The filmography

Filmography

Filmography is a collective noun for a list of films related by some criterion. For example, an actor's career filmography is the list of films he or she has appeared in; a director's comedy filmography is the list of comedy films directed by a particular director...

 of Rutger Hauer gives an overview of all his performances as an actor in film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

s, television films

Television movie

A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...

, and television series from 1969 to date, and also in upcoming films. This list is primarily based on the filmography on Rutger Hauer's official website.

Rutger Hauer said in the documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 Blond, Blue Eyes (2006) that he has turned down most roles when he was not really interested in the part, from the beginning of his acting career. Only a few times he accepted a role for the money. Rutger Hauer said he was maybe brilliant in only two or three films. He confirmed he considers his role in The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) as one of them.

1960s

Year	Title	Type	Role	Notes
1969	Monsieur Hawarden Monsieur Hawarden Monsieur Hawarden is a 1969 Belgian-Dutch drama film directed by Harry Kümel. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 42nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.-Cast:...	Film		Rutger Hauer's scenes were deleted
	Floris Floris (TV series) Floris is a 1969 Dutch television action series, written by Gerard Soeteman starring Rutger Hauer and Jos Bergman and directed by Paul Verhoeven.-Concept:...	TV	Floris van Rosemond
	Pathfinders Pathfinders (TV series) Pathfinders is a 1970s ITV drama set in World War 2 and follows the story of the fictitious Royal Air Force 192 Pathfinder squadron. The Pathfinders were specialised RAF squadrons that marked targets for the RAF's heavy bombers....	TV	Pieter van Paarsen	Guest in episode "Sitting Ducks"

1970s

Year	Title	Type	Role	Notes
1973	Rumplestiltskin	Film	The King	Original title: Repelsteeltje
	Turkish Delight Turkish Delight (film) Turkish Delight is a 1973 Dutch film directed by Paul Verhoeven and filmed by Jan de Bont. The film is a love story of an artist and a young woman, starring Rutger Hauer and Monique van de Ven. The story is based on the novel Turks fruit by Jan Wolkers...	Film	Eric Vonk	Original title: Turks Fruit
	Waaldrecht	TV	Rogier de Jonge	Guest in episode "Taxi, Meneer?"
1974	Cold Blood	Film	Cris	Original title: Das Amulett des Todes
	Hard to Remember	Film	Rick	Original title: Pusteblume
	The Wilby Conspiracy The Wilby Conspiracy The Wilby Conspiracy is a 1975 thriller film directed by Ralph Nelson and filmed in Kenya. It was written by Rodney Amateau, based on the 1972 novel by Peter Driscoll...	Film	Blane
1975	Cyrano de Bergerac	TV	De Valvert	TV recording of Cyrano de Bergerac Cyrano de Bergerac (play) Cyrano de Bergerac is a play written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand. Although there was a real Cyrano de Bergerac, the play bears very scant resemblance to his life....
	Floris von Rosemund	TV	Floris
	Katie Tippel Katie Tippel Katie Tippel is a 1975 film by Paul Verhoeven. The film is based on the memoirs of Neel Doff and was the most expensive Dutch film produced up to that time...	Film	Hugo	Original title: Keetje Tippel
	The Year of the Cancer	Film	Pierre	Original title: Het jaar van de kreeft
1976	Max Havelaar Max Havelaar (film) Max Havelaar is a 1976 Dutch drama film directed by Fons Rademakers, based on the 1860 novel Max Havelaar by Multatuli. It was the country's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 49th Academy Awards ....	Film	Duclari
1977	Soldier of Orange Soldier of Orange Soldier of Orange is a 1977 Dutch film directed by Paul Verhoeven and produced by Rob Houwer, starring Rutger Hauer and Jeroen Krabbé. The film is set during the German occupation of the Netherlands during World War II, and shows how individual students have different roles in the war...	Film	Erik Lanshof Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema Siebren Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema DFC RMWO , was a Dutch wartime RAF-pilot, Dutch spy and writer. He was a Knight 4th class of the Military William Order....	Original title: Soldaat van Oranje
1978	Pastorale 1943	Film	August Schultz
	Heilige Jeanne	TV	Dunois	TV recording of Saint Joan Saint Joan (play) Saint Joan is a play by George Bernard Shaw, based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman Catholic Church, the play dramatises what is known of her life based on the substantial records of her trial. Shaw studied the transcripts...
	Woman Between Wolf and Dog Woman Between Wolf and Dog Woman Between Wolf and Dog is a 1979 Belgian-French drama film directed by André Delvaux. It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Marie-Christine Barrault - Lieve* Rutger Hauer - Adriaan* Roger Van Hool - François...	Film	Adriaan	Original title: Femme entre chien et loup
	Evil Mysteries	Film	Johan Nagel	Original title: Mysteries
1979	The Bank Robbery	Film	John Ryder	Original title: Es begann bei Tiffany
	Grijpstra & De Grier	Film	Rinus de Gier
	Duel in de diepte	TV	John van der Velde	Series were running from 1979 to 1980

