Rutger Oelsen Hauer (23 January 1944 - 19 July 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.
Año | Título | Personaje | Valoración |
---|---|---|---|
2020 | Break | Ray | ★★★☆☆ |
2019 | El misterio del dragón | English Ambassador | ★★★☆☆ |
2018 | Sansón | Manoah | ★★★☆☆ |
2018 | Corbin Nash | Stranger | ★★☆☆☆ |
2018 | The Sonata | Richard Marlowe | ★★☆☆☆ |
2018 | Los hermanos Sisters | The Commodore | ★★★☆☆ |
2017 | Drawing Home | Carl Rungius | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
2017 | Gangsterdam | Dolph | ★★★☆☆ |
2017 | Valerian y la ciudad de los mil planetas | President of the World State Federation | ★★★☆☆ |
2017 | The Broken Key | Professor Moonlight | ★★☆☆☆ |
2017 | 24 horas para vivir | Frank | ★★★☆☆ |
2017 | Mata Hari | Стольбаккен | ★★★☆☆ |
2017 | Porters | Tillman | ★★★★☆ |
2016 | Wax - We Are The X | Aron Mulder | ★★★★☆ |
2016 | Genderness | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
2016 | Valkiria: El Amanecer Del Cuarto Reich | Oskar Halminski | ★★★☆☆ |
2016 | Channel Zero | Joseph Peach | ★★★★☆ |
2015 | El rey escorpión 4: La búsqueda del poder | King Zakour | ★★★☆☆ |
2015 | Michiel de Ruyter: El almirante | Maarten Tromp | ★★★☆☆ |
2015 | Unity | Narrator (voice) | ★★★★☆ |
2015 | Clones | Dr. Richards | ★★★☆☆ |
2015 | Fifty Shades of Erotica | ★★★★☆ | |
2015 | The Last Kingdom | Ravn | ★★★★☆ |
2015 | Galavant | Kingsley | ★★★★☆ |
2014 | Cartas de la Madre Teresa | Benjamin Praagh | ★★★☆☆ |
2014 | 2047 - Sights of Death | Colonel Asimov | ★☆☆☆☆ |
2014 | Francesco | Padre di Francesco | ★★★★☆ |
2013 | Il futuro | Maciste | ★★★☆☆ |
2013 | Real Playing Game | Steve Batier | ★★☆☆☆ |
2013 | Le Vol des cigognes | Sonderman | ★★★☆☆ |
2012 | Drácula 3D | Abraham van Helsing | ★★☆☆☆ |
2012 | Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt | Freek van Dyk | ★★☆☆☆ |
2012 | Metal Hurlant Chronicles | Kerm | ★★★☆☆ |
2011 | El rito | Istvan Kovak | ★★★☆☆ |
2011 | Hobo with a Shotgun | Hobo | ★★★☆☆ |
2011 | Black Butterflies | Abraham Jonker | ★★★☆☆ |
2011 | Alle for én | Niemeyer | ★★★☆☆ |
2011 | El molino y la cruz | Peter Bruegel | ★★★☆☆ |
2011 | El secuestro de Alfred Heineken | Alfred Heineken | ★★★☆☆ |
2011 | El pueblo de cartón | Sacristan | ★★★☆☆ |
2011 | The Reverend | The Withstander | ★★☆☆☆ |
2011 | Spoon | Victor Spoon | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
2011 | Requiem 2019 | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
2011 | Portable Life | Antonio | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
2010 | Life's a Beach | Jean-Luc | ★☆☆☆☆ |
2010 | Happiness Runs | Insley | ★★☆☆☆ |
2009 | Barbarroja | Federico Barbarossa | ★★★☆☆ |
2009 | Oogverblindend | ★★★☆☆ | |
2009 | 3 | Father (voice) | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
2008 | El vuelo de las novias | Old Frank | ★★★☆☆ |
2008 | Magic Flute Diaries | Dr. Richard Nagel | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
2008 | The Prince of Motor City | William Hamilton | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
2008 | True Blood (Sangre fresca) | Niall Brigant | ★★★★☆ |
2007 | ¡Goool 2! Viviendo el sueño | Rudi van der Merwe | ★★★☆☆ |
2007 | 7eventy 5ive (Dead Tone) | Det. John Criton | ★★☆☆☆ |
2007 | Moving McAllister | Maxwell McAllister | ★★☆☆☆ |
2007 | Comenzar de nuevo | Peter Rossen | ★★☆☆☆ |
2007 | Zomer Draait Door, De | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
2006 | La caza del Águila Uno | Gen. Frank Lewis | ★★☆☆☆ |
2006 | A la caza del enemigo | Gen. Frank Lewis | ★★★☆☆ |
2006 | Minotauro | Cyrnan | ★★☆☆☆ |
2006 | Mentor | Sanford Pollard | ★★★★☆ |
2005 | Batman Begins | William Earle | ★★★★☆ |
2005 | La aventura del Poseidón | Bishop August Schmidt | ★★★☆☆ |
2005 | Ídolos del aire | Mysterious Man | ★★☆☆☆ |
2005 | Sin City: Ciudad del pecado | Cardinal Patrick Henry Roark | ★★★★☆ |
2005 | Drácula III: Legado | Dracula | ★★☆☆☆ |
2005 | De Wereld Draait Door | ★★★☆☆ | |
2004 | Tempesta | Van Beuningen | ★★★☆☆ |
2004 | Camera ascunsă | Sebastian | ★★★★★ |
2004 | El misterio de Salem's Lot | Kurt Barlow | ★★★☆☆ |
2003 | The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? | ☆☆☆☆☆ | |
2002 | Confesiones de una mente peligrosa | Keeler | ★★★☆☆ |
