Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 18, 1941
Place of Birth:
Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
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David Hemmings
Biography
David Edward Leslie Hemmings was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer.
He is noted for his role as the photographer in the drama mystery-thriller film Blowup (1966), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. Early in his career, Hemmings was a boy soprano appearing in operatic roles. In his later acting career, he was known for his distinctive eyebrows and gravelly voice.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Blow Up of 'Blow-Up' | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Romantic | Sadun |
| 2005 | Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' | Self |
| 2004 | Blessed | Earl Sidney |
| 2004 | Britten's Children | Self |
| 2003 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen | Nigel |
| 2003 | The Night We Called It a Day | Mickey Rudin |
| 2003 | 100 Greatest Sexy Moments | Self |
| 2002 | Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice | Martin Fox |
| 2002 | Lenny Blue | DCI Tommy Gillespie |
| 2002 | Equilibrium | Proctor |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Mr. Schermerhorn |
| 2002 | Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up | Self |
| 2001 | Mean Machine | Governor |
| 2001 | Last Orders | Lenny |
| 2001 | Spy Game | Harry Duncan |
| 2000 | Gladiator | Cassius |
| 2000 | The Real Oliver Reed | Narrator |
| 1995 | A Mind to Murder | Godbolt |
| 1995 | Dear Antonioni | Self |
| 1989 | The Rainbow | Uncle Henry |
| 1989 | The Turn of the Screw | Mister Harley |
| 1988 | Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder | President Andrew Jackson |
| 1987 | 3 On a Match | Maxwell 'Newt' Newton |
| 1987 | Harry's Hong Kong | Jack Rourke |
| 1985 | The Key to Rebecca | Maj. Smith |
| 1984 | Airwolf: The Movie | Dr. Charles Henry Moffet |
| 1984 | Thumbelina | Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | Calamity Jane | Capt. James O'Neill |
| 1984 | Marlene | Himself |
| 1983 | Man, Woman and Child | Gavin Wilson |
| 1980 | Beyond Reasonable Doubt | Insp. Bruce Hutton |
| 1980 | Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde |
| 1980 | Harlequin | Nick Rast |
| 1979 | Murder by Decree | Inspector Foxborough |
| 1979 | Thirst | Dr. Fraser |
| 1979 | Charlie Muffin | Charlie Muffin |
| 1978 | Just a Gigolo | Captain Hermann Kraft |
| 1978 | Power Play | Colonel Anthony Narriman |
| 1978 | Blood Relatives | Armstrong |
| 1977 | The Heroin Busters | Mike Hamilton |
| 1977 | Islands in the Stream | Eddy |
| 1977 | The Squeeze | Keith |
| 1977 | The Disappearance | Edward |
| 1977 | The Swindle | Robert Clayton |
| 1977 | The Prince and the Pauper | Hugh Hendon |
| 1975 | The Old Curiosity Shop | Richard Swiveller |
| 1975 | A Dream of Living | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| 1975 | Deep Red | Marcus Daly |
| 1975 | Horse Latitudes | |
| 1974 | Juggernaut | Charlie Braddock |
| 1974 | It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game | Juan |
| 1973 | The Big Screen | Self |
| 1973 | Voices | Robert |
| 1971 | Unman, Wittering and Zigo | John Ebony |
| 1971 | The Love Machine | Jerry Nelson |
| 1970 | Fragment of Fear | Tim Brett |
| 1970 | The Walking Stick | Leigh Hartley |
| 1970 | Simon Simon | Man in Car with Posters |
| 1969 | Alfred the Great | Alfred |
| 1969 | The Best House in London | Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne |
| 1968 | Barbarella | Dildano |
| 1968 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Capt. Louis Edward Nolan |
| 1968 | Only When I Larf | Bob |
| 1968 | The Long Day's Dying | John |
| 1967 | Camelot | Mordred |
| 1966 | Blow-Up | Thomas |
| 1966 | Eye of the Devil | Christian |
| 1966 | Africa Shakes | |
| 1966 | All Eyes on Sharon Tate | Self |
| 1965 | Auto Stop | Henry |
| 1965 | Be My Guest | Dave |
| 1965 | The Counterfeit Man | Roger Westcott |
| 1964 | The System | David |
| 1963 | West 11 | Bullying Youth |
| 1963 | Two Left Feet | Brian |
| 1963 | Live It Up! | |
| 1962 | The Painted Smile | Roy |
| 1962 | Some People | Bert |
| 1962 | Play It Cool | Uncredited |
| 1961 | The Wind of Change | Ginger |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! | Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited) |
| 1959 | No Trees in the Street | Kenny |
| 1957 | The Heart Within | Danny Willard |
| 1957 | King's Rhapsody | The Boy King |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | George Harrison: Living in the Material World | Self (archive footage from "Blow-Up") |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay |
| 2001 | Murder in Mind | Judge James Hendon |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Durham |
| 1993 | Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties | Self |
| 1990 | Northern Exposure | Viktor Bobrov |
| 1989 | Nightmare Classics | Mister Harley |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death") |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Charles Lamb |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Errol Pogson |
| 1984 | Airwolf | Dr. Charles Henry Moffett |
| 1983 | Masquerade | Marlos |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Reindeer (voice) |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Lord Archibald 'Binkie' Smythe-White |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Danny |
| 1978 | Clouds of Glory | Samuel T. Coleridge |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown | Roger Westcott |
| 1962 | Out of This World | |
| 1957 | Five Clues to Fortune | Ken |