RIP Rutger Hauer

[mopper_smurf]

The greatest Dutch actor is no more, You guys all know (and love) Blade Runner, right?

Actor Rutger Hauer, who starred in 1982's Blade Runner, has died at the age of 75.

His agent confirmed the star died in the Netherlands on Friday after a short illness.

Hauer played the murderous replicant Roy Batty in Blade Runner, which was directed by Ridley Scott and also starred Harrison Ford.

The actor's funeral was held on Wednesday.

Hauer's character gave a famous speech during a climatic face-off with Ford at the end of Blade Runner, dialogue which he helped write himself.

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe," he is seen telling Ford. "Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die."

Hauer is quoted as telling an interviewer his character - who had only a four year lifespan - wanted to "make his mark on existence".

"The replicant in the final scene, by dying," he said, "shows Deckard what a real man is made of."

Hauer was particularly well known for horror and vampire roles, starring as Van Helsing in Dracula 3D, and as the vampire Barlow in Salem's lot - a 2004 mini series of the Stephen King novel.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49098435

I visited a couple of his lectures on acting over the years. A true gentleman who could handle inane and in-depth questions with equal grace.

[Hicks]

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain." 

RIP

[mehead]

Love Blade Runner and The Hitcher.

RIP

[ytowndan]

Damn, RIP

I had no idea, btw, that there's a miniseries adaptation of Salem's Lot. 

[mistercharlie]

Loved him in Blade Runner, but The Hitcher is where my mind immediately goes when thinking of him.

RIP.

[khalpin]

The Hitcher is where my mind immediately goes when thinking of him.

RIP.

[cactusfan]

Without Rutger, how could you even consider making Blind Fury or Hobo with a Shotgun?

Also, he is awesome. RIP

His early Dutch movies directed by Paul Verhoeven are also worth seeking out.

[birdman]

He scared the shit out of me as a kid when I first saw the Hitcher. RIP