Rutger Hauer Biography

Fast Facts

• Created the Rutger Hauer Starfish Association, which aims to support children and pregnant women with HIV/AIDS
• Received Career Achievement Awards at the Malaga Film Festival and Sarasota Film Festival
• Received the Best Actor of the Century Award in the Netherlands in 1999
• Performed with an experimental troupe before making his film debut
• Ran away from home at the age of 15 and spent a year on board a Dutch Merchant Navy freighter, which took him to a number of foreign countries, including Pakistan, Saigon and Singapore
• Worked as a car washer, carpenter and scene decorator while attending acting classes
• Has frequently worked with director Paul Verhoeven on various projects
• Speaks English, German, French, Italian, Dutch and Frisian