Acting · Guildford, Surrey, England, UK · Born November 18, 1941
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.
MovieTo-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism
2026
MovieBlow Up of 'Blow-Up'
2016
as Self (archive footage)
TVGeorge Harrison: Living in the Material World
2011
as Self (archive footage from "Blow-Up")
MovieRomantic
2007
as Sadun
MovieStrength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
as Self
MovieBlessed
2004
as Earl Sidney
MovieBritten's Children
2004
as Self
Movie100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
as Self
MovieThe Night We Called It a Day
2003
as Mickey Rudin
MovieThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
2003
as Nigel
MovieGangs of New York
2002
as Mr. Schermerhorn
MovieEquilibrium
2002
as Proctor
MovieFame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002
as Self
MovieLenny Blue
2002
as DCI Tommy Gillespie
TVLenny Blue
2002
as DCI Tommy Gillespie
MovieSlap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
2002
as Martin Fox
MovieMean Machine
2001
as Governor
MovieSpy Game
2001
as Harry Duncan
MovieLast Orders
2001
as Lenny
TVWaking the Dead
2001
as Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay
TVMurder in Mind
2001
as Judge James Hendon
MovieGladiator
2000
as Cassius
MovieThe Real Oliver Reed
2000
as Narrator
TVThe Vanishing Man
1997
as Edward Lawrence
MovieA Mind to Murder
1995
as Godbolt
MovieDear Antonioni
1995
as Self
TVHollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
TVKung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Durham
TVNorthern Exposure
1990
as Viktor Bobrov
TVNightmare Classics
1989
as Mister Harley
MovieThe Turn of the Screw
1989
as Mister Harley
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death")
MovieThe Rainbow
1989
as Uncle Henry
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
1988
as President Andrew Jackson
Movie3 On a Match
1987
as Maxwell 'Newt' Newton
MovieHarry's Hong Kong
1987
as Jack Rourke
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Charles Lamb
MovieBeverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
1985
as Ian Blaze
MovieThe Key to Rebecca
1985
as Maj. Smith
MovieThe Snow Queen
1985
as Reindeer (voice)
MovieMarlene
1984
as Himself
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Errol Pogson
MovieAirwolf: The Movie
1984
as Dr. Charles Henry Moffet
MovieThumbelina
1984
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCalamity Jane
1984
as Capt. James O'Neill
TVAirwolf
1984
as Dr. Charles Henry Moffett
TVMasquerade
1983
as Marlos
MovieMan, Woman and Child
1983
as Gavin Wilson
TVFaerie Tale Theatre
1982
as Narrator (voice)
TVMagnum, P.I.
1980
as Lord Archibald 'Binkie' Smythe-White
MovieDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
1980
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
MovieHarlequin
1980
as Nick Rast
MovieBeyond Reasonable Doubt
1980
as Insp. Bruce Hutton
MovieCharlie Muffin
1979
as Charlie Muffin
MovieThirst
1979
as Dr. Fraser
MovieMurder by Decree
1979
as Inspector Foxborough
MovieJust a Gigolo
1978
as Captain Hermann Kraft
MoviePower Play
1978
as Colonel Anthony Narriman
Clouds of Glory
1978
as Samuel T. Coleridge
MovieBlood Relatives
1978
as Armstrong
MovieThe Disappearance
1977
as Edward
MovieThe Swindle
1977
as Robert Clayton
MovieThe Heroin Busters
1977
as Mike Hamilton
MovieThe Prince and the Pauper
1977
as Hugh Hendon
MovieThe Squeeze
1977
as Keith
MovieIslands in the Stream
1977
as Eddy
MovieThe Christmas Messenger
1975
as (voice)
MovieThe Old Curiosity Shop
1975
as Richard Swiveller
A Dream of Living
1975
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Private Affairs
1975
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
MovieDeep Red
1975
as Marcus Daly
MovieHorse Latitudes
1975
MovieJuggernaut
1974
as Charlie Braddock
MovieIt's Nothing Mama, Just a Game
1974
as Juan
MovieVoices
1973
as Robert
MovieThe Big Screen
1973
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieThe Love Machine
1971
as Jerry Nelson
MovieUnman, Wittering and Zigo
1971
as John Ebony
MovieFragment of Fear
1970
as Tim Brett
MovieSimon Simon
1970
as Man in Car with Posters
MovieThe Walking Stick
1970
as Leigh Hartley
MovieAlfred the Great
1969
as Alfred
MovieThe Best House in London
1969
as Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne
MovieBarbarella
1968
as Dildano
MovieThe Long Day's Dying
1968
as John
MovieOnly When I Larf
1968
as Bob
MovieThe Charge of the Light Brigade
1968
as Capt. Louis Edward Nolan
MovieCamelot
1967
as Mordred
MovieBlow-Up
1966
as Thomas
Africa Shakes
1966
MovieEye of the Devil
1966
as Christian
MovieAll Eyes on Sharon Tate
1966
as Self
MovieThe Counterfeit Man
1965
as Roger Westcott
TVOut of the Unknown
1965
as Roger Westcott
MovieAuto Stop
1965
as Henry
MovieBe My Guest
1965
as Dave
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Henry
MovieThe System
1964
as David
Live It Up!
1963
MovieWest 11
1963
as Bullying Youth
MovieTwo Left Feet
1963
as Brian
MoviePlay It Cool
1962
as Uncredited
TVOut of This World
1962
as Journalist
MovieSome People
1962
as Bert
MovieThe Painted Smile
1962
as Roy
Drama 61-67
1961
as Eddie
MovieThe Wind of Change
1961
as Ginger
MovieSink the Bismarck!
1960
as Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
MovieNo Trees in the Street
1959
as Kenny
King's Rhapsody
1957
as The Boy King
MovieThe Heart Within
1957
as Danny Willard
TVFive Clues to Fortune
1957
as Ken
