Rutger Hauer was born in Breukelen, the Netherlands, on January 23, 1944. The boy’s father worked as an acting teacher at a theater college, and his mother taught drama courses. Rutger had three sisters, the children were raised by a nanny, as parents often had to go on tour around the country.
For the first time on the stage, the actor appeared in 1955 in the tragedy of Sophocles “Ajax”.
When the young man was 15 years old, he ran away from home and set sail on a merchant ship. Thus, he was able
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Rutger Hauer was born in Breukelen, the Netherlands, on January 23, 1944. The boy’s father worked as an acting teacher at a theater college, and his mother taught drama courses. Rutger had three sisters, the children were raised by a nanny, as parents often had to go on tour around the country.
For the first time on the stage, the actor appeared in 1955 in the tragedy of Sophocles “Ajax”.
When the young man was 15 years old, he ran away from home and set sail on a merchant ship. Thus, he was able to see the world, visited Pakistan, Singapore, Canada, the Persian Gulf. A year later, he returned home and began attending evening school and working in the afternoon.
In 1962, Rutger Hauer entered the Theatre Institute of Basel, Switzerland. After finishing his second year, he joined the army after serving two years, and returned to the institute.
In 1967, he began working at the Noorder Compagnie Theatre. First appeared in the movie Rutger in 1956, then the shooting of the production of “Asmodeus”, after which he was invited to play a small role in the film.
"Mr. Gawarden" .
Popularity came in 1969, after he was seen by the audience in the series “Floris”.
For many years he collaborated with the Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, the first joint film was released in 1973.
Turkish delights" . Then the pictures “Flesh and Blood”, “Orange Soldier”, “Lihachi” were shot.
In Hollywood, Rutger Hauer made his film debut
Night Hawks" , released in 1981, the main role was played by Sylvester Stallone. Then followed the shooting of films: “On a moonlit night”, “Blind rage”, “Survival Game”, “Betrothed by death”.
In 1999, the actor was awarded the title of “Best Actor of the Century” in the Netherlands. And in 2000 he tried himself as a director, shooting a short film “Room”, which received in 2001 the Audience Award in Paris.
