--- name: "Rutger Hauer" canonical: "https://film.one/person/rutger-hauer" fi1m_id: "rutger-hauer" imdb_id: "nm0000442" tmdb_id: 585 wikidata_id: "Q213574" roles: ["Actor"] born: "23 January 1944" died: "19 July 2019" reviewed_on_fi1m: 6 average_fi1m_score: 77 average_as: "actor" average_over: 6 updated: "2026-10-23T04:17:00.487750+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Rutger Hauer ## Identity Rutger Hauer - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rutger-hauer - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** rutger-hauer - **IMDb ID:** nm0000442 - **TMDB ID:** 585 - **Wikidata ID:** Q213574 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Hauer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213574, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/585 Actor. Born 23 January 1944 in Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands. Died 19 July 2019. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 23 January 1944, Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands - **Died:** 19 July 2019 - **Active:** 1973–2018 - **Also known as:** راتخر هاور, رودگر هاور, Rutger Oelsen Hauer - **Frequently works with:** [Gerard Soeteman](https://film.one/person/gerard-soeteman.md), [Paul Verhoeven](https://film.one/person/paul-verhoeven.md), [Rob Houwer](https://film.one/person/rob-houwer.md) - **Golden Globes:** 1 Golden Globe (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 6 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 85 (1), 2000s 75 (4), 2010s 78 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 5 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 4 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 2, Thriller 2, Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1 - **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $588m across 4 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Hauer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213574, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000442/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/585 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Batman Begins*](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md) (81) - **AMC+:** [*The Sisters Brothers*](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Rutger Hauer > Rutger Hauer could make a threatening character seem vulnerable without making him seem safe. We value him most in *Blade Runner*, where his alertness gives a chilly film much of its urgency and feeling. In *Blade Runner* (1982), Hauer’s Batty seems alert even when the film around him moves slowly. We watch him closely because he gives the impression that something matters to him at every moment. We were moved by the vulnerability he allows into that threatening presence. He makes the questions about humanity feel personal without asking us to pause and formulate an answer. Ridley Scott can keep his deliberate pace without losing the sense that Batty has something at stake. The earlier work with Paul Verhoeven, including *Turkish Delight* (1973) and *Soldier of Orange* (1977), established him as a leading actor before *Nighthawks* (1981) took him into American films. In Hollywood, he brought a theatrical quality and self-aware dry humour to his roles. *Ladyhawke* (1985) gave him the romantic fantasy lead of Captain Etienne Navarre. A year later, *The Hitcher* (1986) used his menace as the enigmatic John Ryder. The difficulty was typecasting: after his early successes, menacing roles kept coming. We can understand why film-makers wanted him for those parts, though another threatening character would not necessarily give him something different to do. From the 1990s, his work included supporting parts in major films, with a return to Dutch cinema later in his career. Scott gets something especially valuable from him in *Blade Runner*: urgency without having to hurry the film. Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples’s screenplay is more persuasive about humanity than it is about the business of detection, and Hauer makes its strongest interest feel immediate. His performance cannot repair the thin investigation, and the chilly pace still requires patience. But we find him absorbing enough to make those shortcomings matter less whenever he is present. Start with *Blade Runner* for Hauer, and give it time; his watchfulness is one of the reasons to stay. ## Biography Rutger Hauer was a Dutch actor whose career spanned nearly fifty years and over 170 roles. He began in the Netherlands with the title role in the 1969 television series *Floris* and gained prominence with his leading performance in *Turkish Delight* (1973), directed by Paul Verhoeven. Hauer achieved international recognition with *Soldier of Orange* (1977) and *Spetters* (1980) before moving into English-language films. He is best known for his portrayal of Roy Batty in *Blade Runner* (1982). Subsequent credits include *Nighthawks* (1981), *Ladyhawke* (1985), *The Hitcher* (1986), *Batman Begins* (2005), *Sin City* (2005) and *The Sisters Brothers* (2018). He also appeared in television series such as *True Blood* and *The Last Kingdom*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (6) - *The Sisters Brothers* (2018), Fi1m 78, as The Commodore — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md) - *True Blood* (2008), Fi1m 71, as Niall Brigant — [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md) - *Batman Begins* (2005), Fi1m 81, as Earle — [page](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md) - *Sin City* (2005), Fi1m 75, as Cardinal Roark — [page](https://film.one/film/sin-city.md) - *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, as Anthony Geiger — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) - *Blade Runner* (1982), Fi1m 85, as Batty — [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md) ## Complete filmography (168) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Break* (2020), as Ray - *Iron Mask* (2019), as English Ambassador - *The Sonata* (2018), as Richard Marlowe - *The Sisters Brothers* (2018), as The Commodore — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sisters-brothers.md) - *Corbin Nash* (2018), as Stranger - *Samson* (2018), as Manoah - *Drawing Home* (2017), as Carl Rungius - *The Broken Key* (2017), as Professor Moonlight - *24 Hours to Live* (2017), as Frank - *Porters* (2017), series, as Tillman - *Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets* (2017), as President of the World State Federation - *Gangsterdam* (2017), as Dolph - *Mata Hari* (2017), series, as Стольбаккен - *Genderness* (2016), Actor - *Channel Zero* (2016), series, as Joseph Peach - *Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich* (2016), as Oskar Halminski - *WAX: We Are the X* (2016), as Aron Mulder - *The Last Kingdom* (2015), series, as Ravn — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-kingdom.md) - *Unity* (2015), as Narrator (voice) - *Clones* (2015), as Dr. Richards - *Fifty Shades of Erotica* (2015), as (archive footage) - *Admiral* (2015), as Maarten Tromp - *The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power* (2015), as King Zakour - *Galavant* (2015), series, as Kingsley - *Francesco* (2014), as Padre di Francesco - *Francesco* (2014), series, as Padre di Francesco - *2047: Sights of Death* (2014), as Colonel Asimov - *The Letters* (2014), as Benjamin Praagh - *The Future* (2013), as Maciste - *Real Playing Game* (2013), as Steve Batier - *Flight of the Storks* (2013), series, as Sonderman - *Dracula 3D* (2012), as Abraham van Helsing - *Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone* (2012), as Michelangelo - *Metal Hurlant Chronicles* (2012), series, as Kerm - *Agent Ranjid Saves the World* (2012), as Freek van Dyk - *The Heineken Kidnapping* (2011), as Alfred Heineken - *The Cardboard Village* (2011), as Sacristan - *Portable Life* (2011), as Antonio - *The Reverend* (2011), as The Withstander - *Hobo with a Shotgun* (2011), as Hobo - *The 5th Execution* (2011), as Khant - *The Mill and the Cross* (2011), as Peter Bruegel - *All for One* (2011), as Niemeyer - *Black Butterflies* (2011), as Abraham Jonker - *The Rite* (2011), as Istvan Kovak - *Requiem 2019* (2011), Director - *Spoon* (2011), as Victor Spoon - *Happiness Runs* (2010), as Insley - *Life's a Beach* (2010), as Jean-Luc - *Barbarossa* (2009), as Federico Barbarossa - *3* (2009), as Father (voice) - *Dazzle* (2009), as Executive Producer - *The Rhapsody* (2008), Actor - *Bride Flight* (2008), as Old Frank - *True Blood* (2008), series, as Niall Brigant — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md) - *The Prince of Motor City* (2008), as William Hamilton - *Magic Flute Diaries* (2008), as Dr. Richard Nagel - *Starting Over* (2007), as Peter Rossen - *Moving McAllister* (2007), as Maxwell McAllister - *Zomer Draait Door, De* (2007), series, Actor - *Dead Tone* (2007), as Det. John Criton - *Goal II: Living the Dream* (2007), as Rudi van der Merwe - *The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point* (2006), as Gen. Frank Lewis - *Mentor* (2006), as Sanford Pollard - *Minotaur* (2006), as Cyrnan - *The Hunt for Eagle One* (2006), as Gen. Frank Lewis - *The Poseidon Adventure* (2005), as Bishop August Schmidt - *Mirror Wars: Reflection One* (2005), as Mysterious Man - *Dracula III: Legacy* (2005), as Dracula - *Batman Begins* (2005), as Earle — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/batman-begins.md) - *Sin City* (2005), as Cardinal Roark — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/sin-city.md) - *Floris* (2004), as Floris (archive footage from Floris, 1969) - *Never Enough* (2004), as Sebastian - *Salem's Lot* (2004), series, as Kurt Barlow - *Tempesta* (2004), as Van Beuningen - *The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made?