Rutger Hauer: from Blade Runner to Buffy the Vampire Slayer – in pictures
The Dutch actor, who has died aged 75, had a long career playing – mostly – villains and ne’er-do-wells, but his charisma and force was always apparent
•Peter Bradshaw on Rutger Hauer: an icily elegant presence with a touch of self-aware drollery
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Turkish Delight, 1973 Photograph: www.ronaldgrantarchive.com
![TURKS FRUIT [NDL 1973] aka TURKISH DELIGHT RUTGER HAUER](https://web.archive.org/web/20190726030813im_/https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/904068c3db4b36d2c0d71973b708fc2deaf38c5f/0_0_3813_2635/master/3813.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d2d6b925e2dd02979080ee0ddab1d12a)
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With Monique van de Ven in Keetje Tippel, 1975 Photograph: PR
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With Sidney Poitier, Prunella Gee and Michael Caine in The Wilby Conspiracy, 1975 Photograph: AF archive/Alamy Stock Photo
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Soldier of Orange, 1977 Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
![SOLDIER OF ORANGE [NDL / BELG 1977]SOLDAAT VAN ORANJE [NDL / BELG 1977] aka SOLDIER OF ORANGE DEREK DE LINT, RUTGER HAUER, [unidentified]](https://web.archive.org/web/20190726030813im_/https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/84c8dc49b7f370fe2bd4321d9c31cef165bc5697/0_0_3936_2581/master/3936.jpg?width=300&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=2f2cc5be745c03a5fe537fa3dbba7694)
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With Sylvester Stallone in Nighthawks, 1981 Photograph: Allstar/UNIVERSAL
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Blade Runner, 1982 Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Feature
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Eureka, 1983 Photograph: Jf Prods/Recorded Picture Co/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
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Ladyhawke, 1985 Photograph: Allstar/WARNER BROS.
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Flesh+Blood, 1985 Photograph: Allstar/ORION PICTURES
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The Hitcher, 1986 Photograph: Allstar/HBO/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
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With Joanna Pacula and Alan Arkin in Escape from Sobibor, 1987 Photograph: Allstar/BBC
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The Legend Of The Holy Drinker, 1988 Photograph: Aura/Cecchi Gori/Tiger/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
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With Matt Dillon and Tony Longo in Bloodhounds of Broadway, 1989 Photograph: Allstar/COLUMBIA PICTURES
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With Kristy Swanson in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1992 Photograph: Allstar/20TH CENTURY FOX
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With Miranda Richardson in Fatherland, 1994 Photograph: Allstar/MGM/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
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Merlin, 1998 Photograph: Cine Text/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
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Hobo with a Shotgun, 2011 Photograph: Allstar/MOMENTUM PICTURES/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
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With Asia Argento in Dracula 3D, 2012 Photograph: Allstar/FILM EXPORT GROUP
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At the Sundance film festival in 2013 Photograph: Victoria Will/Invision/AP
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The Last Kingdom, 2015 Photograph: Joss Barratt/BBC/Carnival Films/Joss Barratt
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Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block, 2018 Photograph: Syfy/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images
![TURKS FRUIT [NDL 1973] aka TURKISH DELIGHT RUTGER HAUER](https://web.archive.org/web/20190726030813im_/https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/904068c3db4b36d2c0d71973b708fc2deaf38c5f/0_0_3813_2635/master/3813.jpg?width=1010&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=1a9c03ef6fb7ee1d298a366b12cfa86a)
![SOLDIER OF ORANGE [NDL / BELG 1977]SOLDAAT VAN ORANJE [NDL / BELG 1977] aka SOLDIER OF ORANGE DEREK DE LINT, RUTGER HAUER, [unidentified]](https://web.archive.org/web/20190726030813im_/https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/84c8dc49b7f370fe2bd4321d9c31cef165bc5697/0_0_3936_2581/master/3936.jpg?width=1010&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=832461012bcb447b3da83c519b452729)