1980s

Year	Title	Type	Role	Notes
1980	Spetters Spetters Spetters is a Dutch film released in 1980 directed by Paul Verhoeven.Spetters led to many protests across the board about the caricatural manner in which Verhoeven portrayed gays, Christians, the police, and the press. Although Verhoeven made one more film in the Netherlands, the response to...	Film	Gerrit Witkamp
1981	Nighthawks Nighthawks (film) Nighthawks is a 1981 thriller film starring Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer, Lindsay Wagner, Persis Khambatta, and Nigel Davenport. It was directed by Bruce Malmuth. The original music score was composed by Keith Emerson.-Storyline:...	Film	Wulfgar
	Chanel Solitaire Chanel Solitaire Chanel Solitaite is a 1981 British-French historical drama film directed by George Kaczender and starring Marie-France Pisier, Timothy Dalton, Rutger Hauer, Brigitte Fossey, Karen Black. The film's subject was Coco Chanel. Its budget was around $7 million....	Film	Etienne de Balsan
1982	Inside the Third Reich	Film	Albert Speer	Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
	Blade Runner Blade Runner Blade Runner is a 1982 American science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay, written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is loosely based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K...	Film	Roy Batty	Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
1983	The Osterman Weekend The Osterman Weekend (film) The Osterman Weekend is a 1983 suspense thriller film directed by Sam Peckinpah, based on the novel of the same name by Robert Ludlum. The film stars Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Burt Lancaster, Dennis Hopper, Meg Foster and Craig T. Nelson...	Film	John Tanner
1984	A Breed Apart A Breed Apart A Breed Apart is a 1984 American drama film directed by Philippe Mora. The screenplay by Paul Wheeler concerns the need to protect endangered species, in this case the bald eagle.-Plot:Obsessive collector J.P...	Film	Jim Malden
	Eureka Eureka (1984 film) Eureka is a 1983 film, directed by Nicolas Roeg. It is the story of a Klondike prospector, Jack McCann who strikes it rich, yet ends up fearing that his daughter Tracy and his son-in-law are scheming to take his wealth and his soul; moreover, greedy investors are also hunting McCann's...	Film	Claude Maillot Van Horn
1985	Ladyhawke Ladyhawke Ladyhawke is a 1985 fantasy film directed by Richard Donner, starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer. The film marked the second 20th Century Fox film to be co-produced and co-released by Warner Bros.. The first was The Towering Inferno; this time Warner got the U.S...	Film	Captain Etienne Navarre
	Flesh+Blood	Film	Martin
1986	The Hitcher	Film	John Ryder
1987	Wanted: Dead or Alive Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987 film) Wanted: Dead or Alive is a 1987 film directed by Gary Sherman and starring Rutger Hauer as Nick Randall, the descendant of the character Josh Randall, played by Steve McQueen in the 1958 television series of the same name....	Film	Nick Randall
	Escape from Sobibor Escape from Sobibor Escape from Sobibor is a 1987 British made-for-TV film which aired on CBS. It deals with the extermination camp at Sobibor, the site of the most successful uprising by Jewish prisoners of German extermination camps...	Film	Alexander 'Sacha' Pechersky	Television film
1988	The Legend of the Holy Drinker	Film	Andreas Kartak	Original title: La leggenda del santo bevitore
1989	The Edge	Film	Sheriff Abel	Television film
	Desert Law	TV	Tom Burton
	Blind Fury Blind Fury Blind Fury is a 1989 samurai/action film directed by Phillip Noyce. It is a loosely based, modernized version of Zatoichi Challenged, the 17th film in the Japanese Zatoichi film series. The film stars Rutger Hauer as Nick Parker, a blind, sword-wielding Vietnam War veteran, who returns to the...	Film	Nick Parker
	As Long as It's Love	Film	John Knott	Original title: In una notte di chiaro di luna
	The Blood of Heroes The Blood of Heroes The Blood of Heroes is a 1989 Australian post-apocalyptic film directed by David Webb Peoples and starring Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen. The film is also known by the names The Salute of the Jugger and Salute to the Jugger...	Film	Sallow
	Bloodhounds of Broadway Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989 film) Bloodhounds of Broadway is a 1989 film based on four Damon Runyon stories. It was directed by Howard Brookner and starred Matt Dillon, Jennifer Grey, Anita Morris, Julie Hagerty, Rutger Hauer, Madonna, Esai Morales and Randy Quaid....	Film	The Brain

