Terence Stamp
Biography
Terence Henry Stamp (22 July 1938 – 17 August 2025) was an English actor. After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London he started his acting career in 1962. He has been referred to as the “master of the brooding silence” by The Guardian. His performance in the title role of Billy Budd, his film debut, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer. Associated with the Swinging London scene of the 1960s – during which time he was in high-profile relationships with actress Julie Christie and supermodel Jean Shrimpton – Stamp was among the subjects photographed by David Bailey for a set titled Box of Pin-Ups.
Stamp played butterfly collector Freddie Clegg in The Collector (1965), and in 1967 appeared in Far from the Madding Crowd, starring opposite Christie. His other major roles include playing archvillain General Zod in Superman and Superman II, tough guy Wilson in The Limey, Supreme Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, transgender woman Bernadette Bassinger in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, ghost antagonist Ramsley in The Haunted Mansion, Stick in Elektra, Pekwarsky in Wanted, Siegfried in Get Smart, Terrence Bundley in Yes Man, the Prophet of Truth in Halo 3, Mankar Camoran in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and General Ludwig Beck in Valkyrie. He has appeared in two Tim Burton films, Big Eyes (2014) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).
Acting (91 movies)
Alien Nation
1988
The Real McCoy
1993
Separate Lies
2005
Valkyrie
2008
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
Superman
1978
Wall Street
1987
The Limey
1999
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
My Boss's Daughter
2003
The Haunted Mansion
2003
Billy Budd
1962
Theorem
1968
Bowfinger
1999
Get Smart
2008
Young Guns
1988
The Sicilian
1987
Superman II
1980
Red Planet
2000
Wanted
2008
Legal Eagles
1986
Elektra
2005
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
Mystery on Monster Island
1981
Spirits of the Dead
1968
Modesty Blaise
1966
My Wife Is an Actress
2001
The Collector
1965
September Dawn
2007
The Adjustment Bureau
2011
Link
1986
The Divine Nymph
1975
Dead Fish
2005
The Hit
1984
Death in the Vatican
1982
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010
Genuine Risk
1990
Term of Trial
1962
Fade In
1973
Poor Cow
1967
Revelation
2001
Big Eyes
2014
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979
Limited Edition
1997
Song for Marion
2012
Lambert & Stamp
2014
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
The Mind of Mr. Soames
1970
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
Blue
1968
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
Together?
1979
The Art of the Steal
2013
Norman Wisdom: His Story
2010
Love Walked In
1997
Mindbender
1996
Yes Man
2008
A Season in Hell
1971
Prince of Shadows
1991
The Cold War Killers
1986
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
The Kiss
2003
Vilde, the Wild One
1986
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Full Frontal
2002
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015
Striptease
1976
The Deadly Recruits
1986
Hu-Man
1975
Kiss the Sky
1998
These Foolish Things
2006
Bliss
1997
Bitter Harvest
2017
Crow
2016
Crooked House
2017
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
2017
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002
The Company of Wolves
1984
Murder Mystery
2019
Viking Destiny
2018
9/11: The Twin Towers
2006
Last Night in Soho
2021
Directed by William Wyler
1986
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
1966: A Nation Remembers
2016
The Making of Oblivion
2006
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006
The Bloody Chamber
1983
Toby Dammit
1968
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