Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer in Blade Runner

Rutger Hauer (1944 - 2019)

Film Deaths

• Mysteries (1978) [Johan Nagel]: Commits suicide by jumping into the ocean and drowns.
• Nighthawks (1981) [Heymar 'Wulfgar' Reinhardt]: Shot to death by Sylvester Stallone.
• Chanel Solitaire (1981) [Étienne Balsan]: Dies off-screen of unspecified circumstances.
• Blade Runner (1982) [Roy Batty]: Dies when he reaches the end of his artificial lifespan after speaking of life to the Blade Runner, Harrison Ford.
• The Hitcher (1986) [John Ryder]: Shot to death by C.Thomas Howell as vengeance for killing Jennifer Jason Leigh.
• The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) [Andreas Kartack]: Dies of liver cancer in church with his friend Dominique Pinon, as well as all the people around him by his side, towards the end of movie.
• Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) [The Brain]: Stabbed repeatedly in the stomach by a mob assassin (either Fisher Stevens or Steve Buscemi) he dies sometime later while doctors (including Graham Brown) try to save him as William Murray Weiss looks on.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) [Lothos]: Stabbed in the heart with a wooden stake by Kristy Swanson.
• Arctic Blue (1993) [Ben Corbett]: Presumably dies off-screen from blood loss after being shot in the stomach by Kevin Cooney after killing John Cuthbert.
• Surviving the Game (1994) [Thomas Burns]: Dies trying to shoot Ice-T; RH's hunting rifle, which has been jammed with cigarettes, backfires explosively. ("There's something you should do first when you find a gun...Always check the barrel.")
• Redline (Deathline) (1997) [John Anderson Wade]: Shot in the head by Mark Dacascos in a field; he is brought back to life as a part of a secret experiment.
• Tactical Assault (1999) [Capt. John 'Doc' Holiday]: Drowned when his plane crashes into a river/ocean after being shot down by Robert Patrick at the end of a dog fight.
• Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal (2001) [Copilot MacIntosh]: Commits suicide by shooting himself under the chin.
• Flying Virus (Killer Buzz) (2001) [Ezekial]: Eaten by an alligator.
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) [Keeler]: Killed off-screen by Julia Roberts. His body is shown lying in the morgue afterwards.
• Sin City (2005) [Cardinal Patrick Henry Roark]: Head crushed by Mickey Rourke off-screen in his bedroom; we only see a close-up of Mickey's face with blood splattering on it.
• Dracula III: Legacy (2005) [Count Dracula]: Decapitated by Jason Scott Lee with his sword, after being bitten in the throat by Jason while Diane Neal look in horror.
• Mentor (2006) [Sanford Pollard]: Dies off-screen of a cancer, his body is represented in the photos of his funeral.
• 7eventy 5ive (2007) [Detective Criton]: Hacked to death off-screen, along with Gwendoline Yeo by Kyle Turley with an axe, after Rutger and Gwendoline shoot Brian Hooks towards the end of the movie.
• Barbarossa (2009) [Frederick Barbarossa]: Bitten to death by a snake near Silifke Castle in the Saleph river on 10 June 1190. (Historically Barbarossa drowned).
• Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) [Hobo]: Shot to death by Jeremy Akerman and the other police officers, after Rutger kills Brian Downey.
• The Rite (2011) [Istvan Kovak]: Dies off-screen of unknown causes, we only learn of his death when his son Colin O'Donoghue is informed after getting a call from his father from beyond the grave.
• The Fifth Execution (2011) [Mr. Hunt]: Heavily implied as being shot off-screen by Bo-Sung Kim after Bo fights Hauer's men and bursts into his office and the film fades to black.
• The Heineken Kidnapping (2011) [Freddy Heineken]: Dies off-screen of pneumonia.
• 2047: Sights of Death (2014) [Colonel Asimov]: Heart torn out by Neva Leoni (who's wearing make-up).
• Admiral (2015) [Maarten Tromp]: Mortally shot in the chest by an English sharpshooter as the Dutch fleet were engaged in battle with them. He dies talking with Frank Lammers.
• Beyond Valkyrie: Dawn of the 4th Reich (2016) [Oskar Halminski]: Shot to death by Nazi soldiers while Julie Engelbrecht looks on in horror.
• Gangsterdam (2017) [Dolph Van Tannen]: Shot by Alex Hendrickx, just as Rutger was about to shoot his own son.
• The Sisters Brothers (2018) [The Commodore]: Dies off-screen of unspecified causes. His body is seen when Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly come into his house expecting to engage in a gunfight with Rutger, only to find his funeral going on.
• The Sonata (2018) [Richard Marlowe]: Burns himself alive at the beginning.

