Editing Rutger Hauer (section)

== Early life ==
Hauer was born in [[Breukelen]], in the [[Province of Utrecht]], on 23 January 1944,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/5449151/__Rutger_Hauer__Bescheiden_wereldster__.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110108085536/http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/5449151/__Rutger_Hauer__Bescheiden_wereldster__.html |archive-date=8 January 2011 |title=Rutger Hauer: Bescheiden wereldster – Privé {{!}} Het laatste Privé nieuws leest u op Prive.nl van De Telegraaf [prive&#93;]. Telegraaf.nl (30 November 2009). Retrieved on 28 December 2012}}</ref> while the Netherlands was under [[Netherlands in World War II|German occupation]] during [[World War II]].<ref>[http://www.50plusser.nl/?page=vandaag&p=foto&photo_id=52193 De Boerderij van Rutger Hauer te Beetsterzwaag] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929141634/https://www.50plusser.nl/?page=vandaag&p=foto&photo_id=52193 |date=29 September 2020 }}, 50plusser.nl; accessed 17 January 2018.{{in lang|nl}}</ref> He stated in a 1981 interview, "I was born in the middle of the war, and I think for that reason I have deep roots in [[pacifism]]. Violence frightens me."<ref name=1981clipping/> His parents were Teunke ([[née]] Mellema) and [[Arend Hauer]], both actors who operated an acting school in nearby [[Amsterdam]].<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/movies/rutger-hauer-dead.html|title =Rutger Hauer, a Memorable Villain in 'Blade Runner,' Dies at 75|first =Neil|last =Genzlinger|website =The New York Times|date =24 July 2019|access-date =25 July 2019|archive-date =26 July 2019|archive-url =https://archive.today/20190726120406/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/movies/rutger-hauer-dead.html|url-status =live}}</ref> He had three sisters.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/rutger-hauer-feel-lucky-not-famous/|title =Rutger Hauer: I feel lucky I'm not that famous|first =Boudicca|last =Fox-Leonard|website =The Telegraph|date =11 March 2019|access-date =25 July 2019|archive-date =30 March 2019|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190330170031/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/rutger-hauer-feel-lucky-not-famous/|url-status =live}}</ref> According to Hauer, his parents were more interested in their art than their children. He did not have a close relationship with his father, and writer [[Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema]] later became a father figure to Hauer after they met during the filming of ''[[Soldier of Orange]]''.<ref name=NOSsteenhoff/>

Hauer attended a [[Waldorf education|Rudolf Steiner school]], as his parents wanted him to develop his creativity.<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.watson.ch/interview/film/964909270-so-erlebte-rutger-hauer-1962-die-schweiz-tagsueber-hassten-sie-messer-nachts-voegelten-alle-durcheinander|title ="Blade Runner"-Star Rutger Hauer ist tot – sein letztes grosses watson-Interview|first =Simone|last =Meier|website =[[Watson (newspaper)|Watson]]|date =24 July 2019|access-date =25 July 2019|archive-date =25 July 2019|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190725042510/https://www.watson.ch/interview/film/964909270-so-erlebte-rutger-hauer-1962-die-schweiz-tagsueber-hassten-sie-messer-nachts-voegelten-alle-durcheinander|url-status =live}}</ref> At the age of 15, he left school to join the Dutch [[merchant navy]]. He spent a year travelling the world aboard a freighter, but was unable to become a [[Captain (naval)|captain]] due to his [[colourblindness]].<ref name=nd75>{{cite web|url =https://www.nd.nl/nieuws/nederland/ook-75-rutger-hauer-werd-een-boegbeeld.3257757.lynkx|title =Ook 75: Rutger Hauer werd een boegbeeld|website =Nederlands Dagblad|first =Herman|last =Veenhof|date =22 January 2019|language =nl|access-date =25 July 2019|archive-date =25 July 2019|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190725042512/https://www.nd.nl/nieuws/nederland/ook-75-rutger-hauer-werd-een-boegbeeld.3257757.lynkx|url-status =dead}}</ref> Returning home, he worked in odd jobs while finishing his high school diploma at night. He then entered the [[Theaterschool|Academy for Theater and Dance]] in Amsterdam for acting classes, but soon dropped out to join the [[Royal Netherlands Army]]. He received training as a [[combat medic]],<ref name=":2"/> but left the service after a few months as he opposed the use of deadly weapons.<ref name=nd75/> He subsequently returned to acting school and graduated in 1967.<ref name=1981clipping>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19810423&id=a8AqAAAAIBAJ&pg=4824,4379089&hl=en|title=Rutger Hauer Out of Character|author=Staff|work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=23 April 1981|page=6E|access-date=5 October 2020|archive-date=27 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127021236/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19810423&id=a8AqAAAAIBAJ&pg=4824,4379089&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>