Search Everything

Login

Send feeback or report a bug here

Send feeback or report a bug here

Rutger Hauer

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1944-01-23

Birth Place

Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands

Movies and TV shows :

2047: Sights of Death

2047: Sights of Death

2014

2.9

Movie
24 Hours to Live

24 Hours to Live

2017

5.9

Movie
3

3

2009

0.0

Movie
A Breed Apart

A Breed Apart

1984

5.8

Movie
Admiral

Admiral

2015

6.5

Movie
Agent Ranjid Saves the World

Agent Ranjid Saves the World

2012

4.4

Movie
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

2021

0.0

Movie
poster

Alias

2001

6.7

TV
All for One

All for One

2011

5.9

Movie
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

2004

7.0

Movie
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight

1994

6.2

Movie
Arctic Blue

Arctic Blue

1993

4.5

Movie
Barbarossa

Barbarossa

2009

5.0

Movie
Batman Begins

Batman Begins

2005

7.7

Movie
Behind the White Glasses

Behind the White Glasses

2015

6.3

Movie
Beyond Justice

Beyond Justice

1992

3.8

Movie
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the Fourth Reich

Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the Fourth Reich

2016

5.4

Movie
Black Butterflies

Black Butterflies

2011

5.8

Movie
Blade Runner

Blade Runner

1982

7.9

Movie
Blast

Blast

1997

4.0

Movie
Bleeders

Bleeders

1997

4.4

Movie
Blind Fury

Blind Fury

1989

6.5

Movie
Blind Side

Blind Side

1993

5.4

Movie
Blond, Blue Eyes

Blond, Blue Eyes

2006

6.5

Movie
Blood of the Innocent

Blood of the Innocent

1994

4.5

Movie
Bloodhounds of Broadway

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1989

5.7

Movie
Bone Daddy

Bone Daddy

1998

4.4

Movie
Break

Break

2020

5.5

Movie
Bride Flight

Bride Flight

2008

6.9

Movie
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992

5.6

Movie
Cancer Rising

Cancer Rising

1975

6.3

Movie
Chanel Solitaire

Chanel Solitaire

1981

3.8

Movie
poster

Channel Zero

2016

7.1

TV
Clones

Clones

2015

5.0

Movie
Cold Blood

Cold Blood

1975

5.6

Movie
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2002

6.7

Movie
Corbin Nash

Corbin Nash

2018

4.6

Movie
Crossworlds

Crossworlds

1996

5.1

Movie
Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac

1975

0.0

Movie
Dandelions

Dandelions

1974

4.2

Movie
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007

7.9

Movie
Dazzle

Dazzle

2009

5.8

Movie
poster

De Wereld Draait Door

2005

5.6

TV
Dead Tone

Dead Tone

2007

4.7

Movie
Deathline

Deathline

1997

5.1

Movie
Desert Law

Desert Law

1991

5.4

Movie
Dracula 3D

Dracula 3D

2012

3.4

Movie
Dracula III: Legacy

Dracula III: Legacy

2005

5.0

Movie
Drawing Home

Drawing Home

2017

0.0

Movie
poster

Duel In De Diepte

1979

5.5

TV
Eating Pattern

Eating Pattern

1997

7.0

Movie
Es begann bei Tiffany

Es begann bei Tiffany

1979

4.0

Movie
Escape from Sobibor

Escape from Sobibor

1987

7.3

Movie
Eureka

Eureka

1983

5.2

Movie
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

2007

0.0

Movie
Fatal Error

Fatal Error

1979

6.0

Movie
Fatherland

Fatherland

1994

6.2

Movie
Fifty Shades of Erotica

Fifty Shades of Erotica

2015

7.0

Movie
Flesh + Blood

Flesh + Blood

1985

6.6

Movie
poster

Flight of the Storks

2013

6.6

TV
poster

Floris

1969

7.7

TV
poster

Floris von Rosemund

1975

7.0

TV
Flying Virus

Flying Virus

2001

3.9

Movie
poster

For Queen and Country

1979

6.5

TV
Francesco

Francesco

2014

7.0

Movie
poster

Galavant

2015

7.3

TV
Gangsterdam

Gangsterdam

2017

5.3

Movie
Genderness

Genderness

2016

0.0

Movie
Goal II: Living the Dream

Goal II: Living the Dream

2007

6.0

Movie
Happiness Runs

Happiness Runs

2010

4.2

Movie
Heilige Jeanne

Heilige Jeanne

1978

0.0

Movie
Hobo with a Shotgun

Hobo with a Shotgun

2011

5.9

Movie
Hostile Waters

Hostile Waters

1997

5.6

Movie
Inside the Third Reich

Inside the Third Reich

1982

7.3

Movie
Iron Mask

Iron Mask

2019

6.1

Movie
Isip the Warrior

Isip the Warrior

0.0

Movie
Katie Tippel

Katie Tippel

1975

6.6

Movie
Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

1997

7.7

Movie
Ladyhawke

Ladyhawke

1985

7.0

Movie
poster

Lexx

1997

7.0

TV
Life's a Beach

Life's a Beach

2010

2.7

Movie
Like Tears in Rain

Like Tears in Rain

2024

8.0

Movie
Lying in Wait

Lying in Wait

2001

4.8

Movie
Magic Flute Diaries

Magic Flute Diaries

2008

0.0

Movie
Mariette in Ecstasy

Mariette in Ecstasy

1996

0.0

Movie
poster

Mata Hari

2017

5.8

TV
Max Havelaar

Max Havelaar

1976

6.0

Movie
Mentor

Mentor

2006

8.0

Movie
poster

Merlin

1998

6.8

TV
poster

Metal Hurlant Chronicles

2012

6.2

TV
Minotaur

Minotaur

2006

4.9

Movie
Mirror Wars: Reflection One

Mirror Wars: Reflection One

2005

3.2

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

