# RIP Rutger Hauer at 75 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [July 24, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554 "2019-07-24T17:18:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/41 "2019-07-25T02:23:38Z")
I first saw him in the Dutch film [Spetters](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081547/)on the art circuit when I was briefly dating a Dutch woman. ---
**Author:** ![pohjonen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pohjonen/32/423_2.png) [@pohjonen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pohjonen)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/42 "2019-07-25T03:05:00Z")
**Escape from Sobibor** is the film I remember him from the most. It’s [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdgCYMT08RE) in its entirety. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/43 "2019-07-25T03:51:28Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Might also look for it titled _The Blood of Heroes_ Kidda: How do you know if you’re good enough? Sallow (Hauer): You know. Kidda: What if you’re wrong? Sallow: You find out. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/44 "2019-07-25T04:58:56Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > **Escape from Sobibor** is the film I remember him from the most. It’s [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdgCYMT08RE) in its entirety. Interesting side note: the last known survivor of the Sobibor uprising, one Semion Rosenfeld, passed away just last month at 96. ---
**Author:** ![DerNils](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerNils](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerNils)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/45 "2019-07-25T08:54:13Z")
I always felt that no matter how shitty the movie, Rutger was still doing his best. That is something not a lot of other actors can say. And thank you for this thread, it made me Aware of a lot of his works I missed. Besides Blade Runner and Flesh&Blood, I do remember him in Lexx - The Dark Zone, a cheesy SF series with a lot of innovative ideas and charms for its time. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/46 "2019-07-25T12:50:39Z")
They should have tried EMS recombination or a repressor protein that blocks the operating cells. I guess they missed uploading his memories into a Nexus-7. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/47 "2019-07-25T13:02:43Z")
I thought he did a good job with a comedic role in, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. He played mostly villain roles. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/48 "2019-07-25T15:31:45Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > RIP, he was a great actor and always fun to watch. > > Worth noting that he died in the same year as Roy Batty. Agreed, and good point! I didn’t see him in too many things, but his performance in _Blade Runner_ was certainly memorable. He also did well as a sleazy exec in one of the Christopher Nolan _Batman_ movies. May he rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/49 "2019-07-25T16:19:45Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > He was in a lot of films, but I’ll remember him best from Ladyhawke. Etienne Navarre was my first movie crush. I’m sorry to read that he’s died. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/50 "2019-07-25T16:53:04Z")
> [@DerNils](#): > > I always felt that no matter how shitty the movie, Rutger was still doing his best. That is something not a lot of other actors can say. Aye; this is true. Michael Caine and Bruce Campbell also do this and are similarly beloved and respected, but I agree it is a rarer thing than it ought to be. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/51 "2019-07-26T01:07:54Z")
[Moderating] > [@divemaster](#): > > As much as I like Rutger Hauer, my appreciation for **Flesh+Blood** is directionally proportional to the copious amounts of full frontal nudity exhibited by Jennifer Jason Leigh. Back in those days, a teen fellow had to take nudity (especially celebrity nudity) whenever he could get it. Suffice it to say, this was one VHS that really got wore out. > > But I digress… Yes, you digress. This isn’t on-topic, and it doesn’t add anything needed to the conversation. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554/52 "2019-07-26T01:17:28Z")
We don’t have enough film performances from Rutger Hauer. He was never not-interesting. Perhaps it was his intelligence and taste that led him to be less driven to make movies than some. Certainly _Blade Runner_ is unimaginable without his wildly-eccentric performance—one that, ironically, was deeply characterized by its humanity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rutger-hauer-at-75/837554.md?page=2)