My Take
David Hemmings is one of those actors who defines an entire cultural moment rather than just a filmography. His turn as the restless fashion photographer in Antonioni's Blow-Up (1966) is so perfectly of its time — all cool arrogance, sexual ambiguity, and mod London swagger — that it's hard to imagine anyone else pulling it off. What I find genuinely impressive is how he refused to be a one-trick sixties relic: he kept working steadily through the decades, popping up in Gladiator and Gangs of New York late in his career with the kind of weathered gravitas that comes from a lifetime on set. The fact that he also directed, produced, wrote, and even sang makes him feel like someone who was simply too restless to stop at one craft. Gone at 62 in 2003, and it still feels a little too soon.
Overview
David Leslie Edward Hemmings (18 November 1941 – 3 December 2003) was an English actor, director, and producer of film and television. Originally trained as a boy soprano in operatic roles, he began appearing in films as a child actor in the 1950s.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Hemmings
- Name (Japanese)
- デヴィッド・ヘミングス
- Reading
- でゔぃっど・へみんぐす
- Born
- November 18, 1941 – December 3, 2003
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Snake
- Origin
- Guildford, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / film producer / screenwriter / singer-songwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.