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Rutger Oelsen Hauer (born January 23, 1944) is a Golden Globe-winning Dutch film actor. He is well known for his roles in Blade Runner, The Hitcher, The Blood of Heroes, and Batman Begins.
[[File:Rutger_Hauer_Blade_Runner.jpg|thumb|right|400px|''"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe . . . "'' <br> Rutger Hauer (1944–2019) as Roy Batty in ''[[Blade Runner]]'' (1982), in the middle of delivering his most famous speech.]]
[[Image:HSPAS-123.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|Rutger Hauer (1944–2019) as John Ryder with a Franchi SPAS-12 in ''[[Hitcher, The (1986)|The Hitcher]]'' (1986).]]
[[Image:Splitsecond 011.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Rutger Hauer  (1944–2019) as Harley Stone with a automatic multi barreled shotgun in ''[[Split Second]]'' (1992).]]


Film career
Rutger Hauer (1944–2019) was a Dutch actor well-known for his role as Roy Batty in 1982's ''[[Blade Runner]]''.  He also appeared in such films as ''[[The Hitcher (1986)]]'', ''[[Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987)]]'', ''[[Escape from Sobibor]]'', ''[[Batman Begins]]'', and ''[[Journey to China: The Mystery of Iron Mask]]''. He passed away on July 19, 2019 at the age of 75.
Hauer's career changed course when director Paul Verhoeven cast him as the lead in Turkish Delight (1973) (based on the Jan Wolkers book of the same name). The movie found box-office favour abroad as well as at home, and within two years, its star was invited to make his English-language debut in the British film The Wilby Conspiracy (1975). Set in South Africa and starring Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier, the film was an action melodrama with a focus on apartheid. Hauer's supporting role, however, was hardly enough to establish him in Hollywood's eyes, and he returned to Dutch films for several years. During this period, he made Katie Tippel (1975) and worked again with Verhoeven on Soldier of Orange (1977), and Spetters (1980). These two films paired Hauer with fellow Dutch actor Jeroen Krabbé.


In the Sylvester Stallone vehicle Nighthawks (1981), Hauer finally made his American debut. Cast as a psychopathic and cold-blooded terrorist named "Wolfgar" (after a character in Beowulf), he made a strong impression. The following year, he appeared in his stand-out American movie role as the eccentric, violent, yet sensitive replicant Roy Batty in Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi thriller, Blade Runner.


Hauer went on to play the adventurer courting Gene Hackman's daughter (Theresa Russell) in Nicolas Roeg's poorly received Eureka (1983); the investigative reporter opposite John Hurt in Sam Peckinpah's The Osterman Weekend (1983); the hardened Landsknecht mercenary Martin in Flesh & Blood (1985); and the knight paired with Michelle Pfeiffer in the Medieval romance Ladyhawke (1985). He continued to make an impression on audiences in The Hitcher (1986), in which he was the mysterious Hitchhiker intent on murdering C. Thomas Howell's lone motorist and anyone else who crossed his path. At the height of Hauer's fame, he was even set to be cast as RoboCop in the film directed by old friend Verhoeven, although the role ultimately went to Peter Weller. That same year, however, 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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Italian director Ermanno Olmi mined the gentler, more mystic and soulful side of Hauer's personality in The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1989), the story of a lost soul who dies of drink in Paris while attempting to pay a debt of honour in a church. Phillip Noyce also attempted to capitalize, with far less success, on Hauer's spiritual qualities in the martial arts action adventure Blind Fury (1989). Hauer returned to science fiction opposite Joan Chen with Salute of the Jugger (1990), in which he played a former champion in a post-apocalyptic world. He and Chen would work together again in two more science fiction films, Wedlock and Precious Find.
== Film ==
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| [[Winchester Model 70]] || Blane Van Niekirk || ''[[The Wilby Conspiracy]]''  ||With scope || 1975
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| [[FN Model 1905]] || Erik Lanshof || ''[[Soldier of Orange]]''  || || 1977
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| [[Sten]] || Erik Lanshof || ''[[Soldier of Orange]]''  || || 1977
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| [[Walther P38]] || Wulfgar || ''[[Nighthawks]]''  || || 1981
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| [[MAC-10]] || Wulfgar || ''[[Nighthawks]]''  || || 1981
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| [[Mk 2 hand grenade]] || Wulfgar || ''[[Nighthawks]]''  || || 1981
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| [[Matchlock Pistol]] || Martin || ''[[Flesh+Blood]]'' || || 1985
|-
| [[Smith & Wesson Model 19]] || John Ryder || ''[[Hitcher, The (1986)|The Hitcher]]''  || || 1986
|-
| [[Franchi SPAS-12]] || John Ryder || ''[[Hitcher, The (1986)|The Hitcher]]''  || || 1986
|-
| [[Luger P08]] || Lt. Aleksandr "Sasha" Pechersky || ''[[Escape from Sobibor]]'' || || 1987
|-
| [[Walther P38]] || Lt. Aleksandr "Sasha" Pechersky || ''[[Escape from Sobibor]]'' || || 1987
|-
| [[Karabiner 98k]] || Lt. Aleksandr "Sasha" Pechersky || ''[[Escape from Sobibor]]'' || || 1987
|-
| [[Remington 870]] || Nick Randall || ''[[Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987)|Wanted: Dead or Alive]]''  || pistol grip on slide and stock; laser sight || 1987
|-
| [[Beretta Model 70]] || John Knot || ''[[On A Moonlit Night (In una notte di chiaro di luna)]]''  ||Not fired || 1989
|-
| [[Crosman 3357 Revolver]] || Det. Harley Stone || ''[[Split Second]]'' || dreesed up as a futuristic weapon || 1992
|-
| [[Split Second#Automatic multi barreled shotgun|Automatic multi barreled shotgun]] ||  Det. Harley Stone || ''[[Split Second]]'' || || 1992
|-
| [[Split Second#Timed grenade Megatron|Timed grenade Megatron]] || Det. Harley Stone || ''[[Split Second]]'' || || 1992
|-
| [[SIG-Sauer P228]] || Thomas Burns || ''[[Surviving the Game]]''  || || 1994
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| [[Steyr AUG]] || Thomas Burns || ''[[Surviving the Game]]''  || || 1994
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| [[Remington 870]] || The Hobo|| ''[[Hobo with a Shotgun]]'' || || 2011
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By the 1990s, Hauer was as well known for his humorous appearances in Guinness commercials as for his screen roles, which had increasingly involved low-budget films, including Split Second, which was set in a flooded London after global warming; Omega Doom, another post-apocalyptic story in which he plays a soldier-robot; and New World Disorder, opposite Tara Fitzgerald. He also appeared in the Kylie Minogue music video "On a Night Like This". In the late 1980s and 1990s, as well as in 2000, Hauer acted in several British and American television productions, including Inside the Third Reich (as Albert Speer); Escape from Sobibor; Fatherland; Hostile Waters; Merlin; The 10th Kingdom; Smallville; Alias; and ’Salem’s Lot.