Television Deaths

• Inside the Third Reich (1982 TV) [Albert Speer]: Dies from a stroke off screen, his 1981 death is mentioned before the closing credits.
• Blind Side (1993 TV Movie) [Jake Shell]: Electrocuted when Rebecca De Mornay throw an lamp after he falls into a hot tub at the end of a fight with Ron Silver.
• Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994, TV movie) [Fred Noonan]: As Amelia Earhart's navigator he disappeared with her on her attempt to fly around the world. (I haven't seen this version but Noonan's fate is clear)
• Fatherland (1994, TV Movie) [SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Xavier March]: Killed by SS/Gestapo assassins.
• The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon (1997, TV Movie) [John Thornton]: Shot repeatedly in the back and chest with arrows by Yeehat warriors. His body is later seen as the dog Buck stands over him towards the end of TV Movie.
• Lexx: Eating Pattern (1997) [Bog]: Killed when an alien worm that was controlling him detaches from his brain along with all the other villagers.
• Merlin (1998 mini-series) [Vortigern]: Drowned when Sam Neill uses his sword Excalibur to crack the ice underneath him in the middle of a lake battle.
• The 10th Kingdom (2000 mini-series) [Huntsman]: Shot in the back when his enchanted crossbow fires into the air during a struggle with Scott Cohen; the bolt hits him in the back when it comes down.
• Alias: Phase One (2003) [Anthony Geiger]: Shot in the chest by Jennifer Garner as he's about to kill Victor Garber.
• Salem's Lot (2004 mini-series) [Kurt Barlow]: Stabbed in the heart with a wooden stake by Rob Lowe.
• Michelangelo - Il cuore e la pietra (2012 TV) [Michelangelo]: Died off-screen in 1564, his body is shown lying in a cart full of straw.
• Galavant (2015) [Kingsley]: Stabbed in the back by Mallory Jansen while he is about to execute Vinnie Jones.
• The Last Kingdom: Season 1 Episode 1 (2015) [Ravn]: Burned alive along with Peter Gantzler, inside their longhouse, which had been set ablaze by Alexandre Willaume, Ole Christoffer Ertvaag and their men, on top of having been shot in the stomach with an arrow, whilst he cradles Andrea Vagn Jensen's dead body in his arms.
• Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block- Sacrifice Zone (2018) [Joseph Peach]: Explodes along with his family, by an ancient demon when they don't give him a child to sacrifice in time.

Video Game Deaths

• Observer (2017) [Daniel Lazarski]: Body taken over by Brandon Fague while his consciousness is transferred to the body of Arkadiusz Jakubik. Rutger's body is beaten by Arkadiusz; it is uncertain if the former survives, but the latter is shot dead by police. (This is one of two endings of the game, in the other Rutger survives.)
• Kingdom Hearts III (2019) [Master Xehanort]: Dies when he ascends into the afterlife with Master Eraqus (voiced by Mark Hamill).

Gallery

Rutger Hauer in The Hitcher

Rutger Hauer in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Rutger Hauer (with Yvonne Scio) in Redline

Rutger Hauer dead in Lexx: Eating Pattern

Rutger Hauer's death in Alias: Phase One

Rutger Hauer in Hobo with a Shotgun