2002 | Scorcher | US President Nelson | ★★☆☆☆ |
2002 | Warrior Angels | Grekkor | ★★☆☆☆ |
2002 | Los banqueros de Dios (El caso Calvi) | Paul Marcinkus | ★★★☆☆ |
2001 | Abejas asesinas | Ezekial | ★★☆☆☆ |
2001 | Espera Mortal | Keith Miller | ★★☆☆☆ |
2001 | Turbulence. Secuestro en la red | Copilot MacIntosh | ★★☆☆☆ |
2001 | The Room | ★★★☆☆ | |
2001 | Alias | Anthony Geiger | ★★★☆☆ |
2001 | Smallville | Morgan Edge | ★★★★☆ |
2000 | Cómplices | Dr. Sam Dennis Charney | ★★☆☆☆ |
2000 | Compañeros en el crimen | Gene Reardon | ★★★☆☆ |
2000 | El décimo reino | The Huntsman | ★★★★☆ |
2000 | El décimo reino | Huntsman | ★★★★☆ |
Año | Título | Trabajo | Calificación |
---|---|---|---|
2011 | Requiem 2019 | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
2009 | Oogverblindend | Executive Producer | ★★★☆☆ |
2001 | The Room | Director | ★★★☆☆ |
1993 | Arctic Blue | Co-Executive Producer | ★★☆☆☆ |
1989 | On a Moonlit Night | Dialogue | ★★★★☆ |
Starfish Tango | Director | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Año | Título | Personaje | Calificación |
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2021 | Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood | Himself (archive footage) | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
2017 | Uncle Howard | Self (archive footage) | ★★★☆☆ |
2016 | Les Mondes de Philip K. Dick | Self - Actor | ★★★★☆ |
2015 | Dietro gli occhiali bianchi | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
2014 | La verdadera historia de la ciencia ficción | Himself | ★★★☆☆ |
2013 | The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy | Self (archive footage) | ★★★☆☆ |
2011 | More Blood, More Heart: The Making of Hobo with a Shotgun | Himself | ★★★☆☆ |
2007 | Días peligrosos: Creando Blade Runner | Self | ★★★★☆ |
2007 | Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling | Self | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
2006 | Blond, Blue Eyes | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
2004 | Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' | Self | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
2002 | V Graham Norton | Self | ★★★☆☆ |
2000 | On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' | Self | ★★★★☆ |
Películas destacadas de Rutger Hauer
Estas son las películas más destacadas en las que ha trabajdo:
Series
Las series más importantes en las que ha participado son las siguientes:
Daryl Hannah
Rutger Hauer y Daryl Hannah han colaborado 5 veces (la última el 13 de junio de 2014) en las películas: 2047 - Sights of Death, Días peligrosos: Creando Blade Runner, Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling, On the Edge of 'Blade Runner', Blade Runner.
Edward James Olmos
Rutger Hauer y Edward James Olmos han colaborado 4 veces (la última el 12 de agosto de 2015) en las películas: Unity, Días peligrosos: Creando Blade Runner, Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling, Blade Runner.
Michael Caine
Rutger Hauer y Michael Caine han colaborado 4 veces (la última el 24 de septiembre de 2013) en las películas: The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy, Batman Begins, Terror en el patio de butacas, La conspiración.
Willeke van Ammelrooy
Rutger Hauer y Willeke van Ammelrooy han colaborado 4 veces (la última el 15 de octubre de 2008) en las películas: El vuelo de las novias, Grijpstra & De Gier, La Donneuse, Het Jaar van de Kreeft.
Joe Turkel
Rutger Hauer y Joe Turkel han colaborado 4 veces (la última el 18 de diciembre de 2007) en las películas: Días peligrosos: Creando Blade Runner, Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling, On the Edge of 'Blade Runner', Blade Runner.
Joanna Cassidy
Rutger Hauer y Joanna Cassidy han colaborado 4 veces (la última el 18 de diciembre de 2007) en las películas: Días peligrosos: Creando Blade Runner, Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling, On the Edge of 'Blade Runner', Blade Runner.
Malcolm McDowell
Rutger Hauer y Malcolm McDowell han colaborado 3 veces (la última el 20 de abril de 2018) en las películas: Corbin Nash, Ídolos del aire, Tempesta.
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