Rutger Hauer

Acting · Born 1944-01-23 in Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands

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…

Filmography

• Blade Runner as Batty
• Knockin' on Heaven's Door as Curtiz
• Sin City as Cardinal Roark
• Batman Begins as Earle
• Ladyhawke as Captain Etienne Navarre
• Escape from Sobibor as Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky
• The Hitcher as John Ryder
• Moonage Daydream as Self (archive voice)
• Soldier of Orange as Erik Lanshof
• Wedlock as Frank Warren

TV

• Smallville as Morgan Edge
• True Blood as Niall Brigant
• The Last Kingdom as Ravn
• Floris as Floris van Rosemondt
• Lexx as Bog
• Alias as Anthony Geiger
• V Graham Norton as Self
• De Wereld Draait Door as Self
• Merlin as King Vortingern
• Metal Hurlant Chronicles as Kerm