David Hemblen

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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.

Most Popular David Hemblen Trailers

Total trailers found: 57

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Future Force Training - Skill Level 1 Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

Prepare for flight training as one of the Soldiers of the Future! Captain Power himself will take all beginning pilots on a simulated flight mission aboard the PowerJet XT-7 - where you will learn special battle tactics and aerial maneuvers.

When the Dark Man Calls Trailer (1995)

14 June 1995

A famous radio talk-show host finds herself being stalked by the man convicted of murdering her husband, who has finished his 25-year sentence and is out of prison.

Deliberate Intent Trailer (2000)

06 August 2000

A First Amendment scholar is recruited by an attorney to sue a publishing company after a hit man commits a triple murder by allegedly following a how-to manual the book company published.

Thunder Point Trailer (1998)

30 May 1998

Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe.

Sarabande Trailer (1997)

24 October 1997

The film explores the relationships that a limousine driver, a doctor, and a real estate agent have amongst each other and with Yo-Yo Ma as he travels to Canada to perform Bach's Cello Suites.

Salem Witch Trials Trailer (2002)

24 December 2002

Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history.

Jane Doe Trailer (2001)

11 December 2001

A woman's son is snatched and she must follow his kidnappers’ instructions to get him back. But when she’s framed for murder by a government department, she must take them on at their own game to ensure her son's survival.

Maximum Risk Trailer (1996)

13 September 1996

Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend.

Short Circuit 2 Trailer (1988)

06 July 1988

Robot Johnny 5 moves to the city to help his friend Ben Jahrvi with his toy manufacturing enterprise, only to be manipulated by criminals who want to use him for their own nefarious purposes.

Tommy Boy Trailer (1995)

31 March 1995

To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.

Booty Call Trailer (1997)

26 February 1997

Rushon is sexually pent-up and ready to take thing things to the next level with his girlfriend, Nikki.

Fly Away Home Trailer (1996)

13 September 1996

Amy is only 13 years old when her mother is killed. She goes to Canada to live with her father, an eccentric inventor whom she barely knows.

Exotica Trailer (1994)

29 September 1994

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor.

Basements Trailer (1987)

12 May 1987

Basements is the title for the omnibus film that brings together two plays by Harold Pinter – The Dumb Waiter and The Room – each, once again, set in a single location.

Rollerball Trailer (2002)

08 February 2002

In this fast action-packed thriller, Jonathan, Marcus, and Aurora compete in a dangerous, fierce sport called Rollerball.

Judgment Day: The Ellie Nesler Story Trailer (1999)

23 June 1999

Fact-based story about a Bible-quoting woman who in 1990 murdered a camp counselor, whom she learned molested her 7 year old son.

Where the Spirit Lives Trailer (1990)

06 June 1990

In 1937, a young First Nations (Canadian native) girl named Ashtecome is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force First Nations children to abandon their culture in order to be assimilated into white Canadian/British society.

M. Butterfly Trailer (1993)

01 October 1993

In 1960s China, French diplomat Rene Gallimard falls in love with opera singer Song Liling – but Song is not at all who Gallimard thinks.

Crime in Connecticut: The Story of Alex Kelly Trailer (1999)

16 March 1999

About a notorious Connecticut convicted rapist.

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Bio Dread Strike Mission Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

As newly recruited Soldier of the Future Pilot 1, your first target after training is a massive Bio Dread military industrial complex - which is manufacturing a robotic army.

Straight Line Trailer (1989)

01 December 1989

Mr. T stars as T.S. “Too Strong” Turner, a tough private investigator hired to take down a violent street gang terrorizing the city’s East End.

Sam's Army Trailer (1999)

01 March 1999

Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have been clinically insane, but the importance of Canada's contribution in that war owes a great deal to him.

The Sweet Hereafter Trailer (1997)

25 September 1997

A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead.

The Adjuster Trailer (1991)

27 November 1991

An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.

Brainscan Trailer (1994)

22 April 1994

A lonely teenage horror-movie fan discovers a mysterious computer game that uses hypnosis to custom-tailor the game into the most terrifying experience imaginable.

TekWar Trailer (1994)

23 January 1994

After four years, Jake Cardigan is prematurely awoken from his fifteen year cryogenic punishment to a world very different than the one he knew.

The Piano Man's Daughter Trailer (2003)

22 September 2003

Terrified of passing on the madness that runs in his family, Charlie Kilworth (Christian Campbell) stays away from relationships that could lead to marriage and children.

Where the Truth Lies Trailer (2005)

07 October 2005

An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.

Mesmer Trailer (1994)

25 August 1994

A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal magnetism.

Hollow Point Trailer (1996)

21 October 1996

Livingston is trying to merge the Russians, Chinese and Italian gangsters into one group with huge amounts of money and power.

Heritage Minutes: Sitting Bull Trailer (1995)

22 May 1995

Native American Chief Sitting Bull seeks refuge in Canada.