1990s

Year	Film title	Role	Notes
1991	Wedlock Wedlock (film) Wedlock, originally known as Deadlock, is a 1991 science fiction action film from Home Box Office , starring Rutger Hauer.-Cast:* Rutger Hauer ... Frank Warren* Mimi Rogers ... Tracy Riggs* Joan Chen ... Noelle...	Frank Warren
1992	Past Midnight Past Midnight Past Midnight is a 1991 Neo-noir thriller film starring Paul Giamatti, Tom Wright and Clancy Brown alongside leads Rutger Hauer and Natasha Richardson.-Synopsis:...	Ben Jordan
	Beyond Justice	Tom Burton
	Split Second Split Second (1992 film) Split Second is a 1992 British science fiction film starring Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, and Neil Duncan. The film is directed by Tony Maylam and Ian Sharp.-Plot summary:...	Harley Stone
	Buffy the Vampire Slayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film) Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 1992 American action/comedy/horror film about a Valley girl cheerleader named Buffy who learns that it is her fate to hunt vampires. The original script for the film was written by Joss Whedon, who later created the darker and more acclaimed TV series of the same name...	Lothos
1993	Arctic Blue Arctic Blue Arctic Blue is a 1993 action-adventure-thriller.-Plot:Eric Desmond is an amateur marshal in the wilderness of Alaska who has to deal with a homicidal trapper Ben Corbett , his fellow trappers and a greedy politician.-Cast:...	Ben Corbett
	Blind Side	Jake Shell	Television film Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
	Voyage Voyage (film) - Plot summary :1993 Made-for-TV movie with Rutger Hauer, Karen Allen, Eric Roberts. Another imitation of Dead Calm, this one is more successful than the others. I'll give you the negatives first. It's predictable, the bad guys are very one dimensional, and, like Dead Calm, there's a point where...	Morgan Norvell	Television film
1994	Surviving the Game Surviving the Game Surviving the Game is a 1994 action film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, starring Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, and Gary Busey. It is loosely based on the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell.-Plot:...	Thomas Burns
	Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight	Fred Noonan
	Nostradamus Nostradamus (film) Nostradamus is a 1994 biographical film directed by Roger Christian.-Cast:*Tchéky Karyo ... Nostradamus*F. Murray Abraham ... Scalinger*Rutger Hauer ... The Mystic Monk*Amanda Plummer ... Catherine De Medici*Julia Ormond ... Marie...	The Mystic Monk
	The Beans of Egypt, Maine	Reuben Bean
	Fatherland	SS-Sturmbannführer Xavier March	Television film
1995	Blood of the Innocent	Dr. Lem
1996	Crossworlds Crossworlds Crossworlds is a 1996 science fiction film starring Rutger Hauer, Josh Charles, Andrea Roth, Stuart Wilson and Jack Black, and directed by Krishna Rao. Special effects are by Digital Drama. The film was shot in Los Angeles, Lone Pine, and El Mirage Dry Lake, California, USA.-Plot:College student...	A.T.
	Mariette in Ecstasy	Chaplain
	Mr. Stitch	Doctor Rue Wakeman
	Precious Find Precious Find Precious Find is a 1996 science fiction film directed by Philippe Mora. The film is set on the Moon, in year 2049.-Plot:In the future. At Moon City, fate brings three adventurers together: a space ship owner, a young prospector and a shady entrepreneur who are heading for gold on an asteroid. There...	Armond Crille
1997	Knockin' on Heaven's Door Knockin' on Heaven's Door (film) Knockin' on Heaven's Door is a 1997 German criminal comedy, by Thomas Jahn, starring Til Schweiger, Moritz Bleibtreu and Rutger Hauer. Its name derives from the Bob Dylan song which is also on the film's soundtrack.- Story :...	Curtiz
	Blast	Leo
	Omega Doom Omega Doom Omega Doom is a 1996 film by Albert Pyun, starring Rutger Hauer who plays a robot who, during a nuclear winter, plays both sides of a robot civil war against each other in a small town...	Omega Doom
	The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon is a 1997 TV movie. The screenplay by Graham Ludlow is based on the classic Jack London novel The Call of the Wild, published in 1903. Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss and starring Rutger Hauer, this film premiered and was well received at Palm Springs International...	John Thornton
	Hostile Waters Hostile Waters (film) Hostile Waters is a British 1997 television film about the loss of the K-219, a Yankee I class nuclear ballistic missile sub. The film stars Rutger Hauer as the commander of K-219 and claims to be based on the true story. The film was produced by World Productions for the BBC and HBO, in...	Capt. Britanov	Television film
	Bleeders Bleeders (film) Bleeders is a horror movie released in 1997, based on H. P. Lovecraft's story "The Lurking Fear".-Plot:John and Kathleen Strauss are a couple attempting to uncover the secret to John's rare blood disease. Along the way, they encounter Dr. Marlowe , who is intrigued by the case...	Dr. Marlowe
	Deathline Deathline Deathline is a 1997 science fiction, action film starring Rutger Hauer and Yvonne Sciò. It was also released under the titles Redline and Armageddon. It is the first film between Rutger Hauer and Mark Dacascos. A Canadian - Dutch co-production it was filmed mainly in Hungary...	John Anderson Wade
	The Ruby Ring	Patrick Collins	Television film
1998	Tactical Assault Tactical Assault Tactical Assault is a 1998 action/adventure film starring Rutger Hauer, Robert Patrick, Isabel Glasser and Dey Young. It was directed by Mark Griffiths and written by David Golden.- Summary :...	John 'Doc' Holiday
	Merlin Merlin (film) Merlin is a television miniseries which originally aired in 1998 that retells the legend of King Arthur from the perspective of the wizard Merlin...	King Vortigern	Television film
	Bone Daddy	William H. Palmer
1999	Simon Magus	Count Albrecht, the Squire
	New World Disorder	David Marx

