David Hemmings

David Hemmings

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.

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Filmography

2026

To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism
To-be-looked-at-ness / Phallocentrism
Movie - Released: 6/12/2026

2016

Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'
Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 12/16/2016

2011

George Harrison: Living in the Material World
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
as Self (archive footage from "Blow-Up")
TV - Released: 11/12/2011

2007

Romantic
Romantic
as Sadun
Movie - Released: 3/2/2007

2005

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

2004

Blessed
Blessed
as Earl Sidney
Movie - Released: 5/16/2004
Britten's Children
Britten's Children
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/2004

2003

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
as Nigel
Movie - Released: 7/11/2003
The Night We Called It a Day
The Night We Called It a Day
as Mickey Rudin
Movie - Released: 8/14/2003
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/29/2003

2002

Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice
as Martin Fox
Movie - Released: 3/26/2002
Lenny Blue
Lenny Blue
as DCI Tommy Gillespie
Movie - Released: 7/1/2002
Equilibrium
Equilibrium
as Proctor
Movie - Released: 12/6/2002
Gangs of New York
Gangs of New York
as Mr. Schermerhorn
Movie - Released: 12/14/2002
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/10/2002
Lenny Blue
Lenny Blue
as DCI Tommy Gillespie
TV - Released: 7/1/2002

2001

Mean Machine
Mean Machine
as Governor
Movie - Released: 12/26/2001
Last Orders
Last Orders
as Lenny
Movie - Released: 9/10/2001
Spy Game
Spy Game
as Harry Duncan
Movie - Released: 11/18/2001
Waking the Dead
Waking the Dead
as Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay
TV - Released: 6/18/2001
Murder in Mind
Murder in Mind
as Judge James Hendon
TV - Released: 4/22/2001

2000

Gladiator
Gladiator
as Cassius
Movie - Released: 5/4/2000
The Real Oliver Reed
The Real Oliver Reed
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/13/2000

1997

The Vanishing Man
The Vanishing Man
as Edward Lawrence
TV - Released: 4/22/1997

1995

A Mind to Murder
A Mind to Murder
as Godbolt
Movie - Released: 1/2/1995
Dear Antonioni
Dear Antonioni
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

1993

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Durham
TV - Released: 1/27/1993
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
as Self
TV - Released: 9/5/1993

1990

Northern Exposure
Northern Exposure
as Viktor Bobrov
TV - Released: 7/12/1990

1989

The Rainbow
The Rainbow
as Uncle Henry
Movie - Released: 5/5/1989
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw
as Mister Harley
Movie - Released: 8/12/1989
Nightmare Classics
Nightmare Classics
as Mister Harley
TV - Released: 8/13/1989
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt
as Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death")
TV - Released: 6/10/1989

1988

Movie
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
as President Andrew Jackson
Movie - Released: 11/20/1988

1987

3 On a Match
3 On a Match
as Maxwell 'Newt' Newton
Movie - Released: 8/2/1987
Harry's Hong Kong
Harry's Hong Kong
as Jack Rourke
Movie - Released: 5/8/1987

1986

L.A. Law
L.A. Law
as Charles Lamb
TV - Released: 9/15/1986

1985

The Key to Rebecca
The Key to Rebecca
as Maj. Smith
Movie - Released: 4/29/1985
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen
as Reindeer (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/11/1985
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
Beverly Hills Cowgirl Blues
as Ian Blaze
Movie - Released: 10/5/1985

1984

Airwolf: The Movie
Airwolf: The Movie
as Dr. Charles Henry Moffet
Movie - Released: 6/26/1984
Thumbelina
Thumbelina
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/11/1984
Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane
as Capt. James O'Neill
Movie - Released: 3/6/1984
Marlene
Marlene
as Himself
Movie - Released: 10/1/1984
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Errol Pogson
TV - Released: 9/30/1984
Airwolf
Airwolf
as Dr. Charles Henry Moffett
TV - Released: 1/22/1984

1983

Man, Woman and Child
Man, Woman and Child
as Gavin Wilson
Movie - Released: 4/1/1983
Masquerade
Masquerade
as Marlos
TV - Released: 12/15/1983

1982

Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 9/11/1982
Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre
as Reindeer (voice)
TV - Released: 9/11/1982

1980

Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
as Insp. Bruce Hutton
Movie - Released: 1/31/1980
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Movie - Released: 11/20/1980
Harlequin
Harlequin
as Nick Rast
Movie - Released: 3/28/1980
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
as Lord Archibald 'Binkie' Smythe-White
TV - Released: 12/11/1980
Magnum, P.I.
Magnum, P.I.
as Danny
TV - Released: 12/11/1980

1979

Murder by Decree
Murder by Decree
as Inspector Foxborough
Movie - Released: 2/1/1979
Thirst
Thirst
as Dr. Fraser
Movie - Released: 9/28/1979
Charlie Muffin
Charlie Muffin
as Charlie Muffin
Movie - Released: 12/11/1979