* (2003), Actor - *Confessions of a Dangerous Mind* (2002), as Keeler - *Warrior Angels* (2002), as Grekkor - *Scorcher* (2002), as US President Nelson - *The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair* (2002), as Paul Marcinkus - *Flying Virus* (2001), as Ezekial - *The Last Words of Dutch Schultz* (2001), as Dutch Schultz(voice) - *Smallville* (2001), series, as Morgan Edge — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/smallville.md) - *Alias* (2001), series, as Anthony Geiger — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) - *Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal* (2001), as Copilot MacIntosh - *The Room* (2001), Director - *Lying in Wait* (2001), as Keith Miller - *Wilder* (2000), as Dr. Sam Dennis Charney - *The 10th Kingdom* (2000), series, as Huntsman - *Partners in Crime* (2000), as Gene Reardon - *New World Disorder* (1999), as David Marx - *Simon Magus* (1999), as Count Albrecht, the Squire - *Bone Daddy* (1998), as Palmer - *Merlin* (1998), series, as King Vortingern - *Tactical Assault* (1998), as Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday - *The Ruby Ring* (1997), as Patrick Collins - *Hostile Waters* (1997), as Cap. Britanov - *Deathline* (1997), as John Wade - *Eating Pattern* (1997), as Bog - *Bleeders* (1997), as Dr. Marlowe - *The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon* (1997), as John Thornton - *Lexx* (1997), series, as Bog - *Blast* (1997), as Leo - *Knockin' on Heaven's Door* (1997), as Curtiz - *Omega Doom* (1996), as Omega Doom - *Mariette in Ecstasy* (1996), as Chaplan - *Precious Find* (1996), as Armond Crille - *Crossworlds* (1996), as A.T. - *Mr. Stitch* (1995), as Doctor Rue Wakeman · Executive Producer - *Fatherland* (1994), as SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March - *The Beans of Egypt, Maine* (1994), as Rueben Bean - *Nostradamus* (1994), as The Mystic Monk - *Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight* (1994), as Fred Noonan - *Surviving the Game* (1994), as Burns - *Blood of the Innocent* (1994), as Dr. Lem - *Voyage* (1993), as Morgan Norvell - *Blind Side* (1993), as Jake Shell - *Arctic Blue* (1993), as Ben Corbett · Co-Executive Producer - *Beyond Justice* (1992), as Tom Burton - *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1992), as Lothos - *Past Midnight* (1992), as Ben Jordan - *Split Second* (1992), as Stone - *Wedlock* (1991), as Frank Warren - *The Law of the Desert* (1991), series, as Tom Burton - *Bloodhounds of Broadway* (1989), as The Brain - *The Blood of Heroes* (1989), as Sallow - *On a Moonlit Night* (1989), as John Knott · Dialogue - *The Edge* (1989), as Sheriff Emil Abel (Indian Poker) - *Blind Fury* (1989), as Nick Parker - *The Legend of the Holy Drinker* (1988), as Andreas Kartak - *Escape from Sobibor* (1987), as Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky - *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1987), as Nick Randall - *The Hitcher* (1986), as John Ryder - *Flesh + Blood* (1985), as Martin - *Ladyhawke* (1985), as Captain Etienne Navarre - *A Breed Apart* (1984), as Jim Malden - *The Osterman Weekend* (1983), as John Tanner - *Eureka* (1983), as Claude Maillot Van Horn - *Blade Runner* (1982), as Batty — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/blade-runner.md) - *Inside the Third Reich* (1982), series, as Albert Speer - *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as The Brain, Reuben Bean - *Chanel Solitaire* (1981), as Etienne de Balsan - *Nighthawks* (1981), as Wulfgar - *Spetters* (1980), as Gerrit Witkamp - *Duel In De Diepte* (1979), series, as John van der Velde - *Fatal Error* (1979), as Rinus de Gier - *Woman Between Wolf and Dog* (1979), as Adriaan - *Es begann bei Tiffany* (1979), as Ryder - *For Queen and Country* (1979), series, as Erik Lanshof - *Mysteries* (1978), as Simonsen aka Johan Frederik Nagel - *Pastorale 1943* (1978), as August Schultz - *Heilige Jeanne* (1978), as Dunois - *Soldier of Orange* (1977), as Erik Lanshof - *Naked and Lustful* (1976), Actor - *Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company* (1976), as Lieutenant Duclari - *Cyrano de Bergerac* (1975), as de Valvert - *Cancer Rising* (1975), as Pierre - *Floris von Rosemund* (1975), series, as Floris - *Cold Blood* (1975), as Chris - *Katie Tippel* (1975), as Hugo - *The Wilby Conspiracy* (1975), as Blane Van Niekirk - *Dandelions* (1974), as Rick - *Turkish Delight* (1973), as Erik Vonk - *Floris* (1969), series, as Floris van Rosemondt - *Omnibus* (1967), series, as Narrator (voice) - *Isip the Warrior*, as Catholic Priest - *Tonight at Noon*, as Diego - *Starfish Tango*, Director ## Gallery - ![Rutger Hauer](https://film.one/media/person/59561/gallery-7382c0a044d2.jpg) Rutger Hauer — DWDD, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ea/Rutger_Hauer_%282018%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Demonstratie in Den Haag tegen beddensluiting in Academisch Ziekenhuis van Groningen Beschrijving (1979)](https://film.one/media/person/59561/gallery-c55db3a04be5.