2000s

Year	Film title	Role	Note(s)
2000	Lying in Wait	Keith Miller
	Partners in Crime	Gene Reardon
	Wilder	Dr. Sam Dennis Charney
2001	Jungle Juice Jungle Juice (film) Jungle Juice is a 2001 100-minute long comedy film directed and written by Tony Vitale. Film stars Darren Geare, R. J. Knool, Robert Wagner, Rutger Hauer, Morgan Fairchild, Christine Lakin, Christopher Walken and Darcy Donovan. As of Oct. 2009, it has never been released theatrically or on DVD....	Jean-Luc
	The Room	Harry	Rutger Hauer is also co-directing Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...  this film
	The Last Words of Dutch Schultz	Arthur "Dutch Schultz" Flegenheimer	(voice)
	Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal is a 2001 direct to video action-thriller film directed by Jorge Montessi and starring Zak Santiago and Monika Schnarre and introducing John Mann as Slade Craven.-Plot:...	Copilot MacIntosh	Direct-to-video Direct-to-video Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
	Flying Virus Flying Virus Flying Virus is a 2001 American-Brazilian horror film written and directed by Jeff Hare, which starred Gabrielle Anwar and Rutger Hauer...	Ezekial
2002	The God's Bankers	Cardinale Marcinkus Paul Marcinkus Paul Casimir Marcinkus was an American archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was best known for his tenure as President of the Vatican Bank from 1971 through 1989.-Early life:...	Original title: I banchieri di Dio
	Scorcher Scorcher (film) Scorcher is a 2002 science fiction disaster film directed by James Seale and starring Mark Dacascos, John Rhys-Davies, Jeffrey Johnson, Tamara Davies, Mark Rolston and Rutger Hauer. It was first released in the USA in 2002...	President Nelson
	Warrior Angels	Grekkor
	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 biographical spy film depicting the life of popular game show host and producer Chuck Barris, who claimed to have also been an assassin for the Central Intelligence Agency...	Keeler
2004	In the Shadow of the Cobra	Gallo
	Tempesta	Van Beuningen
	Salem's Lot	Kurt Barlow	Television miniseries
	Never Enough	Sebastian	Original title: Camera ascunsa
2005	Sin City Sin City (film) Sin City, also known as Frank Miller's Sin City, is a 2005 crime thriller film written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez...	Cardinal Roark
	Batman Begins Batman Begins Batman Begins is a 2005 American superhero action film based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, directed by Christopher Nolan. It stars Christian Bale as Batman, along with Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe, Tom Wilkinson,...	Earle
	Dracula III: Legacy Dracula III: Legacy Dracula III: Legacy is a 2005 horror film and the sequel to Dracula 2000 and Dracula II: Ascension. The film was directed by Patrick Lussier and stars Jason Scott Lee, Jason London, Roy Scheider, and Diane Neal...	Count Dracula Count Dracula Count Dracula is a fictional character, the titular antagonist of Bram Stoker's 1897 Gothic horror novel Dracula and archetypal vampire. Some aspects of his character have been inspired by the 15th century Romanian general and Wallachian Prince Vlad III the Impaler...
