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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...
Known for
SmallvilleSeries • 2001
True BloodSeries • 2008
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
The Last KingdomSeries • 2015
Blade RunnerMovie • 1982
OmnibusSeries • 1967
Batman BeginsMovie • 2005
LexxSeries • 1997
Channel ZeroSeries • 2016
Sin CityMovie • 2005
Confessions of a Dangerous MindMovie • 2002
Valerian and the City of a Thousand PlanetsMovie • 2017
AliasSeries • 2001
GalavantSeries • 2015
Blind FuryMovie • 1989
Iron MaskMovie • 2019
The HitcherMovie • 1986
MerlinSeries • 1998
The 10th KingdomSeries • 2000
Buffy the Vampire SlayerMovie • 1992
The Sisters BrothersMovie • 2018
Salem's LotSeries • 2004
24 Hours to LiveMovie • 2017
Metal Hurlant ChroniclesSeries • 2012