Rutger Hauer
Date of birth: 1944-01-23
Place of birth: Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands
Known for: Acting
Also known as: راتخر هاور, رودگر هاور, Rutger Oelsen 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.
Movie Credits
Blade Runner
1982-06-25
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirem
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
1997-02-20
Two young men, Martin and Rudi, both suffering from terminal cancer, get to know each other in a hos
Sin City
2005-04-01
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it da
Batman Begins
2005-06-10
Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corrup
Ladyhawke
1985-03-27
Captain Etienne Navarre is a man on whose shoulders lies a cruel curse. Punished for loving each oth
Soldier of Orange
1977-09-22
The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army
Hostile Waters
1997-10-18
Based on true events, an American submarine collides into a Soviet sub of the coast of America and a
Wedlock
1991-05-10
A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot, electronically attached to a female prisoner.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992-07-24
Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader. But all that changes when a strange ma
The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point
2006-06-27
The Strike Force team is back in this action-packed sequel to "The Hunt For Eagle One"! Terrorists h
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
2002-12-31
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CI
Turkish Delight
1973-02-22
Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Eric has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful
Happiness Runs
2010-05-14
The neglected child of parents living on a commune, Victor is helpless to resist the atmosphere of s
Fatherland
1994-11-26
Fictional account of what might have happened if Hitler had won the war. It is now the 1960s and Ger
Scorcher
2002-10-04
The only hope for humanity to survive a natural disaster is to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angele
The Blood of Heroes
1989-10-19
Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal g
Nighthawks
1981-03-17
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigne
Isip the Warrior
Isip the Warrior follows Isip and Simon, lifelong friends who commiserate in their passive, girl-def
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1987-01-16
Nick Randall is a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter and an ex-CIA operative who is asked by a former c
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975-02-01
Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
2007-12-03
A look back to the 2019 fashions, costumes and make-up as seen in Ridley Scott's Blade Runner.
Tonight at Noon
Lee and Mae are a couple trying to work out their differences. As Mae struggles with memories of a f
Escape from Sobibor
1987-04-12
The true story of WWII's notorious Sobibor Nazi death camp, where a courageous inmate orchestrates a
The Osterman Weekend
1983-10-14
The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a
Flesh + Blood
1985-08-30
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who stiffs them by kidnapping the betrot
The Hitcher
1986-01-17
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it t
Split Second
1992-05-01
In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner an
Goal II: Living the Dream
2007-02-09
Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest
Spetters
1980-02-28
Amateur dirt-bikers Rien and Hans–and their mechanic Eef–each fall in love with Fientje, a young wom
The Poseidon Adventure
2005-11-20
A cruise ship succumbs to a terrorist act and capsizes on New Year's eve. A rag-tag group of survivo
New World Disorder
1999-12-03
A gang of four eyed crooks led by Kurt Bishop are ripping off top dollar computer chips from a list
Katie Tippel
1975-03-06
In the late 19th-century, the Tippel family moves to rural Stavoren in search of greener pastures. H
Tactical Assault
1998-04-07
In this high-flying action thriller, an expert Air Force flyer finds himself forced to use every tri
Blind Side
1993-01-30
A couple visits Mexico to scout a new location for their furniture manufacturing business, and hit a
Wilder
2000-11-01
The murder of the ex-wife of Doctor Sam Charney (Rutger Hauer) leads Detective Della Wilder (Pam Gri
Dead Tone
2007-05-16
As another semester draws to a close at the University of Dreyskill, a simple game dreamt to help st
The 5th Execution
2011-03-24
On a remote island in Southeast Asia, a team of scientists, studying the regenerative properties of
Precious Find
1996-06-26
The year is 2049. 200 years after the great Californian goldrush. The new generation of gold diggers
Eureka
1983-05-01
After striking it rich on a large gold strike, a prospector retires to the quiet life on a Caribbean
On a Moonlit Night
1989-09-05
An American journalist works for a French newspaper. He is writing an article about the reaction aga
Barbarossa
2009-10-09
Year 1100. Italy.The Northern lands are ruled by a German emperor: Fredrick aka "Barbarossa. His dre
Deathline
1997-09-26
A prostitute helps a U.S. smuggler evade assassins and seek revenge upon his traitorous partner in M
Portable Life
2011-09-01
In the mist at the edge of a lake, the 17-year-old Sea (Ella-June Henrard) finds a mysterious medall
Omega Doom
1996-10-21
After earth is taken over by an army of robots, the small number of humans left are forced into hidi
Cold Blood
1975-07-18
Corinna witnesses how three guys chase and shoot a man in front of her lonesome house. As only witne
Crossworlds
1996-02-14
College good guy Joe is drawn into a battle to save the world from arch-enemy Ferris. Joe's heirloom
Surviving the Game
1994-04-15
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in
Heilige Jeanne
1978-03-24
Dutch television adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play "Saint Joan".