Redwall: The Movie Trailer (2000)

01 February 2000

Redwall is a compelling tale of fantasy, courage and adventure; the fable of a daunting quest to recover a legendary lost weapon and the classic strugle between good and evil.

Speaking Parts Trailer (1990)

16 February 1990

Hotel employee Lisa develops an obsession with her co-worker Lance, a struggling actor who has appeared in several films as an extra.

Model by Day Trailer (1994)

21 March 1994

Lady X is a woman who works during the day as a model but turns into a fighter for justice at night with the help of her karate master Chang.

Family Viewing Trailer (1987)

09 September 1987

An emotionally constrained view of the displacement of human feelings in our video saturated society. Van regularly visits his grandmother in a run-down nursing home. His father depends on phone sex for guidance meanwhile erasing family homevideos of happier times with homemade pornography. Will Van rescue his grandmother and memories of his mother in time?

I Love a Man in Uniform Trailer (1993)

10 September 1993

Henry Adler, an outwardly normal banker, yearns to make it in show business and still answers to his overbearing father.

The First Circle Trailer (1992)

25 February 1992

In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a special incarceration unit near Moscow where they could work for the government.

In Defense of a Married Man Trailer (1990)

14 October 1990

When a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he was cheating with, his wife chooses to defend him.

TekWar: TekLords Trailer (1994)

20 February 1994

Despite being imprisoned, tek lord Sonny Hokori manages to run his drug empire. A virus, which is not only effective on computer software but also on physical beings, is activated in the global computer network.

The Song Spinner Trailer (1995)

19 November 1995

In an isolated, snow-covered country known as the Water Land, the town of Shandrilan remains the quietest place in the world because its "Hush Law" prohibits noise of any kind, including music.

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II Trailer (1997)

02 February 1997

The family of cops is back, this time dealing with the murder of a priest tied in with the Russian Mafia, who proceed to try to draw the family off the case.

Captain Power: The Beginning Trailer (1991)

23 February 1991

The year 2099. The place 'Volcania', center of the bionic universe. It is shortly after the titanic struggles of the metal wars in a world of Darkness, Destruction and Terrifying Evil, ruled by "Lord Dread" and his bionic creations.

Journey to the Planets Trailer (1993)

01 January 1993

Creatures from space in search of a new home arrive at the Solar System and discuss each planet. An educational animated short made for IMAX.

We the Jury Trailer (1996)

16 October 1996

Jury has to decide on a murder case but some of the jurors have their own agendas or are biased. Sounds like '12 Angry Men' but this is not a remake.

Man and Cat Trailer (2001)

08 November 2001

Man lives with his best friend, Cat, to defend others from big bad.

Pocahontas: The Legend Trailer (1995)

01 June 1995

Englishmen come to explore and settle the new world. There they find natives who are curious about their "firesticks" and strange customs.

Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer Trailer (1993)

28 February 1993

A look into the life of troubled former hockey player Brian Spencer, who got into problems both on the ice and off.

Come Again in Spring Trailer (2007)

27 August 2007

When an old man is visited by Death at his home in the meadows, he has to delve deep to secure more time for himself.

Replikator Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

In a poisoned world where sunshine kills, a hit squad from the Zyklor Corporation interrupts the testing of a matter replikator capable of duplicating living tissue for the purpose of extending human life.

Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future: Raid on Volcania Trailer (1987)

01 January 1987

'Pilot One', joins Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future in rescuing survivors from the Bio-Dread army in Outpost Vega, Washton Province and Nu'Ork before mounting an attack on Lord Dread's headquarters itself: Castle Volcania.

Firing Squad Trailer (1991)

01 January 1991

Based on the controversial case of Pvt. Joseph Pringle, a Canadian soldier convicted of murder in Italy in 1945 and executed by firing squad.

Valentine's Day Trailer (1998)

01 January 1998

Detective Jack Valentine is reinstated from his desk job to go back onto the streets. His first assignment ends with the death of a mobster who was about to turn states evidence.

Norman's Awesome Experience Trailer (1989)

01 September 1989

Through the experiment of a crazy scientist, his colleague Norman, model Erica and her photographer are sent back in time to the Romans.

The Defenders: Choice of Evils Trailer (1998)

18 January 1998

The Defenders are a crack team of lawyers dedicated to one principle - the accused is innocent untill proven guilty.

The Last 100 Days Trailer (1999)

28 March 1999

Canadian military accomplishments in the last hundred days of World War I, when the German Army was destroyed, surpassed those of any other army.

Lifeline to Victory Trailer (1993)

01 March 1993

Paul Devereaux is a second officer with lots of experience with merchant ships. But this is World War II and the Royal Canadian Navy desperately needs experienced officers.

Goosebumps: Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes Trailer (1996)

12 October 1996

Joe and Mindy's father is always buying kitsch garden ornaments. His purchase of a set of lawn gnomes leads to chaos, however, as Joe discovers they are alive and intent on causing mayhem.