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Rutger Oelsen Hauer (born 23 January 1944 and died 19 July 2019) was a veteran and inspiring Dutch actor.
In 1999, he was hailed as the Dutch Actor of the Century by Dutch film lovers.
He conquered the world with films like 1977’s “Orange Soldier” and 1980’s “Spetters.”
He turned to “greater challenges” and starred in American films such as “Nighthawks” in 1981 and “Blade Runner” in 1982.
Until his death, the famous Dutch actor Rutger Hauer received numerous awards and honors and was considered by many to be the greatest actor of all time.
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| Name: | Rutger Olsen Hall |
| stage name: | Rutger Hauer |
| Date of Birth: | January 23, 1944 (80 years old) |
| place of birth: | Breukelen, Netherlands |
| die: | July 19, 2019, Betstetzwaag, The Netherlands |
| Country of Citizenship: | Dutch |
| parents: | Tenke Hauer, Arend Hauer |
| Children: | Aisha Hall |
| high: | 1.85m |
| Cause of death: | Short-term illness |
| Spouse • Wife: | Heidi Merz (front), Ineke ten Kate (1985-2019) |
| Profession: | Actor • Television personality |
| net worth: | $16 million |
early life
Rutger Oelsen Hauer was born on January 23, 1944 in Breukelen, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
It was during World War II, and the Netherlands was under German rule.
He is the son of Teunke Hauer and Arend Hauer, both actors and directors of an acting school near Amsterdam.
He was an only child with three older sisters. According to Rutger Hauer, his parents were more interested in art than in their children; therefore, he did not have a close relationship with his father.
However, the famous writer Eric Hazelhof Rolf Zema later played a father figure in his life. This was after they met during the filming of “Orange Soldier”.
At 15, Rutger Hauer dropped out of school to join the Dutch merchant navy. He spent nearly a year traveling around the world, much of the time on a cargo ship.
However, due to his color blindness, his dream of becoming a captain was shattered, so he returned to his hometown and made a living by doing odd jobs.
educate
Rutger Hauer attended the prestigious Rudolf Steiner School, although his parents had enrolled him in the school primarily to develop his acting and creative talents. However, he dropped out at the age of 15 to join the navy.
After a year’s absence, he enrolled in acting courses at the Amsterdam Academy of Theatre and Dance, but dropped out again to join the Royal Netherlands Army.
However, after another failed stint in the Army, he returned to acting school and graduated in 1967.
Profession
Rutger Hauer got his first acting role at the age of 11, playing the role of Eurysax in a play called Ajax. However, his screen debut did not come until 1969, when he was chosen by Paul Verhoeven to star in the Dutch medieval action drama TV series Floris. The role brought him fame in his home country, and he reprised the role in the 1975 German remake of Floris von Roosmond.
In 1973, Paul Verhoeven cast Rutger Hauer in Turkish Delight, which changed his career forever. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The film also became a box office success both at home and abroad, and gave him the opportunity to appear in more international films. Within two years, Rutger Hauer made his English-language film debut in the 1975 British film The Wilby Conspiracy.
However, Rutger Hauer’s supporting roles were hardly recognized in Hollywood, so he returned to Dutch films for a few years.
During this period, he starred in Katie Tippel in 1975, Soldier of Orange directed by Paul Verhoeven in 1977 and Spetses in 1980. In both films he acted together with veteran Dutch actor Jeroen Krabbe. At the 1981 Dutch Film Festival, Rutger Hauer won the Golden Bull Award for Best Actor for his entire body of work.
He also made his American debut as Wulfgar in the 1981 Sylvester Stallone film Nighthawks.
Rutger Hauer was not afraid of controversial roles, playing Albert Speer in ABC’s production of Inside the Third Reich in 1982. That same year, he played arguably his most famous and acclaimed role as the eccentric, violent, yet sympathetic villain Roy Batty in Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi thriller Blade Runner, in which he memorably delivered the famous “tears in the rain” monologue.
In 1983, he played an adventurer named Theresa Russell in Eureka, an investigative reporter opposite John Hurt in Osterman Weekend, a ruthless mercenary Martin in Flesh and Blood (1985), and a knight opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in Hawk Wolf (1985).
He also starred in the 1986 film The Hitchhiker, in which he played a mysterious and evil hitchhiker who tortured a lone driver and killed everyone he met on the road.
He also won the 1987 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the television film Escape from Sobibor. At the height of Rutger Hauer’s fame, he was about to star in RoboCop in 1987, but the film’s director Paul Verhoeven thought he was too big to move comfortably in the character’s suit.
However, in 1987, he played Nick Randall in Wanted: Live and Let Die, a descendant of the character played by the famous actor Steve McQueen in the TV series of the same name. Likewise, in 1988, he played a homeless man in Ermanno Olmi’s film The Legend of the Holy Drinker.