Hobo with a Shotgun
2011-05-06
A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city wher
The Rite
2011-01-28
Seminary student Michael Kovak reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rom
Moving McAllister
2007-09-13
Rick Robinson, a law intern, is scheduled to take the bar exam in just four days. Anxious to score p
Past Midnight
1992-05-03
A man gets out of prison after 15 years for stabbing his wife to death, and his social worker become
Bride Flight
2008-10-15
A romantic drama that charts the lives of three women from different backgrounds, forever changed wh
Nostradamus
1994-08-18
A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to
The Hunt for Eagle One
2006-01-17
A group of US Marines are sent to rescue captured a US Marine and a Filipino Captain while stopping
Minotaur
2006-03-11
Long ago in the Iron Age, a shadow loomed over a lonely village. For generations, the village youths
Blind Fury
1989-08-17
A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fe
Pastorale 1943
1978-04-20
In a Dutch village during the German occupation, a small group of badly organized resistance fighter
Black Butterflies
2011-02-06
Confronted by Apartheid and a father who was Minister of Censorship, Ingrid Jonker searched for a ho
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1989-11-03
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells
Flying Virus
2001-12-31
After a series of Amazonian Indian attacks on US owned petroleum installation in Brazil, both govern
The Legend of the Holy Drinker
1988-09-02
Andreas Kartak, a homeless man living under the bridges of Paris, is lent 200 francs by a stranger a
Chanel Solitaire
1981-10-16
The life and loves of Coco Chanel who rose from the bottom with no family or financial support and b
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon
1997-06-22
Jack London's classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from his home in California and ta
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007-12-18
The definitive 3½-hour documentary about the troubled creation and enduring legacy of the science fi
The Mill and the Cross
2011-03-18
What would it be like to step inside a great work of art, have it come alive around you, and even ob
The Heineken Kidnapping
2011-10-27
On a cold November day in 1983, beer magnate Alfred Heineken and his chauffeur Ab Doderer are abduct
Tempesta
2004-05-10
An American art appraiser, Patrick Donovan, is sent to Venice to evaluate three paintings belonging
Arctic Blue
1993-01-01
Eric Desmond, a committed environmentalist, is accidentally involved in the transfer of Ben Corbett,
Bleeders
1997-07-31
A man with an unknown disease travels to an island with his girlfriend where his relatives once live
Fatal Error
1979-09-20
Detectives Grijpstra and De Gier are sent to investigate the case of a man who apparently hanged him
A Breed Apart
1984-06-01
A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.
The Cardboard Village
2011-10-07
When a group of African immigrants builds a cardboard village between the pews of a church soon to b
Cyrano de Bergerac
1975-10-11
Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxane, the woman he loves.
