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Rutger Hauer

Rutger Oelsen Hauer was a Dutch actor, with a career that spanned over 170 roles across nearly 50 years, beginning in 1969. In 1999, he was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century.

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entertainment · Dutch actor (1944–2019) · actor · film actor · film director · television actor · also Rutger Hauer, Rutger Oelsen Hauer, Hauer

Born 23 January 1944 · Died 19 July 2019 · Q213574

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Jun 2008Award
Won Golden Calf Culture Prize (2008).
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Jun 1988Award
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for Escape from Sobibor (1988).
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2025· 1 entry

Mar 5, 2025Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Like Tears in Rain review – Rutger Hauer portrait takes deep dive into the archive

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2024· 1 entry

Oct 7, 2024Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: ‘Rutger Hauer said he didn’t play bad guys’: how we made chiller classic The Hitcher

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2020· 1 entry

Feb 10, 2020Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Rutger Hauer remembered at the Oscars ceremony

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2019· 13 entries

Jul 25, 2019Documented record69% confidence

Entertainment Weekly: Whoopi Goldberg pays tribute to 'dear friend' Rutger Hauer

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Jul 25, 2019Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Rutger Hauer obituary

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Jul 24, 2019Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Rutger Hauer: from Blade Runner to Buffy the Vampire Slayer – in pictures

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Jul 24, 2019Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Rutger Hauer: an icily elegant presence with a touch of self-aware drollery | Peter Bradshaw

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Jul 24, 2019Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Rutger Hauer, star of Blade Runner, dies aged 75

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Jul 24, 2019Documented record69% confidence

TV Fanatic: Rutger Hauer, Film and TV Star Best Known for Blade Runner, Dies at 75

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Jul 24, 2019Documented record69% confidence

Variety: Guillermo del Toro and More Celebrities Remember ‘Deep,’ ‘Genuine’ Rutger Hauer

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Jul 24, 2019Documented record69% confidence

Yahoo: Rutger Hauer’s Career In Pictures – Photo Gallery

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Jul 24, 2019Documented record69% confidence

Yahoo: RIP Rutger Hauer: Guillermo Del Toro, Ice T and More Pay Tribute

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Jul 24, 2019Documented record69% confidence

People: 'Blade Runner' Dutch Actor Rutger Hauer Dies at 75

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Jul 19, 2019Documented record86% confidence

Died 2019-07-19.

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2019Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Hauer died from pancreatic cancer on 19 July 2019 at his residence in the Netherlands, age 75.

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2019Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Hauer was originally cast as the Ghost of Christmas Future in the 2019 British television dark fantasy drama A Christmas Carol; when he became too ill to film his scenes, he was replaced by Jason Flemyng

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2016· 1 entry

2016Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Joined the film jury for ShortCutz Amsterdam, an annual film festival promoting short films in Amsterdam

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2015· 2 entries

May 9, 2015Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Rutger Hauer's Lurpak Spreadable advert

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2015Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Starred as Ravn in The Last Kingdom and as Kingsley in Galavant

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2011· 2 entries

Jul 8, 2011Documented record75% confidence

The Guardian: Rutger Hauer on Hobo With A Shotgun

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2011Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Hauer appeared in the supernatural horror film The Rite as an undertaker named Istvan, the protagonist's father

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2009· 1 entry

2009Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

His role in avant-garde filmmaker Cyrus Frisch's Dazzle received positive reviews; it was described in Dutch press as "the most relevant Dutch film of the year"

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2008· 2 entries

Jun 15, 2008Documented record84% confidence

Won Golden Calf Culture Prize (2008).

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2008Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Hauer received the Golden Calf Culture Prize for his contributions to Dutch cinema

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2005· 2 entries

2005Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

And featured in Goal II: Living the Dream (2007) as Real Madrid coach Rudi Van der Merwe

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2005Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Played the title role in Patrick Lussier's film Dracula III: Legacy

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1999· 1 entry

1999Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Was named by the Dutch public as the Best Dutch Actor of the Century

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1992· 1 entry

1992Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Appeared in the horror-comedy film Buffy the Vampire Slayer as the main antagonist vampire Lothos

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1989· 1 entry

1989Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

With The Blood of Heroes, in which he played a gladiator in a post-apocalyptic world

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1988· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1988Documented record84% confidence

Won Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for Escape from Sobibor (1988).

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1988Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Played a homeless man in Ermanno Olmi's The Legend of the Holy Drinker

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1987· 1 entry

1987Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Hauer starred as Nick Randall in Wanted: Dead or Alive as the descendant of the character played by Steve McQueen in the television series of the same name

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1981· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1981Documented record84% confidence

Won Golden Calf for Best Actor (1981).

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1969· 2 entries

1969Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

With the title role in the Dutch television series Floris and surged with his leading role in Turkish Delight (1973), which in 1999 was named the Best Dutch Film of the Century

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1969Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

When Paul Verhoeven cast him in the lead role of the television series Floris, a Dutch medieval action drama

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1968· 1 entry

1968Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Hauer was in a relationship with his second wife, Ineke ten Cate, from 1968.

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1944· 1 entry

Jan 23, 1944Documented record86% confidence

Born 1944-01-23.

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