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Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer

Actor, also producer and writer · Died July 19, 2019, aged 75 · Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands

Golden Globe winner

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 action drama. The role made him famous in his native country. 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 barely noticed in Hollywood, and he returned to Dutch films for several years. Hauer made his American debut in the Sylvester Stallone vehicle Nighthawks (1981), cast as a psychopathic and cold-blooded terrorist named "Wolfgar" (after a character in the Old English poem Beowulf). The following year, he appeared in arguably his most famous and acclaimed role as the eccentric, violent, yet sympathetic replicant Roy Batty in Ridley Scott's 1982 sci-fi thriller, Blade Runner. Hauer was a dedicated environmentalist. He fought for the release of Greenpeace's co-founder, Paul Watson, who was convicted in 1994 for sinking a Norwegian whaling vessel. Hauer has also established an AIDS awareness foundation called the Rutger Hauer Starfish Foundation. He married his second wife, Ineke, in 1985 (they had been together since 1968); and he has one child, actress Aysha Hauer, who was born in 1966 and who made him a grandfather in 1988. In April 2007, he published his autobiography All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners (co-written with Patrick Quinlan) where he discussed many of his movie roles. Proceeds of the book go to Hauer's Starfish Foundation.

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Born
January 23, 1944
Died
July 19, 2019 (aged 75)
From
Breukelen, Utrecht, Netherlands
Works as
Actor, also producer and writer
Titles
101 on MovieCove · 170 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 28% in 30 days

What are Rutger Hauer's films like?

Across their 95 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Action34 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 28th percentile
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Drama25 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 55th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Adventure7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Documentary5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
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Comedy4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 18th percentile
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Horror4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 11th percentile
: browse their Horror movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 54th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
25%
Survival
19%
Self
18%
Bonds
15%
Power
10%
Society
8%
Ideas
5%
Survival23 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose15 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice15 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds13 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption14 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 90 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 19 · Serious 25 · Dark 46

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 44 · Stylized 37 · Heightened 8

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 12 · Charged 39 · Intense 39

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 37 · Shifting 45 · Whiplash 8

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 64 · Some laughs 19 · Funny 7

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 32 · Even-paced 45 · Relentless 13

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 33 · Engaged 51 · Full focus 6

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 29 · Affecting 41 · Heavy 20

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 68 · Open-ended 13 · Ambiguous 9

Roles they play

69 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 22 of 69 analyzed roles.

Shadow
22 of 69
Hero
21 of 69
Mentor
14 of 69
Threshold guardian
5 of 69
Shapeshifter
2 of 69
Ally
2 of 69
Trickster
2 of 69
Herald
1 of 69
Show the 69 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
63
Melancholic
37
Dread
26
Thrilling
29
Contemplative
22
Other
65

How their films linger

Bittersweet35 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking25 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful23 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 13 with a twist

  • Happy25
  • Bittersweet43
  • Tragic6
  • Ambiguous21

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Rutger Hauer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 68 of their 101 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (39).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Rutger Hauer's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

170 credits, 101 with a MovieCove page; 18 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Like Tears in Rain(2024)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Break(2020)

    as Ray

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Iron Mask(2019)

    as English Ambassador

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Sonata(2018)

    as Richard Marlowe

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Sisters Brothers(2018)

    as The Commodore

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Corbin Nash(2018)

    as Stranger

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Samson(2018)

    as Manoah

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Drawing Home(2016)

    as Carl Rungius

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Broken Key(2017)

    as Professor Moonlight

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • 24 Hours to Live(2017)

    as Frank

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Porters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 7 episodes · as Tillman

  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets(2017)

    as President of the World State Federation

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Gangsterdam(2017)

    as Dolph

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Mata Hari (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 12 episodes · as Стольбаккен

  • Genderness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Actor

  • Channel Zero(2016)

    Show 6 episodes · as Joseph Peach

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich(2016)

    as Oskar Halminski

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • WAX: We Are the X (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Aron Mulder

  • The Last Kingdom(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Ravn

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Unity(2015)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Clones (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Dr. Richards

  • Fifty Shades of Erotica (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as (archive footage)

  • The Admiral(2015)

    as Maarten Tromp

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power(2015)

    as King Zakour

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Galavant(2015)

    Show 3 episodes · as Kingsley

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Francesco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Padre di Francesco

  • Francesco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Padre di Francesco

  • 2047: Sights of Death(2014)

    as Colonel Asimov

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Letters(2014)

    as Benjamin Praagh

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • The Future(2013)

    as Maciste

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Real Playing Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Steve Batier