Lying in Wait
2001-03-15
Young bachelor Babee is looking after his dead mother's estate when married couple Keith and Vera mo
Magic Flute Diaries
2008-04-15
The Magic Flute's all pervading themes of love and betrayal, reward and retribution, coupled with th
The Reverend
2011-08-03
Fresh from seminary school, a new Reverend embarks on his first parish: A small, low-maintenance cha
Beyond Justice
1992-12-02
A woman's ex-husband, who is the son of an Arab chieftain, kidnaps their teenage son and brings him
Life's a Beach
2010-01-01
Darren gets stood up on the day of his wedding and uses his vacation tickets with his best friend, R
The Future
2013-09-06
When their parents die, Bianca starts to smoke and Tomas is still a virgin. The orphans explore the
Dracula 3D
2012-11-09
When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the my
Voyage
1993-06-01
Morgan and Catherine Norvell have their future plans ready. In Monte Carlo, their sailboat is stocke
Agent Ranjid Saves the World
2012-10-18
The Dutch supervillain Freek van Dyk is keeping the world on tenterhooks - and the world's best secr
Partners in Crime
2000-01-07
Gene Reardon (Hauer) is a twice-divorced police detective who lives with his daughter. When a well-h
Mysteries
1978-09-07
In the winter of 1891 a stranger arrives in a small coastal town on the Isle of Man. His presence so
More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun
2011-07-04
A behind-the-scenes documentary about Jason Eisener's grindhouse exploitation film Hobo with a Shotg
Real Playing Game
2013-08-28
In a future not too far away, Steve Battier, an elderly, terminally ill multi-millionaire, accepts t
Starting Over
2007-11-10
An aristocratic woman is forced to cope with the end of her marriage and the death of her brother. L
Woman Between Wolf and Dog
1979-06-04
Lieve is a Belgian woman who marries just as World War II is beginning. When the Germans invade, her
Never Enough
2004-11-24
Sebastian (Rutger Hauer) sets up an ingenious plan to transform a woman from an unknown to a star by
The Letters
2014-02-23
Mother Teresa, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, is considered one of the greatest humanitarians o
Drawing Home
2017-12-01
Boston in the 1920s. A young East Coast debutante is dating the most eligible bachelor in the world,
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
1994-11-23
The Beans are poor, proud, hated by all, but alive in the sense that they struggle against their lot
Blast
1997-03-13
A deadly team of terrorists mounts a precision attack on a swimming complex, which holds the world's
Eating Pattern
1997-09-04
Out of energy, the Lexx is forced to land on a planet to replenish its energy supply. Zev and Stan b
Paul Verhoeven: From Holland to Hollywood
1996-01-08
Very insightful BBC documentary about Paul Verhoeven, tracking his career up to Showgirls. The prog
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
1993-01-01
This is a full-length documentary honoring the life and work of American composer and artist John Ca
Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight
1994-06-12
In 1928, Amelia Earhart gains fame by undertaking a transatlantic flight as a passenger. In 1937, sh
The Prince of Motor City
2008-07-09
A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in Detroit.
Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal
2001-05-13
Rock superstar Slade Craven has decided to hang up his rock & roll shoes and has planned something v
2047: Sights of Death
2014-06-13
The year is 2047. Our planet is ruled by the repressive Confederate Central Government (CCG). Ryan
Warrior Angels
2002-10-11
Elizabeth of Cooke (Joanna Pacula), a beautiful and valiant warrior returns from the Crusades to dis
Mirror Wars: Reflection One
2005-09-01
Mirror Wars: Reflection One is a post-cold-war thriller from the Russian point of view. Bad-guy Brit
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000-07-15
This is the rare UK Channel 4 documentary about Blade Runner, giving insights into it's history with
Spoon
2011-01-01
A thriller with supernatural overtones about a man with a medical condition that causes him to black
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power
2015-01-09
When he is betrayed by a trusted friend, Mathayus must marshal all his strength and cunning to outwi
Cancer Rising
1975-09-18
Well to do business man Pierre falls for the unpredictable and free spirited Toni. They begin a rela
Admiral
2015-01-29
When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France and Germany and faces its
Rond Floris
1969-10-15
Requiem 2019
2011-01-01
The last surviving whale in the oceans meets its greatest enemy - man.
Blond, Blue Eyes
2006-10-04
Documentary filmmaker Simone de Vries follows Rutger Hauer around his homes in Hollywood and Friesla
Starfish Tango
A short work-of-heart film made by Rutger Hauer.
Es begann bei Tiffany
1979-04-30
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick
2016-03-02
An immersion into the life and writings of the extraordinary American science fiction writer Philip
3
2009-08-11
Two sisters (Geerteke van Lierop, Nicole Moerland) meet with their estranged mother (Monic Hendrickx
The Ruby Ring
1997-11-26
A magic ruby ring transports fifteen-year-old Lucy (Emily Hamilton) one hundred years back in time t
Unity
2015-08-12
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of th
Behind the White Glasses
2015-09-21
It is a musical portrait that shines a spotlight on unknown aspects of the creative, visionary and g
Dazzle
2009-01-01
A man telephones a woman he believes to have met in Cuba.
