David Hemmings
Acting
Born: 1941-11-18 · Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Died: 2003-12-03
Biography
David Edward Leslie Hemmings (November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003) 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.
🎬 Movies (30)
To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism
2026
Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'
2016
Self (archive footage)
Romantic
2007
Sadun
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
Self
Blessed
2004
Earl Sidney
Britten's Children
2004
Self
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003
Nigel
The Night We Called It a Day
2003
Mickey Rudin
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
Self
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
2002
Martin Fox
Lenny Blue
2002
DCI Tommy Gillespie
Equilibrium
2002
Proctor
Gangs of New York
2002
Mr. Schermerhorn
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002
Self
Mean Machine
2001
Governor
Last Orders
2001
Lenny
Spy Game
2001
Harry Duncan
Gladiator
2000
Cassius
The Real Oliver Reed
2000
Narrator
Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek
1996
Director
A Mind to Murder
1995
Godbolt
Dear Antonioni
1995
Self
A Christmas Reunion
1994
Director
Passport to Murder
1993
Director
Dark Horse
1992
Director
The Rainbow
1989
Uncle Henry
The Turn of the Screw
1989
Mister Harley
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
1988
President Andrew Jackson
3 On a Match
1987
Maxwell 'Newt' Newton
Harry's Hong Kong
1987
Jack Rourke
📺 TV Shows (30)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
Self (archive footage from "Blow-Up")
Waking the Dead
2001
Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay
Murder in Mind
2001
Judge James Hendon
The Vanishing Man
1997
Edward Lawrence
Marker
1995
Director
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
Durham
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
Self
Ned Blessing
1993
Director
Raven
1992
Director
Northern Exposure
1990
Viktor Bobrov
Nightmare Classics
1989
Mister Harley
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death")
Quantum Leap
1989
Director
Hardball
1989
Director
In the Heat of the Night
1988
Director
Werewolf
1987
Director
L.A. Law
1986
Charles Lamb
The Last Precinct
1986
Director
Stingray
1985
Director
Detective in the House
1985
Director
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Errol Pogson
Airwolf
1984
Dr. Charles Henry Moffett
Hawaiian Heat
1984
Director
Masquerade
1983
Marlos
The A-Team
1983
Director
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982
Reindeer (voice)
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Danny
Clouds of Glory
1978
Samuel T. Coleridge
Private Affairs
1975
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Film '72
1971
Self