David Hemblen
David Hemblen was an English actor who frequently worked in Canadian film, television and theatre. He was born in London, England, on September 16, 1941. He grew up in Toronto, Ontario, where he pursued a classical education before turning to theatre. He received an M.A. in English and was working towards a Ph.D. in medieval studies when he was spotted during a rehearsal of a university production by Clifford Williams of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Hemblen was offered a season at Toronto's Royal Alexandra Theatre. Hemblen's career in theatre included many productions at the Stratford Festival and four seasons at the renowned Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake. He received a Dora Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Dr. Astrov in Toronto's Tarragon Theatre production of Uncle Vanya. He also received a Genie Award nomination as Best Actor in Family Viewing. Hemblen's television career began in the early 1970s, and he appeared in a number of Canadian television series, including The Beachcombers, Night Heat, and Street Legal. He also had recurring roles in the American series T. and T. and The X-Files. Hemblen's most famous role was as Johnathan Doors in the science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict. He played the role from 1994 to 2002, and his performance was critically acclaimed. He also voiced the character of Magneto in the X-Men animated series from 1992 to 1997. Hemblen died on November 16, 2020, in Toronto, Ontario, at the age of 79. He was survived by his wife, actress Kate Nelligan, and their two daughters.
Maximum Risk
as Dmitri KirovAlain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the...
Movie page
Fly Away Home
as Dr. KillianAmy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father,...
Movie page
Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing...
Movie page
Tommy Boy
as ArcherTo save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously...
Movie page
Where the Truth Lies
as NY Hotel ConciergeAn ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
Movie page
Exotica
as InspectorIn the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive...
Movie page
The Sweet Hereafter
as Abbott DriscollA small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a...
Movie page
Rollerball
as SerokinIn this fast action-packed thriller, Jonathan, Marcus, and Aurora compete in a dangerous, fierce...
Movie page
M. Butterfly
as Intelligence Officer #1In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with an opera singer, Song Liling –...
Movie page
Brainscan
as Dr. FrombergA lonely teenage horror-movie fan discovers a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to...
Movie page
Salem Witch Trials
as John ProctorSalem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal...
Movie page
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
as Mr. IvanovThe family of cops is back, this time dealing with the murder of a priest tied in with the...
Movie page
The Adjuster
as Bert, the head censorAn uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
Movie page
In Defense of a Married Man
as Collin BarrieWhen a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman...
Movie page
Model by Day
as CaptainLady X is a woman who works during the day as a model but turns into a fighter for justice at...
Movie page
Family Viewing
as StanAn emotionally constrained view of the displacement of human feelings in our video saturated...
Movie page
Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly
as uncreditedAbout a notorious Connecticut convicted rapist.
Movie page
Mesmer
as Doctor IngenhouszA biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used...
Movie page
Hollow Point
as Oleg KrezinskyLivingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with...
Movie page
Speaking Parts
as The ProducerHotel employee Lisa develops an obsession with her co-worker Lance, a struggling actor who has...
Movie page
Replikator
as Police Chief RinehartIn a poisoned world where sunshine kills, a hit squad from the Zyklor Corporation interrupts the...
Movie page
Where the Spirit Lives
as Reverend BuckleyIn 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with...
Movie page
Pocahontas: The Legend
as Captain NewportEnglishmen come to explore and settle the new world. There they find natives who are curious...
Movie page
TekWar
as Insp. WinterguildAfter four years, Jake Cardigan is prematurely awoken from his fifteen year cryogenic punishment...
Movie page
Deliberate Intent
as Judge LuttigA First Amendment scholar is recruited by an attorney to sue a publishing company after a hit...
Movie page
Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer
as MunroA look into the life of troubled former hockey player Brian Spencer, who got into problems both...
Movie page
Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story
as JudgeFact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she...
Movie page
Jane Doe
as PhelpsA woman's son is snatched and she must follow his kidnappers’ instructions to get him back. But...
Movie page
Valentine's Day
as JenningsDetective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first...
Movie page
Sam's Army
as uncreditedCanada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well...
Movie page
Straight Line
as Detective HargroveMr. T comes out fighting in Straight Line, an intense, unrelenting action thriller about the...