1978

Just a Gigolo
Just a Gigolo
as Captain Hermann Kraft
Movie - Released: 11/16/1978
Power Play
Power Play
as Colonel Anthony Narriman
Movie - Released: 11/1/1978
Blood Relatives
Blood Relatives
as Armstrong
Movie - Released: 2/1/1978
TV
Clouds of Glory
as Samuel T. Coleridge
TV - Released: 7/9/1978

1977

The Heroin Busters
The Heroin Busters
as Mike Hamilton
Movie - Released: 8/13/1977
Islands in the Stream
Islands in the Stream
as Eddy
Movie - Released: 3/9/1977
The Squeeze
The Squeeze
as Keith
Movie - Released: 3/20/1977
The Disappearance
The Disappearance
as Edward
Movie - Released: 11/30/1977
The Swindle
The Swindle
as Robert Clayton
Movie - Released: 11/18/1977
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper
as Hugh Hendon
Movie - Released: 6/3/1977

1975

The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop
as Richard Swiveller
Movie - Released: 11/7/1975
Movie
A Dream of Living
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
Movie - Released: 5/2/1975
Deep Red
Deep Red
as Marcus Daly
Movie - Released: 3/7/1975
Horse Latitudes
Horse Latitudes
Movie - Released: 1/1/1975
The Christmas Messenger
The Christmas Messenger
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/1/1975
TV
Private Affairs
as F. Scott Fitzgerald
TV - Released: 5/2/1975

1974

Juggernaut
Juggernaut
as Charlie Braddock
Movie - Released: 9/25/1974
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game
It's Nothing Mama, Just a Game
as Juan
Movie - Released: 5/29/1974

1973

The Big Screen
The Big Screen
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/20/1973
Voices
Voices
as Robert
Movie - Released: 4/11/1973

1971

Unman, Wittering and Zigo
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
as John Ebony
Movie - Released: 6/13/1971
The Love Machine
The Love Machine
as Jerry Nelson
Movie - Released: 8/14/1971
TV
Film '72
as Self
TV - Released: 11/16/1971

1970

Fragment of Fear
Fragment of Fear
as Tim Brett
Movie - Released: 9/3/1970
The Walking Stick
The Walking Stick
as Leigh Hartley
Movie - Released: 4/15/1970
Simon Simon
Simon Simon
as Man in Car with Posters
Movie - Released: 6/1/1970

1969

Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great
as Alfred
Movie - Released: 10/8/1969
The Best House in London
The Best House in London
as Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne
Movie - Released: 6/1/1969

1968

Barbarella
Barbarella
as Dildano
Movie - Released: 10/10/1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Capt. Louis Edward Nolan
Movie - Released: 4/10/1968
Only When I Larf
Only When I Larf
as Bob
Movie - Released: 5/27/1968
The Long Day's Dying
The Long Day's Dying
as John
Movie - Released: 5/28/1968

1967

Camelot
Camelot
as Mordred
Movie - Released: 10/25/1967

1966

Blow-Up
Blow-Up
as Thomas
Movie - Released: 12/18/1966
Eye of the Devil
Eye of the Devil
as Christian
Movie - Released: 11/18/1966
Movie
Africa Shakes
Movie - Released: 12/12/1966
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
All Eyes on Sharon Tate
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/6/1966

1965

Auto Stop
Auto Stop
as Henry
Movie - Released: 4/21/1965
Be My Guest
Be My Guest
as Dave
Movie - Released: 4/1/1965
The Counterfeit Man
The Counterfeit Man
as Roger Westcott
Movie - Released: 10/11/1965
Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown
as Roger Westcott
TV - Released: 10/4/1965

1964

The System
The System
as David
Movie - Released: 4/12/1964
The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play
as Henry
TV - Released: 9/30/1964

1963

West 11
West 11
as Bullying Youth
Movie - Released: 10/8/1963
Two Left Feet
Two Left Feet
as Brian
Movie - Released: 3/16/1963
Movie
Live It Up!
Movie - Released: 11/29/1963

1962

The Painted Smile
The Painted Smile
as Roy
Movie - Released: 5/1/1962
Some People
Some People
as Bert
Movie - Released: 5/31/1962
Play It Cool
Play It Cool
as Uncredited
Movie - Released: 7/22/1962
Out of This World
Out of This World
as Journalist
TV - Released: 6/24/1962

1961

The Wind of Change
The Wind of Change
as Ginger
Movie - Released: 3/1/1961
TV
Drama 61-67
as Eddie
TV - Released: 3/19/1961

1960

Sink the Bismarck!
Sink the Bismarck!
as Seaman - 'Ark Royal' (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 2/11/1960

1959

No Trees in the Street
No Trees in the Street
as Kenny
Movie - Released: 3/3/1959

1957

The Heart Within
The Heart Within
as Danny Willard
Movie - Released: 7/1/1957
Movie
King's Rhapsody
as The Boy King
Movie - Released: 7/17/1957
Five Clues to Fortune
Five Clues to Fortune
as Ken
TV - Released: 6/1/1957