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

2011

6.8

Movie
Moving McAllister

Moving McAllister

2007

5.0

Movie
Mr. Stitch

Mr. Stitch

1995

5.1

Movie
Mysteries

Mysteries

1978

5.7

Movie
Naked and Lustful

Naked and Lustful

1976

5.1

Movie
Never Enough

Never Enough

2004

10.0

Movie
New World Disorder

New World Disorder

1999

3.5

Movie
Nighthawks

Nighthawks

1981

6.4

Movie
Nostradamus

Nostradamus

1994

5.7

Movie
Omega Doom

Omega Doom

1996

4.5

Movie
On a Moonlit Night

On a Moonlit Night

1989

7.2

Movie
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

2000

7.2

Movie
Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

2000

5.7

Movie
Past Midnight

Past Midnight

1992

5.2

Movie
Pastorale 1943

Pastorale 1943

1978

5.0

Movie
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood

Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood

1996

5.2

Movie
Portable Life

Portable Life

2011

0.0

Movie
poster

Porters

2017

8.5

TV
Precious Find

Precious Find

1996

5.2

Movie
Real Playing Game

Real Playing Game

2013

4.2

Movie
Requiem 2019

Requiem 2019

2011

0.0

Movie
Rond Floris

Rond Floris

1969

10.0

Movie
poster

Salem's Lot

2004

5.8

TV
Samson

Samson

2018

5.8

Movie
Scorcher

Scorcher

2002

4.5

Movie
Simon Magus

Simon Magus

1999

7.3

Movie
Sin City

Sin City

2005

7.5

Movie
poster

Smallville

2001

8.2

TV
Soldier of Orange

Soldier of Orange

1977

7.1

Movie
Spetters

Spetters

1980

6.4

Movie
Split Second

Split Second

1992

5.9

Movie
Spoon

Spoon

2011

0.0

Movie
Starfish Tango

Starfish Tango

0.0

Movie
Starting Over

Starting Over

2007

4.0

Movie
Surviving the Game

Surviving the Game

1994

6.1

Movie
Tactical Assault

Tactical Assault

1998

4.8

Movie
Tempesta

Tempesta

2004

5.1

Movie
poster

The 10th Kingdom

2000

7.6

TV
The 5th Execution

The 5th Execution

2011

3.5

Movie
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair

The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair

2002

6.1

Movie
The Beans of Egypt, Maine

The Beans of Egypt, Maine

1994

5.0

Movie
The Blood of Heroes

The Blood of Heroes

1989

5.8

Movie
The Broken Key

The Broken Key

2017

3.4

Movie
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

1997

7.4

Movie
The Cardboard Village

The Cardboard Village

2011

5.7

Movie
The Edge

The Edge

1989

2.0

Movie
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

2013

6.9

Movie
The Future

The Future

2013

5.3

Movie
The Heineken Kidnapping

The Heineken Kidnapping

2011

6.0

Movie
The Hitcher

The Hitcher

1986

7.0

Movie
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?

The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?

2003

7.0

Movie
The Hunt for Eagle One

The Hunt for Eagle One

2006

5.1

Movie
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point

The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point

2006

4.4

Movie
poster

The Last Kingdom

2015

8.3

TV
The Legend of the Holy Drinker

The Legend of the Holy Drinker

1988

6.6

Movie
The Letters

The Letters

2014

5.5

Movie
The Mill and the Cross

The Mill and the Cross

2011

6.4

Movie
The Osterman Weekend

The Osterman Weekend

1983

5.6

Movie
The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure

2005

5.2

Movie
The Prince of Motor City

The Prince of Motor City

2008

0.0

Movie
poster

The Real History of Science Fiction

2014

6.9

TV
The Revenge of the Dead Indians

The Revenge of the Dead Indians

1993

0.0

Movie
The Reverend

The Reverend

2011

4.0

Movie
The Rite

The Rite

2011

6.1

Movie
The Room

The Room

2001

6.5

Movie
The Ruby Ring

The Ruby Ring

1997

5.5

Movie
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power

2015

5.2

Movie
The Sisters Brothers

The Sisters Brothers

2018

6.8

Movie
The Sonata

The Sonata

2018

4.8

Movie
The Wilby Conspiracy

The Wilby Conspiracy

1975

6.5

Movie
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick

The Worlds of Philip K. Dick

2016

7.2

Movie
Tonight at Noon

Tonight at Noon

0.0

Movie
poster

True Blood

2008

7.6

TV
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal

Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal

2001

4.0

Movie
Turkish Delight

Turkish Delight

1973

6.9

Movie
Uncle Howard

Uncle Howard

2017

6.5

Movie
Unity

Unity

2015

7.5

Movie
poster

V Graham Norton

2002

5.0

TV
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2017

6.6

Movie
Voyage

Voyage

1993

5.0

Movie
Wanted: Dead or Alive

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1987

5.9

Movie
Warrior Angels

Warrior Angels

2002

4.4

Movie
Wax - We Are The X

Wax - We Are The X

2016

7.2

Movie
Wedlock

Wedlock

1991

5.7

Movie
Wilder

Wilder

2000

4.0

Movie
Woman Between Wolf and Dog

Woman Between Wolf and Dog

1979

5.6

Movie
poster

Zomer Draait Door, De

2007

0.0

TV