Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer (January 23, 1944 - July 19, 2019) was a Dutch actor who portrayed Ravn in The Last Kingdom.

Biography[]

Rutger Hauer has an international reputation for playing everything from romantic leads to action heroes to sinister villains. Hauer was born in Breukelen, a town in the province of Utrecht, the Netherlands. He is the son of Teunke (Mellema) and Arend Hauer, both actors. Because his parents were often touring, he and his three sisters were raised by a nanny. A bit of a rebel during his childhood, he chafed at the rules and rigors of school and was often getting into mischief. His grandfather had been the captain of a schooner and at age 15, Hauer ran away to work on a freighter for a year. Like his great-grandfather, Hauer is color-blind, which prevented him from furthering his career as a sailor.

Upon his return he attended night school and started working in the construction industry. When he again bombed at school, his parents enrolled him in drama classes. Fancying himself a poet, he spent most of his time writing poetry and hanging out in Amsterdam coffee houses instead of studying. He was expelled for poor attendance and afterward spent a brief period in the Dutch navy. Deciding he didn't like military life, he convinced his superiors that he was mentally unfit and was sent to a special home for psych patients. It was an unpleasant place, but Hauer remained there until he convinced his ranking officers that the military really did not need him.

Hauer passed away on July 19, 2019, following an unspecified illness.

Selected Filmography[]

Blade Runner as Roy Batty
Batman Begins as Earle
Sin City as Cardinal Roark
The Hitcher as John Ryder
Ladyhawke as Navarre
Flesh + Blood as Martin
Blind Fury as Nick Parker
Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Lothos
Hobo with a Shotgun as Hobo
The Rite as Istvan Kovak

Appearances[]

The Last Kingdom[]

Episodes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Season 1	✔
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Seven Kings Must Die

External Links[]

Rutger Hauer on Wikipedia
Rutger Hauer at the Internet Movie Database

Cast
Main Cast	Adrian Bouchet (2-4) • Adrian Bower (1, 3) • Adrian Schiller (3-5) • Alexander Dreymon (1-5) • Alexandre Willaume (1-2) • Amelia Clarkson (3-5) • Amy Wren (1) • Arnas Fedaravicius (2-5) • Björn Bengtsson (2) • Brian Vernel (1) • Cavan Clerkin (2-5) • Charlie Murphy (1) • Christian Hillborg (2) • David Dawson (1-3) • David Schofield (2) • Dorian Lough (4-5) • Eliza Butterworth (1-5) • Emily Cox (1-5) • Eva Birthistle (1-5) • Ewan Mitchell (2-5) • Eysteinn Sigurðarson (4-5) • Finn Elliot (4-5) • Gerard Kearns (1-2) • Harry McEntire (1-3) • Ian Hart (1-4) • James Northcote (2-5) • Jamie Blackley (4) • Jeppe Beck Laursen (2-5) • Joseph Millson (1-2, 4) • Julia Bache-Wiig (1-3) • Kevin Eldon (3) • Magnus Bruun (3-4) • Mark Rowley (2-5) • Matthew Macfadyen (1) • Millie Brady (2-5) • Nigel Lindsay (4) • Ola Rapace (3) • Ole Christoffer Ertvaag (1-2) • Peri Baumeister (2-3) • Peter McDonald (2) • Richard Dillane (4) • Ruby Hartley (4-5) • Rune Temte (1) • Simon Kunz (1-2) • Simon Stenspil (2-3) • Stefanie Martini (4-5) • Steffan Rhodri (4) • Thea Sofie Loch Næss (3) • Thomas W. Gabrielsson (1) • Thure Lindhardt (2) • Timothy Innes (3-5) • Tobias Santelmann (1-3) • Toby Regbo (2-4)
Supporting Cast	Alec Newman (1) • André Eriksen (2) • Anthony Cozens (2, 4) • Caspar Griffiths (4) • Ciáran Owens (3) • David Gant (2) • David Pearse (2) • Debbie Chazen (3-4) • Ed Birch (3) • Ewan Horrocks (5) • Harry Anton (5) • Harry Gilby (5) • Helena Albright (4) • Henning Valin Jakobsen (1, 3) • Henrik Lundström (2) • Ian Conningham (3) • Jaakko Ohtonen (5) • Jason Flemyng (1) • Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (2) • Jon Furlong (3) • Jonas Malmsjö (1) • Julia Brown (3-4) • Kenneth M. Christensen (2) • Lorcan Cranitch (1) • Magnus Samuelsson (2) • Marcell Zsolt Halmy (4) • Máté Haumann (4) • Nicholas Asbury (4) • Nicholas Rowe (1) • Oengus MacNamara (2) • Oscar Skagerberg (4) • Ossian Perret (4-5) • Patrick Robinson (5) • Paul Ritter (1) • Peter Gantzler (1) • Phia Saban (5) • Richard Clews (2) • Richard Heap (4) • Richard Rankin (2) • Rutger Hauer (1) • Sean Gilder (1) • Sonya Cassidy (5) • Tom Taylor (1) • Tygo Gernandt (3-4) • Victor McGuire (1)
Guest Cast	Season 4: Kimberley Wintle • Kirill Bánfalvi • Ralph Berkin • Ilona Kassai • Endre Beleznay • Kincsõ Pethõ • Dióssy Gábor • Angela Bain • Ceri Murphy • Zoltán Zicherman • Craig Russell • Gabriel Harland • Tristan Harland • James Craze • Antal Leisen • Neil Ashton • Mihály Hajagos • Dorka Gáspárfalvi Season 3: Rachel Bavidge • Klári Tolnai • Frank Bourke • James Oliver Wheatley • Bernard Cornwell • Lee Boardman • Iván Fenyö • Juha Hippi • Christopher Rygh • Annamária Bitó • Anton Saunders • Anastasia Hille • Ella Bruccoleri • Virág Bárány • Tom Fyans • Kristóf Ódor • Tibor Buch • Ágnes Csikász • Martin Furulund • Jonathan Peck • Matthew Steer • Daniel Tuite • Tomas Engström • Kata Sarbo • Martin Angerbauer Season 2: Sarah Broadbent • Grant Stimpson • Tibor Milos Krisko • Timothy Walker • Sergej Onopko • Zsolt Vicei • Pál Makrai • Tamás Szabó Sipos • Dénes Ákos Gere • Mirjam Novak • Blanca Györfi-Tóth • Dean Smith • Catherine Kohl • Christopher Sciueref • Tina Gray • Marc Rissmann • Mark Flitton • John McAllister • Erik Madsen • Christos Lawton • Daisy May • Mark Phelan • Martyn Ellis • Ingar Helge Gimle Season 1: Michael Jibson • Nikolett Barabas • Zsófia Farkas • Balázs Csémy • Geoffrey Thomas • Ákos Baji • István Koleszár • Laura Döbrösi • Alan David • Simon Nader • Alexis Latham • Craig Whittaker • Helen Monks • Kevin Griffiths • Nóra Hörich • Declan Hannigan • Caroline Boulton • László Mátray • Grahame Fox • Andy Gathergood • Balázs Medveczky • Elizabeth Conboy • Levente Törköly • Mike Kelly • Matt Devere • Jocelyn Macnab • Andrea Vagn Jensen • Madeleine Power • Andrew Lukacs