  • Flight of the Storks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Sonderman

  • North America(2013)

    Show as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Dracula 3D(2012)

    as Abraham van Helsing

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Michelangelo: The Heart and the Stone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Michelangelo

  • Metal Hurlant Chronicles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 7 episodes · as Kerm

  • Agent Ranjid rettet die Welt(2012)

    as Freek van Dyk

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Heineken Kidnapping(2011)

    as Alfred Heineken

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Cardboard Village (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Sacristan

  • Portable Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Antonio

  • The Reverend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as The Withstander

  • Hobo with a Shotgun(2011)

    as Hobo

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Klyuch salamandry(2011)

    as Khant

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • The Mill and the Cross(2011)

    as Peter Bruegel

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • All for One(2011)

    as Niemeyer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Black Butterflies(2011)

    as Abraham Jonker

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Rite(2011)

    as Istvan Kovak

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Requiem 2019 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Actor

  • Spoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Victor Spoon

  • Happiness Runs(2010)

    as Insley

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Bachelor Trip(2012)

    as Jean-Luc

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Sword of War(2009)

    as Federico Barbarossa

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Father (voice)

  • Dazzle(2009)

    Executive Producer · Actor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Rhapsody (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Bride Flight(2008)

    as Old Frank

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • True Blood(2008)

    Show 6 episodes · as Niall Brigant

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Prince of Motor City(2008)

    as William Hamilton

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Magic Flute Diaries (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Dr. Richard Nagel

  • Starting Over (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Peter Rossen

  • Moving McAllister(2007)

    as Maxwell McAllister

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Zomer Draait Door, De (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Dead Tone(2007)

    as Det. John Criton

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Goal II: Living the Dream(2007)

    as Rudi van der Merwe

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point(2006)

    as Gen. Frank Lewis

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Mentor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Sanford Pollard

  • Minotaur(2006)

    as Cyrnan

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • The Hunt for Eagle One(2006)

    as Gen. Frank Lewis

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Poseidon Adventure(2005)

    as Bishop August Schmidt

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Zerkalnye voyny. Otrazhenie pervoe(2005)

    as Mysterious Man

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Dracula III: Legacy(2005)

    as Dracula

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Batman Begins(2005)

    as Earle

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Sin City(2005)

    as Cardinal Roark

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Floris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Floris (archive footage from Floris, 1969)

  • Never Enough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Sebastian

  • Salem's Lot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · as Kurt Barlow

  • Tempesta (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Van Beuningen

  • The Hitcher: How Do These Movies Get Made? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • Confessions of a Dangerous Mind(2002)

    as Keeler

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Warrior Angels(2002)

    as Grekkor

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Scorcher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as US President Nelson

  • The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Paul Marcinkus

  • Flying Virus(2001)

    as Ezekial

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Last Words of Dutch Schultz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Dutch Schultz(voice)

  • Smallville(2001)

    Show 2 episodes · as Morgan Edge

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows

  • Alias(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Anthony Geiger

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal(2001)

    as Copilot MacIntosh

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • The Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Director · Actor

  • Lying in Wait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Keith Miller

  • Wilder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Dr. Sam Dennis Charney

  • The 10th Kingdom(2000)

    Show 5 episodes · as Huntsman

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Partners in Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Gene Reardon

  • New World Disorder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as David Marx

  • Simon Magus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Count Albrecht, the Squire

  • Bone Daddy(1998)

    as Palmer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Merlin(1998)

    Show 2 episodes · as King Vortingern

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all shows

  • Tactical Assault (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Capitaine John 'Doc' Holiday

  • The Ruby Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Patrick Collins

  • Hostile Waters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Cap. Britanov

  • Redline(1997)

    as John Wade

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Eating Pattern (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Bog

  • Bleeders(1997)

    as Dr. Marlowe

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Call of the Wild(1997)

    as John Thornton

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Lexx(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Bog

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Blast(1997)

    as Leo

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Knockin' on Heaven's Door(1997)

    as Curtiz

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Omega Doom(1996)

    as Omega Doom

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Mariette in Ecstasy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Chaplan

  • Precious Find(1996)

    as Armond Crille

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Crossworlds(1996)

    as A.T.

