David Hemmings
Acting
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.
Filmography 133
Movies (97)
To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism2026
Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'2016Self (archive footage)
Romantic2007Sadun
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'2005Self
Blessed2004Earl Sidney
Britten's Children2004Self
100 Greatest Sexy Moments2003Self
The Night We Called It a Day2003Mickey Rudin
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen2003Nigel
Gangs of New York2002Mr. Schermerhorn
Equilibrium2002Proctor
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up2002Self
Lenny Blue2002DCI Tommy Gillespie
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice2002Martin Fox
Mean Machine2001Governor
Spy Game2001Harry Duncan
Last Orders2001Lenny
Gladiator2000Cassius
The Real Oliver Reed2000Narrator- Lone Justice: Showdown at Plum Creek1996Directing
A Mind to Murder1995Godbolt
Dear Antonioni1995Self
A Christmas Reunion1994Directing
Passport to Murder1993Directing
Dark Horse1992Directing
The Turn of the Screw1989Mister Harley
The Rainbow1989Uncle Henry- Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder1988President Andrew Jackson
3 On a Match1987Maxwell 'Newt' Newton
Harry's Hong Kong1987Jack Rourke
Shows (36)
George Harrison: Living in the Material World2011Self (archive footage from "Blow-Up")
Lenny Blue2002DCI Tommy Gillespie
Waking the Dead2001Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay
Murder in Mind2001Judge James Hendon
The Vanishing Man1997Edward Lawrence
Marker1995Directing
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties1993Self
Ned Blessing1993Directing
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues1993Durham
Raven1992Directing
Northern Exposure1990Viktor Bobrov
Hardball1989Directing
Nightmare Classics1989Mister Harley
Tales from the Crypt1989Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death")
Quantum Leap1989Directing
In the Heat of the Night1988Directing
Werewolf1987Directing
L.A. Law1986Charles Lamb
The Last Precinct1986Directing
Stingray1985Directing- Detective in the House1985Directing
Murder, She Wrote1984Errol Pogson
Hawaiian Heat1984Directing
Airwolf1984Dr. Charles Henry Moffett
Masquerade1983Marlos
The A-Team1983Directing
Faerie Tale Theatre1982Narrator (voice)
Magnum, P.I.1980Lord Archibald 'Binkie' Smythe-White- Clouds of Glory1978Samuel T. Coleridge
- Private Affairs1975F. Scott Fitzgerald