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Demonstratie in Den Haag tegen beddensluiting in Academisch Ziekenhuis van Groningen Beschrijving (1979) — Koen Suyk / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Acteur_Rutger_Hauer_met_megafoon_tussen_de_demonstranten_met_spandoeken_in_de_ha%2C_Bestanddeelnr_930-5473.jpg/1280px-Acteur_Rutger_Hauer_met_megafoon_tussen_de_demonstranten_met_spandoeken_in_de_ha%2C_Bestanddeelnr_930-5473.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Verfilming van Turks Fruit (naar de roman van Jan Wolkers uit 1969) door Paul Verhoeven Beschrijvi (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/59561/gallery-db348773e38d.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Verfilming van Turks Fruit (naar de roman van Jan Wolkers uit 1969) door Paul Verhoeven Beschrijvi (1972) — Fotograaf Onbekend / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Actrice_Monique_van_de_Ven_met_schrijver_Jan_Wolkers%2C_achter_hen_acteur_Rutger_H%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-6529.jpg/1280px-Actrice_Monique_van_de_Ven_met_schrijver_Jan_Wolkers%2C_achter_hen_acteur_Rutger_H%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-6529.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![De hace unos años, cuando trabajé en el Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián. Uno de los dos autógrafos que he pedido en mi vida. El otro fue a Emma (2006)](https://film.one/media/person/59561/gallery-56e5dcee20bf.jpg) De hace unos años, cuando trabajé en el Festival Internacional de Cine de San Sebastián. Uno de los dos autógrafos que he pedido en mi vida. El otro fue a Emma (2006) — Mario Antonio Pena Zapatería from Irun, Spain, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Autografo_de_Rutger_Hauer.jpg/1280px-Autografo_de_Rutger_Hauer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Rutger Hauer](https://film.one/media/person/59561/gallery-e8abd8018877.jpg) Rutger Hauer — Image via TMDB - ![Rutger Hauer](https://film.one/media/person/59561/gallery-bee3cf8fe13c.jpg) Rutger Hauer — Image via TMDB - ![Rutger Hauer](https://film.one/media/person/59561/gallery-d9bfcd518901.jpg) Rutger Hauer — Image via TMDB - ![Verfilming van Turks Fruit (naar de roman van Jan Wolkers uit 1969) door Paul Verhoeven: Rutger Hauer en Monique van de Ven 7 juni 1972](https://film.one/media/person/59561/gallery-6bbc27848575.jpg) Verfilming van Turks Fruit (naar de roman van Jan Wolkers uit 1969) door Paul Verhoeven: Rutger Hauer en Monique van de Ven 7 juni 1972 — Rob Mieremet / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Cast_from_Turks_Fruit%2C_Rutger_Hauer_and_Monique_van_de_Ven.jpg/1280px-Cast_from_Turks_Fruit%2C_Rutger_Hauer_and_Monique_van_de_Ven.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : De première van de film "Soldaat van Oranje" wordt bijgewoond door koninklijke familie Beschrijvin (1977)](https://film.one/media/person/59561/gallery-df7dbc8e8228.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : De première van de film "Soldaat van Oranje" wordt bijgewoond door koninklijke familie Beschrijvin (1977) — Bert Verhoeff for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/De_acteurs_worden_voorgesteld_aan_de_koninklijke_familie_v.l.n.r._Jeroen_Krabb%C3%A9%2C%2C_Bestanddeelnr_929-3582.jpg/1280px-De_acteurs_worden_voorgesteld_aan_de_koninklijke_familie_v.l.n.r._Jeroen_Krabb%C3%A9%2C%2C_Bestanddeelnr_929-3582.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Rutger Hauer](https://film.one/media/person/59561/gallery-10725bed2314.jpg) Rutger Hauer — Image via TMDB - ![Rutger Hauer](https://film.one/media/person/59561/gallery-9ac59f8033ec.jpg) Rutger Hauer — Image via TMDB - ![Rutger Hauer](https://film.one/media/person/59561/gallery-65fe67445566.jpg) Rutger Hauer — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Golden Globes — 1 won - 1988: Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film (won), for *Escape from Sobibor* ### Other awards — 2 won - Golden Calf Culture Prize 2008: Golden Calf Culture Prize (won) - Golden Calf for Best Actor 1981: Golden Calf for Best Actor (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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