David Hockney

David Hockney

Known for

Acting

Born

July 9, 1937

Birthplace

Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died

June 11, 2026 (aged 88)

Biography

David Hockney was an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer. He was an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, and he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.

Best known work

Tim's Vermeer

Tim's Vermeer

2013

I Am Divine

I Am Divine

2014

My Generation

My Generation

2017

A Bigger Splash

A Bigger Splash

1973

Love, Cecil

Love, Cecil

2017

The Responsive Eye

The Responsive Eye

1965

Hockney

Hockney

2014

The British Guide to Showing Off

The British Guide to Showing Off

2011

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967

David Hockney: Secret Knowledge

David Hockney: Secret Knowledge

2001

Filmography

2025
David Hockney: A Life in Art
as Self
2025
Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom
as Self- Artist
2023
David Hockney: 50 Years on Film
as Self (Archive footage)
2023
David Hockney: In London
as Self
2023
David Hockney: A Celebration
as Self
2023
David Hockney: In Normandy
as Self
2023
David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller & Further Away)
as Himself
2018
Hockney, The Queen and the Royal Peculiar
as Self
2017
Love, Cecil
as Self
2017
David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts
as Self
2017
My Generation
as Self (voice)
2017
Queer as Art
as Self
2017
David Hockney: Time Reclaimed
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Portraits
as Himself
2015
Artistry/Technology
as Self
2014
Hockney
as Himself
2014
I Am Divine
as Self (archive)
2013
Tim's Vermeer
as Himself
2012
Lucian Freud: Painted Life
as Himself
2012
David Hockney: The Art of Seeing
as Self
2011
The British Guide to Showing Off
as Self (archive footage)
2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit
as The Painter (voice)
2011
The Rake's Progress
Art Designer
2009
Hockney on Photography and Other Matters
as Self
2009
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
as himself