 |
Series | De Wereld Draait Door | Unknown | 2005-10-10 |
Movie | Mirror Wars: Reflection One | 2005-09-01 | |
Movie | Dracula III: Legacy | Dracula | 2005-07-12 |
Movie | Batman Begins | Earle | 2005-06-10 |
Movie | Sin City | Cardinal Patrick Henry Roark | 2005-04-01 |
Movie | Salem's Lot | Kurt Barlow | 2004-06-20 |
Movie | Tempesta | Van Beuningen | 2004-05-10 |
Movie | Scorcher | US Präsident Nelson | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Warrior Angels | Grekkor | 2002-10-11 |
Series | V Graham Norton | Unknown | 2002-05-06 |
Movie | The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair | Paul Marcinkus | 2002-03-07 |
Movie | Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Keeler | 2002-12-30 |
Movie | Killer Buzz | Ezekial | 2001-12-31 |
Series | Smallville | Unknown | 2001-10-16 |
Series | Alias | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
Movie | Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal | Copilot MacIntosh | 2001-05-13 |
Movie | Lying in Wait | Keith Miller | 2001-03-15 |
Movie | Partners in Crime | Gene Reardon | 2000-01-07 |
Movie | On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' | Himself | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | The 10th Kingdom | Huntsman | 2000-02-25 |
Movie | Slow Burn | Dr. Sam Dennis Charney | 2000-11-01 |
Series | The 10th Kingdom | Huntsman | 2000-02-27 |
Movie | New World Disorder | David Marx | 1999-12-03 |
Movie | Tactical Assault | Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday | 1999-01-01 |
Series | Merlin | King Vortingern | 1998-04-26 |
Movie | Merlin | King Vortigern | 1998-04-26 |
Movie | Blast | Leo | 1997-03-13 |
Movie | The Ruby Ring | Patrick Collins | 1997-11-26 |
Movie | Knockin' on Heaven's Door | Curtiz | 1997-02-20 |
Movie | Deathline | John Wade | 1997-12-22 |
Series | Lexx | Unknown | 1997-04-18 |
Movie | The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon | John Thornton | 1997-06-22 |
Movie | Bleeders | Dr. Marlowe | 1997-07-31 |
Movie | Hostile Waters | Cap. Britanov | 1997-10-18 |
Movie | Lexx 1.3: Eating Pattern | Bog | 1997-09-04 |
Movie | Crossworlds | A.T. | 1996-10-30 |
Movie | Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood | Himself | 1996-01-08 |
Movie | Precious Find | Armond Crille | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | Omega Doom | Omega Doom | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | Mr. Stitch | Doctor Rue Wakeman | 1995-11-20 |
Movie | Blood of the Innocent | 1995-01-01 | |
Movie | The Beans of Egypt, Maine | 1994-01-01 | |
Movie | Nostradamus | The Mystic Monk | 1994-01-01 |
Movie | Surviving the Game | Thomas Burns | 1994-04-15 |
Movie | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | Fred Noonan | 1994-06-12 |
Movie | Fatherland | SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March | 1994-11-26 |
Movie | Voyage | Morgan Norvell | 1993-06-01 |
Movie | Blind Side | Jake Shell | 1993-01-30 |
Movie | Arctic Blue | Ben Corbett | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | Artic Blue | 1993-01-01 | |
Movie | The Revenge of the Dead Indians | Himself | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | Beyond Justice | Tom Burton | 1992-12-02 |
Movie | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Lothos | 1992-07-24 |
Movie | Split Second | Harley Stone | 1992-05-01 |
Movie | Past Midnight | Ben Jordan | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | Wedlock | Frank Warren | 1991-05-10 |
Movie | The Blood of Heroes | Sallow | 1989-10-19 |
Movie | Blind Fury | Nick Parker | 1989-08-17 |
Movie | Bloodhounds of Broadway | The Brain | 1989-11-03 |
Movie | On a Moonlit Night | John Knott | 1989-09-05 |
Movie | The Legend of the Holy Drinker | Andreas Kartak | 1988-09-01 |
Movie | Escape from Sobibor | Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky | 1987-04-12 |
Movie | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Nick Randall | 1987-01-16 |
Movie | The Hitcher | John Ryder | 1986-02-21 |
Movie | Ladyhawke | Captain Etienne Navarre | 1985-03-27 |
Movie | Flesh + Blood | Martin | 1985-08-30 |
Movie | A Breed Apart | Jim Malden | 1984-07-01 |
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 | Woman Between Wolf and Dog | 1979-06-04 | |
Movie | Fatal Error | Rinus de Gier | 1979-09-20 |
Movie | Es begann bei Tiffany | Ryder | 1979-04-30 |
Series | Duel in de diepte | Unknown | 1979-10-02 |
Movie | Mysteries | Johan Nagel | 1978-09-07 |
Movie | Pastorale 1943 | August Schultz | 1978-04-20 |
Movie | Soldier of Orange | Erik Lanshof | 1977-09-22 |
Movie | Cancer Rising | 1975-09-18 | |
Movie | Cold Blood | Cris | 1975-07-18 |
Movie | Keetje Tippel | Hugo | 1975-03-06 |
Movie | The Wilby Conspiracy | Blane Van Niekirk | 1975-02-01 |
Movie | Turkish Delight | Eric Vonk | 1973-02-22 |
Series | Floris | Floris | 1969-10-15 |