David Hemmings

Acting · Born 1941-11-18 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

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

• Gladiator as Cassius
• Blow-Up as Thomas
• Equilibrium as Proctor
• Gangs of New York as Mr. Schermerhorn
• Deep Red as Marcus Daly
• Eye of the Devil as Christian
• Blessed as Earl Sidney
• Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice as Martin Fox
• Barbarella as Dildano
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as Nigel

TV

• Tales from the Crypt as Mr. Stronham (segment "Loved to Death")
• Northern Exposure as Viktor Bobrov
• Murder, She Wrote as Errol Pogson
• Magnum, P.I. as Lord Archibald 'Binkie' Smythe-White
• Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Durham
• L.A. Law as Charles Lamb
• Airwolf as Dr. Charles Henry Moffett
• Waking the Dead as Ex-DCI Malcolm Finlay
• Nightmare Classics as Mister Harley
• Masquerade as Marlos