Strikingly handsome, powerfully built Dutch leading man of film and TV. With his blond hair, blue eyes, thin lips, and fair complexion, Hauer embodies the traditional image of the Aryan superman. Fittingly, he made his American TV debut playing Albert Speer, Hitler's personal architect, in the acclaimed docudrama miniseries "Inside the Third Reich" (ABC, 1982). While sturdily convincing as heroic protectors and ambiguous rogues, Hauer brings charisma to villianous usurpers and steely-eyed psychos ("The Hitcher" 1986). His sinister roles have attracted more attention stateside while European