Movie page
The Piano Man's Daughter
as Dr. WarrenTerrified of passing on the madness that runs in his family, Charlie Kilworth (Christian...
Movie page
When the Dark Man Calls
as Officer EriksonA famous radio talk-show host finds herself being stalked by the man convicted of murdering her...
Movie page
Norman's Awesome Experience
as Septimus FabiusThrough the experiment of a crazy scientist, his colleague Norman, model Erica and her...
Movie page
The Last 100 Days
as uncreditedCanadian military accomplishments in the last hundred days of World War I, when the German Army...
Movie pageThe Defenders: Choice of Evils
as uncreditedThe Defenders are a crack team of lawyers dedicated to one principle - the accused is innocent...
Movie page
I Love a Man in Uniform
as FatherHenry Adler, an outwardly normal banker, yearns to make it in show business and still answers to...
Movie page
Redwall The Movie
as Asmodeus (voice)Redwall is a compelling tale of fantasy, courage and adventure; the fable of a daunting quest to...
Movie page
Basements
as Mr. Hudd (segment "The Room")Basements is the title for the omnibus film that brings together two plays by Harold Pinter –...
Movie page
The Song Spinner
as Captain NizzleIn an isolated, snow-covered country known as the Water Land, the town of Shandrilan remains the...
Movie page
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Bio Dreas Strike Mission - Skill Level 2
as Lord DreadTHIS IS IT! YOUR FIRST PLANNED MISSION AGAINST THE BIO DREAD EMPIRE! Your target is a massive...
Movie page
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Raid on Volcania - Skill Level 3
as Lord DreadLORD DREAD LAUNCHES AN ALL OUT ATTACK AGAINST HUMAN SURVIVAL CAMPS! Soaron Sky Sentry and his...
Movie page
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Future Force Training - Skill Level 1
as Lord DreadCAPTAIN POWER NEEDS YOU! Prepare for you flight training as one of the Soldiers of the Future!...
Movie page
Come Again in Spring
as Death (Voice)This gentle tale about mortality works in subliminal ways. When an old man is visited by Death...
Movie page
Sarabande
as BertThe film explores the relationships that a limousine driver, a doctor, and a real estate agent...
Movie page
Captain Power: The Beginning
as Lord DreadThe year 2099. The place 'Volcania', center of the bionic universe. It is shortly after the...
Movie page
Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull
as MacleodNative American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.
Movie page
The Twilight Zone
as uncreditedThis 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original...
TV Show page
La Femme Nikita
as GeorgeLa Femme Nikita was a Canadian action/drama television series based on the French film Nikita by...
TV Show page
Earth: Final Conflict
as Jonathan DoorsYears ago, the Taelons came to Earth, offering friendship and technology to humanity. But there...
TV Show page
X-Men
as Magneto (voice)The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn...
TV Show page
The Outer Limits
as CommandantAnthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end,...
TV Show page
Goosebumps
as Major McCallAnything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by...
TV Show page
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Andrew WalkerThe New Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1985 to...
TV Show page
Yin Yang Yo!
as Night Master (voice)Two 11-year-old rabbit twins named Yin and Yang train under Master Yo, a grumpy old panda. They...
TV Show page
Forever Knight
as uncreditedForever Knight is a Canadian television series about Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire...
TV Show page
Counterstrike
as Milos JanzanCounterstrike is a Canadian/French crime-fighting/espionage television series. It premiered on...
TV Show page
Witchblade
as uncreditedSara "Pez" Pezzini searches for justice which brings her into contact with the Witchblade. An...
TV Show page
Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future
as Lord Dredd/Dr. Lyman TaggartCaptain Power and the Soldiers of the Future is a 1987–88 Canadian-American science...
TV Show page
Silver Surfer
as Husserl (voice)The adventures of the cosmic wanderer as he seeks his lost home after rebelling from his master.
TV Show page
Silver Surfer
as The Supreme Intelligence (voice)The adventures of the cosmic wanderer as he seeks his lost home after rebelling from his master.
TV Show page
The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim
as Zachariah GibsonThe Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim was a children's television serial consisting of ten 15 minute...
TV Show page