Francesco
2014-12-08
Depicts various periods in the life of Saint Francesco: Youth and the first conversion in 1206, the
Wax - We Are The X
2016-03-31
A mysterious video falls into the hands of a troupe of reporters following an accident involving thr
Mr. Stitch
1995-11-20
Doctor Rue Wakeman and his team create a young man with skin and organs taken from other men and wom
Genderness
2016-12-31
This film is a hand painted watercolor exploration of a beehive that doesn't like bees, or even itse
Gangsterdam
2017-03-29
Ruben, Durex and Nora are three students in their last year of college. Ruben has already failed his
Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich
2016-10-03
An intense thriller from the frontlines of World War II. As Operation Valkyrie prepares to assassina
Bone Daddy
1998-07-19
Doctor Palmer, a former pathologist, wrote a fictional book based on his real cases. In the book, th
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
2017-07-19
In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throug
Iron Mask
2019-08-16
Commissioned to map the Far East territories of the Russian Empire, cartographer Jonathan Green sets
Dandelions
1974-10-11
Rick (Rutger Hauer), a disaffected sailor turned hard drinking womanizer, returns home from six mont
Corbin Nash
2018-04-20
A rogue police detective in search of his parents' killer is murdered and reborn the ultimate killer
Clones
2015-07-04
In the far future, a professor of quantum physics is about to undergo surgery to remove his brain tu
Mentor
2006-04-28
A thought-provoking drama about the power that a famous university professor holds over his students
Dracula III: Legacy
2005-07-12
Dracula leads vampire hunters Father Uffizi and Luke back to Eastern Europe, and a country plagued b
Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
1976-09-09
An idealistic Dutch colonial officer posted to Indonesia in the 19th century is cohvinced that he ca
Naked and Lustful
1976-11-01
A wealthy French couple unable to bear children but determined to start a family agree to use an ano
Blood of the Innocent
1994-01-01
A Chicago cop goes to Poland to get the hoods who killed his brother. When he finds out they belong
The Broken Key
2017-11-16
In a near future, due to the effects of an uncompromising law on the eco-sustainability of supports,
Samson
2018-02-16
After losing the love of his life to a cruel Philistine prince, a young Hebrew with Supernatural str
The Sonata
2018-11-15
After a gifted musician inherits a mansion after her long lost father dies under mysterious circumst
24 Hours to Live
2017-10-26
An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
Mariette in Ecstasy
1996-07-04
In this forceful study of religious passion an extraordinary spiritual experience is placed in the c
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair
2002-03-07
A reconstruction of the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the Vatican an
The Sisters Brothers
2018-09-19
Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret
Fifty Shades of Erotica
2015-04-13
Before Fifty Shades of Grey and beyond the limits of desire, Nucleus Films draw back the veil on Fif
Simon Magus
1999-02-17
Simon is an outcast from his Jewish community because he claims that the devil talks to him and he h
The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?
2003-03-04
The making of 'The Hitcher'
The Room
2001-04-03
A man explains how he was obsessed when he was younger by a mysterious room and an extraordinary rar
Break
2020-04-20
Break is a 'rags to riches', feel good story. The film follows the exploits of Spencer Pryde, a gift
The Edge
1989-08-23
A three-part anthology suspense program in which men and women face life's ultimate danger zone. Eac
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
2004-01-22
Testimony of the cast, the producers and other participants of the shootings of "The Osterman Weeken
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021-05-03
With the help of Hollywood, top Nazi Albert Speer tried to unscrupulously whitewash himself of his c
The Best of Max Headroom
1987-03-05
Some of the best bits from 'The Max Headroom Show'.
Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone
2012-11-01
Emperor
2026-07-03
XVI Century. Action epic about young Johanna "Of Ghent", who seeks revenge on the holy Roman Emperor
All for One
2011-02-10
Four rogues, who were best friends as kids, have one big problem: they're sitting on both sides of t
The Last Words of Dutch Schultz
2001-12-31
The last words of the gangster Dutch Schultz form the starting point for this animated documentary.
Moonage Daydream
2022-09-15
A cinematic odyssey featuring never-before-seen footage exploring David Bowie's creative and musical