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Ravn

Earl Ragnar鈥檚 elderly father Ravn is a 鈥榮kald鈥 鈥 a Viking poet and wise man.

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Rutger Hauer

With his considerable life experience he is philosophical about the struggles of the Danes, and is able to impart his wisdom on young , who often acts as the eyes of blind Ravn.

Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer has worked with filmmakers including Ridley Scott, Christopher Nolan, Phil Noyce, Lina Wertmüller, Ermanno Olmi, Robert Rodriguez, Dutch director Paul Verhoeven and has appeared in George Clooney’s . Rutger played a crucial role for Season six of for HBO and recently returned for the upcoming season.

In the last few years he has been involved in a number of international productions including , , , , , , and . His other recent films include , the Sundance Film Festival hit , (also starring Sir Anthony Hopkins) for Warner Brothers, as well as with his latest production .

In the summer of 2011 Rutger starred in with acclaimed international director Dario Argento. In the last decade, Hauer has been involved in major Hollywood productions, such as Warner Bros. (directed by Christopher Nolan, with Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Liam Neeson), the TV mini-­鈥恠eries The Poseidon Adventure and Sin City the all鈥恠tar cast film directed by Robert Rodriguez together with Frank Miller, who wrote and illustrated the graphic novel series on which the movie was based.

In 2007, Rutger authored his long-­awaited autobiography entitled All Those Moments: Stories of Heroes, Villains, Replicants and Blade Runners with all proceeds going to charity initiatives.