Rutger Hauer, the Dutch actor best known for his role in the seminal sci-fi film Blade Runner, has been remembered at the 92nd Academy Awards in Hollywood.

Hauer, who died in July 2019 aged 75, played android Roy Batty, a blond-haired “replicant”, in Ridley Scott’s 1982 film, and won much acclaim for both his performance and dialogue – much of which he himself wrote.

Scott cast him sight unseen on the strength of a string of performances made for fellow Dutch film-maker Paul Verhoeven. Hauer’s later career never quite reached the heights it had with Blade Runner, but he continued to work, including making a series of acclaimed Guinness adverts broadcast on UK TV.