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Mr. Stitch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Executive Producer · as Doctor Rue Wakeman

  • Fatherland(1994)

    as SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Beans of Egypt, Maine(1994)

    as Rueben Bean

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Nostradamus(1994)

    as The Mystic Monk

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight(1994)

    as Fred Noonan

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Surviving the Game(1994)

    as Burns

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Beyond Forgiveness(1994)

    as Dr. Lem

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Voyage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Morgan Norvell

  • Blind Side(1993)

    as Jake Shell

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Arctic Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Co-Executive Producer · as Ben Corbett

  • Beyond Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Tom Burton

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer(1992)

    as Lothos

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Past Midnight(1991)

    as Ben Jordan

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Split Second(1992)

    as Stone

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Wedlock(1991)

    as Frank Warren

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Law of the Desert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 3 episodes · as Tom Burton

  • Bloodhounds of Broadway(1989)

    as The Brain

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Blood of Heroes(1989)

    as Sallow

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Crystal or Ash, Fire or Wind, as Long as It's Love(1989)

    Dialogue · as John Knott

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Edge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Sheriff Emil Abel (Indian Poker)

  • Blind Fury(1989)

    as Nick Parker

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Legend of the Holy Drinker(1988)

    as Andreas Kartak

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Escape from Sobibor(1987)

    as Alexander 'Sasha' Pechersky

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Wanted: Dead or Alive(1986)

    as Nick Randall

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Hitcher(1986)

    as John Ryder

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Flesh+Blood(1985)

    as Martin

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Ladyhawke(1985)

    as Captain Etienne Navarre

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • A Breed Apart(1984)

    as Jim Malden

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Osterman Weekend(1983)

    as John Tanner

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Eureka(1983)

    as Claude Maillot Van Horn

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Blade Runner(1982)

    as Batty

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Inside the Third Reich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 2 episodes · as Albert Speer

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Reuben Bean · as The Brain

  • Chanel Solitaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Etienne de Balsan

  • Nighthawks(1981)

    as Wulfgar

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Spetters(1980)

    as Gerrit Witkamp

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Duel In De Diepte (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 4 episodes · as John van der Velde

  • Fatal Error (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Rinus de Gier

  • Woman Between Wolf and Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Adriaan

  • Es begann bei Tiffany (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Ryder

  • For Queen and Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 4 episodes · as Erik Lanshof

  • Mysteries(1978)

    as Simonsen aka Johan Frederik Nagel

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Pastorale 1943(1978)

    as August Schultz

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Heilige Jeanne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Dunois

  • Soldier of Orange(1977)

    as Erik Lanshof

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Naked and Lustful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Actor

  • Max Havelaar: or, The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Lieutenant Duclari

  • Cyrano de Bergerac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as de Valvert

  • Cancer Rising (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Pierre

  • Floris von Rosemund (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 19 episodes · as Floris

  • Cold Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Chris

  • Katie Tippel(1975)

    as Hugo

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Wilby Conspiracy(1975)

    as Blane Van Niekirk

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Dandelions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Rick

  • Turkish Delight(1973)

    as Erik Vonk

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Floris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 13 episodes · as Floris van Rosemondt

  • Omnibus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator (voice)

  • Isip the Warrior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Catholic Priest

  • Starfish Tango (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director · as Self

  • Tonight at Noon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Diego

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 168 titles, 165 of them dated from 1967 to 2020; peak year 1993.

Biggest box office

Batman Begins (2005)

$376M worldwide

Highest rated

Batman Begins (2005)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Blade Runner (1982)

Film career

MilestoneAward win
19672020

Peak 1993 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 44 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting167 of 168: 161 only acting, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score38thDirecting3 of 168: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 168: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing3 of 168: 0 only producing, 3 with another role

168 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and directing overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

1960s2 · acting1970s19 · acting1980s20 · 20 acting · 1 crew1990s34 · 34 acting · 2 crew2000s41 · 41 acting · 2 crew2010s48 · 48 acting · 1 crew2020s1 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 37% of 76 roles
738388939803081318

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Golden Globe from 2 major nominations, 1988–1995.

WinNomination
  1. 1995
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
  2. 1988
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Rutger Hauer's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 35th percentile, the median of all 91; across their 90 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 40th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

40thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 90

Approval · how many liked their films

36thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 90

Reach · how many have seen their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 90

Midcredits score across 101 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up23
  • 50th to 74th21
  • 25th to 49th22
  • Below 25th35

Shape of the crowd

38 of their 101 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved11
  • Universally Panned6
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser29
  • Broadly Agreed10
  • Mixed38

Most divisive · actor

The Prince of Motor City (2008)

98th percentile spread · 45% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Batman Begins (2005)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 80 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Rutger Hauer's work okay for kids?

Across up to 34 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore26 titles40–92 · median 75 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity34 titles18–72 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity22 titles28–88 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs20 titles24–56 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense22 titles34–86 · median 66 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Rutger Hauer work with?

People who share at least 2 of Rutger Hauer's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Paul Verhoeven shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles