DAVID HEMBLEN
as Jonathan Doors
David Hemblen plays Jonathan Doors, the enigmatic founder and leader of the Resistance in Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict.
Hemblen has enjoyed a lengthy career in theater, film and television as an actor and director. He has appeared in more than 20 TV series and 30 films, including five of Atom Egoyan's acclaimed features. His most recent film for Egoyan was the 1997 Cannes Grande Prix winner, The Sweet Hereafter. Previously, Hemblen received a Genie nomination as best lead actor in Egoyan's Family Viewing. Hemblen's other feature credits include Fly Away Home, Maximum Risk, Roger Spottiswood's Mesmer and David Cronenberg's M Butterfly.
Among his many television performances, Hemblen has starred in an episode of the Trilogy/Alliance Atlantis Communications series The Outer Limits and appeared in the Alliance Atlantis Communications' series TekWar. He also has had major roles in the series Lonesome Dove, Goosebumps, RoboCop, Forever Knight and the network special The Room, directed by Robert Altman.
Hemblen's stage career includes more than 70 productions as an actor and/or director at major Canadian theaters, including the Stratford Festival and four seasons at the renowned Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake. For his portrayal of Dr. Astrov in Toronto's Tarragon Theater production of Uncle Vanya, Hemblen received a Dora nomination for best leading actor.
Born in London, England, Hemblen grew up in Toronto, where he pursued a classical education before turning to theater. 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 and "That was it," he says. "I never got my Ph.D."
Hemblen lives most of the year in Toronto with his two dogs and makes an annual winter visit to his second home, in the south of France. His daughter Kate also is an actor.
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www.augury.com
Bio in 'People I Know'
Doors International Inc.
His software company
www.taelons.com
Several news articles
www.openyoureyes.com
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