For his outstanding performance, he won the Best Actor Award at the Seattle International Film Festival in 1989. In addition, Rutger Hauer was chosen to play a blind martial arts superhero in Phillip Noyce’s action film “Blind Fury” in 1989. In 1989, he returned to the science fiction world with a film called “Blood of Heroes”, which made a sensation. In the film, he played a post-apocalyptic gladiator.
From 2013 to 2014, Rutger Hauer played Neil Brigant in HBO’s True Blood, and in 2015 he played Raven in the film The Last Kingdom and Kingsley in Galavant. In early 2016, he was selected as a member of the film jury at ShortCutz Amsterdam, an annual short film festival in Amsterdam.
Rutger Hauer voiced Daniel Lazarski in the 2017 video game Observer, set in post-apocalyptic Poland. He also voiced Master Xehanort in the 2019 video game Kingdom Hearts III, replacing the late Leonard Nimoy, who was replaced by Christopher Lloyd after the latter’s death.
Personal life
Rutger Hauer is 6 feet 1 inch (184.4 cm) tall and weighs 93 kg (205 lbs). He has light brown hair and blue eyes. Regarding his marital life, Rutger was married twice. He had his first and only child with his first wife Heidi Merz. He named his daughter Elsa Hauer and she was born in 1966.
She was originally an actress and gave birth to his grandson in 1987. Rutger Hauer and his second wife, Ineke ten Cate, had been together since 1968, but they married on November 22, 1985 in a private ceremony.
Rutger Hauer is an environmentalist who fully supports all Sea Shepherd activities and is even an active member of the Society’s Advisory Board.
He also founded an AIDS awareness organization called the Rutgerhauer Starfish Society. In April 2007, he published his much-anticipated autobiography, All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners (co-authored with Patrick Quinlan), in which he discusses many of his acting roles. All proceeds from the book were donated to the Rutgerhauer Starfish Society.
Rutger Hauer died at his home in Bettstetzwaag on 19 July 2019, at the age of 75, after a short illness in the spring. A private funeral took place on 24 July 2019.
On January 23, 2020, his 76th birthday, a ceremony was held in his memory at Beetsterzwaag, which was attended by many people.
Prominent figures attending the commemoration included Sharon Stone, Miranda Richardson, Diederik van Rooyen and Prince Peter Christian van Volenhoven of Orange-Nassau.
net worth
Rutger Hauer is one of the most watched actors of all time. His appearances and influence in movies have made him one of the most sought after and highest paid actors, and as a result, his net worth is estimated to be $16 million.
The late actor has left enough legacy to his family and he will always be remembered as a hard-working man.
Filmography
Although Rutger Hauer has passed away, his legacy as a celebrated actor will continue to be remembered. His fame spread across the world and his film roles are still admired today.
He has appeared in many films and TV series since 1969. Ruger Hauer’s selected film credits are as follows
- 2018 The Sisters Brothers as Brig.G.
- Corbin plays Nash in 2018
- 2018 Samson (2018) as Manoah
- 2018 Sonata (2020) as Richard Marlowe
- 2017 The Way Home as Carl Rungius
- 2017 24 Hours Survival as Frank
- 2017 Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Served as Chairman of the World Federation of Nations
- 2016 Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the Fourth Reich as Oskar Halminski
- 2015 The Admiral as Maarten Tromp
- 2014 The Letter as Benjamin Praagh
- In 2012, he played Van Helsing in Argento’s Dracula 3D.
- 2012 Future as Maciste
- 2011 Black Butterfly as Abraham Jonker
- 2011 The Mill as Pieter Bruegel
- 2011 Hobo with a Shotgun
- 2011 Ceremony as Istvan Kovak
- 2010 Happy Run as Insley
- 2008 Bride’s Flight as Frank
- 2007 Moving McAllister as Maxwell McAllister
- 2007 Goal! 2: A Dream Come True as Rudi Van der Merwe
- 2007 Mentor Sanford as Pollard
- 2006 Tempesta
- 2005 Batman Begins with Earl
- 2005 Sin City as Cardinal Roark
- 2005 Poseidon as Bishop Schmidt
- 2004 Salem’s Fate as Kurt Barlow
- 2002 Confessions of a Dangerous Mind as Keeler
- 1998 Simon as Magus
- 1997 Knocking on Heaven’s Door as Curtiz
- 1994 Beans from Egypt, Maine as Rueben Bean
- 1994 Survive the Game as Burns
- 1994 Nostradamus as a monk
- 1993 Arctic Blue as Ben Corbett
- 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Lothos
- 1989 Blind Fury as Nick Parker
- 1987 Escape from Sobibor as Lieutenant “Sasha” Pechersky
- 1985 Ladyhawke as Etienne Navarre
- 1982 Blade Runner as Roy Batty
- 1980 Spets as Witkamp
- 1978 Orange Soldier as Erik
- 1976 Max Havelaer as Duclari
- 1973 Turkish Delight as Eric
- 1968 Mr. Hawarden
