Rutger Hauer Biography

Fast Facts

• Parents were actors
• The grandson of a sea captain, he ran away at age 15 to work on a freighter
• Served in the Dutch army, but pretended to be mentally unfit for military service and was discharged
• Was the spokesperson for Guinness stout for six years
• In 1995, a Dutch stamp was issued portraying his role as Eric Vonk in Turkish Delight (1973)
• In 2000, founded the Starfish Association, which helps children and pregnant women with HIV/AIDS
• Favorite film role is Roy Batty in 1982's Blade Runner
• The title of his 2007 memoir, All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants, and Blade Runners, is taken from part of a speech made by his character in Blade Runner
• Founded the I've Seen Films International Film Festival in 2007
• Is an environmental activist
• Fluent in English, German, French, Italian, Dutch and Frisian languages
• Enjoys riding motorcycles