In 1999, Hauer was awarded the Dutch “Best Actor of the Century Rembrandt Award”.
(Excerpt from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutger_Hauer)
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"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe . . . "
Rutger Hauer (1944–2019) as Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1982), in the middle of delivering his most famous speech.
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Rutger Hauer (1944–2019) as John Ryder with a Franchi SPAS-12 in The Hitcher (1986).
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Rutger Hauer (1944–2019) as Harley Stone with a automatic multi barreled shotgun in Split Second (1992).

Rutger Hauer (1944–2019) was a Dutch actor well-known for his role as Roy Batty in 1982's Blade Runner. He also appeared in such films as The Hitcher (1986), Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987), Escape from Sobibor, Batman Begins, and Journey to China: The Mystery of Iron Mask. He passed away on July 19, 2019 at the age of 75.


Rutger Hauer can be seen using the following weapons in the following films:

Film

Gun Character Title Note Date
Winchester Model 70 Blane Van Niekirk The Wilby Conspiracy With scope 1975
FN Model 1905 Erik Lanshof Soldier of Orange 1977
Sten Erik Lanshof Soldier of Orange 1977
Walther P38 Wulfgar Nighthawks 1981
MAC-10 Wulfgar Nighthawks 1981
Mk 2 hand grenade Wulfgar Nighthawks 1981
Matchlock Pistol Martin Flesh+Blood 1985
Smith & Wesson Model 19 John Ryder The Hitcher 1986
Franchi SPAS-12 John Ryder The Hitcher 1986
Luger P08 Lt. Aleksandr "Sasha" Pechersky Escape from Sobibor 1987
Walther P38 Lt. Aleksandr "Sasha" Pechersky Escape from Sobibor 1987
Karabiner 98k Lt. Aleksandr "Sasha" Pechersky Escape from Sobibor 1987
Remington 870 Nick Randall Wanted: Dead or Alive pistol grip on slide and stock; laser sight 1987
Beretta Model 70 John Knot On A Moonlit Night (In una notte di chiaro di luna) Not fired 1989
Crosman 3357 Revolver Det. Harley Stone Split Second dreesed up as a futuristic weapon 1992
Automatic multi barreled shotgun Det. Harley Stone Split Second 1992
Timed grenade Megatron Det. Harley Stone Split Second 1992
SIG-Sauer P228 Thomas Burns Surviving the Game 1994
Steyr AUG Thomas Burns Surviving the Game 1994
Remington 870 The Hobo Hobo with a Shotgun 2011
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