	Mirror Wars: Reflection One	Mysterious Man	Original title: Zerkalnie voyni: Otrazhenie pervoye
	The Poseidon Adventure The Poseidon Adventure (2005 film) The Poseidon Adventure is a 2005 action and adventure film based on a novel by Paul Gallico. It is a remake of the 1972 film of the same name.-Plot:...	Bishop August Schmitt
2006	The Hunt for Eagle One The Hunt for Eagle One The Hunt for Eagle One is a 2006 film. The story takes place during Operation Enduring Freedom in The Philippines. A group of U.S. Marines are sent to rescue a captured U.S. Marine Captain and a Filipino Major while stopping a group of Al-Qaeda-backed local rebels from launching biological weapons....	General Frank Lewis
	Minotaur Minotaur (film) Minotaur is a 2006 horror film, directed by Jonathan English. It stars Tom Hardy, Tony Todd, Ingrid Pitt and Rutger Hauer. It was filmed in Luxembourg.-Plot:Long ago in the Iron Age a shadow loomed over the lonely village of Thena...	Cyrnan
	Mentor Mentor (film) Mentor is a 2006 drama film directed by David Langlitz and written by William Whitehurst, exploring the relationship between a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and his protegé.The film stars Rutger Hauer, Matthew Davis, Dagmara Dominczyk, and Susan Misner....	Sanford Pollard
	The Hunt for Eagle One: Crash Point	General Frank Lewis	Direct-to-video
2007	Goal II: Living the Dream Goal! 2: Living the Dream... Goal II: Living the Dream is the second part of the football film trilogy Goal! and it was released on 9 February 2007 in the United Kingdom and 29 August 2008 in the United States.- Plot :...	Rudi Van Der Merwe
	7eventy 5ive 7eventy 5ive Dead Tone, originally released as 7eventy 5ive, is a 2007 horror film directed and written by Brian Hooks and Deon Taylor. It stars Brian Hooks, Antwon Tanner, Cherie Johnson, Rutger Hauer, German Legarreta, Gwendoline Yeo and Aimee Garcia.-Plot:...	Detective Criton
	Moving McAllister Moving McAllister Moving McAllister is a 2007 American comedy film starring Mila Kunis, Jon Heder, Rutger Hauer, and Billy Drago. The film was shot largely in Utah and St Johns County, Florida and was produced by Camera 40 Productions...	McAllister
	Starting Over	Peter Rossen	Television film
2008	Spoon	Victor Spoon
	Magic Flute Diaries	Dr. Richard Nagel
	Bride Flight Bride Flight Bride Flight is a film about the victory of the KLM flight in the 1953 London to Christchurch air race. It was directed by Ben Sombogaart and stars Karina Smulders, Waldemar Torenstra and Rawiri Paratene. The film premièred in 2008, with the first release in Belgium. The Dutch singer Ilse DeLange...	Old Frank
2009	Barbarossa	Federico Barbarossa
	Tonight at Noon	Diego
	Happiness Runs	Insley

2010s

Year	Film title	Role	Note(s)
2010	Hobo With a Shotgun	Hobo
2011	The Mill and the Cross The Mill and the Cross The Mill and the Cross is a 2011 drama film directed by Lech Majewski and starring Rutger Hauer, Charlotte Rampling and Michael York. It is inspired by Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 1564 painting The Way to Calvary, and based on Michael Francis Gibson's book The Mill and the Cross. The film was a...	Peter Bruegel

External links

• Filmography at Rutger Hauer's website
• Filmography Rutger Hauer at Allmovie