Terence Stamp
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 22, 1938
- Died
- August 17, 2025 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Stepney, London, England, UK
Biography
Terence Henry Stamp (July 22, 1938 – August 17, 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).
Known For
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Filmography
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
Movie · as Bernadette Bassenger
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Last Night in Soho
Movie · as Silver-Haired Gentleman
Murder Mystery
Movie · as Malcolm Quince
His Dark Materials
TV · as Giacomo Paradisi · 1 ep
Viking Destiny
Movie · as Odin
Bitter Harvest
Movie · as Ivan
Crooked House
Movie · as Chief Inspector Taverner
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
Movie
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Movie · as Abraham Portman
Crow
Movie · as Great Crow
1966: A Nation Remembers
Movie · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Big Eyes
Movie · as John Canaday
Lambert & Stamp
Movie · as Himself
The Art of the Steal
Movie · as Samuel Winter
Song for Marion
Movie · as Arthur
The Adjustment Bureau
Movie · as Thompson
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Movie · as Severus (voice)
Norman Wisdom: His Story
Movie · as Himself : Narrator
Valkyrie
Movie · as Ludwig Beck
Get Smart
Movie · as Siegfried
Wanted
Movie · as Pekwarsky
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Yes Man
Movie · as Terence
September Dawn
Movie · as Brigham Young
These Foolish Things
Movie · as Baker
9/11: The Twin Towers
Movie · as Narrator(voice)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Movie · as General Zod
The Making of Oblivion
Movie · as Self
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Movie · as Self
Separate Lies
Movie · as Joe (uncredited)
Elektra
Movie · as Stick
Dead Fish
Movie · as Samuel Fish
My Boss's Daughter
Movie · as Jack Taylor
The Haunted Mansion
Movie · as Ramsley
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Movie · as Self - Toby Dammit
The Kiss
Movie · as Philip Naudet
Full Frontal
Movie · as Man on Plane / Self
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
Movie · as Self
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
History of Football: The Beautiful Game
TV · as Narrator · 13 eps
My Wife Is an Actress
Movie · as John
Revelation
Movie · as Magnus Martel
Smallville
TV · as Jor-El (voice) · 21 eps
Red Planet
Movie · as Dr. Bud Chantilas
Static Shock
TV · as Dennis / Professor Menace (voice) · 1 ep
The Limey
Movie · as Wilson
Bowfinger
Movie · as Terry Stricter
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Movie · as Chancellor Valorum
Kiss the Sky
Movie · as Kozen
Nureyev Unzipped
Movie · as Narrator
Limited Edition
Movie · as Edward Lamb
Love Walked In
Movie · as Fred Moore
Bliss
Movie · as Baltazar
The Hunger
TV · as The Host · 22 eps
Scene by Scene
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mindbender
Movie · as Joe Hartman
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Movie · as Bernadette Bassenger
Ladies Please!
Movie · as Self
The Real McCoy
Movie · as Jack Schmidt
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Prince of Shadows
Movie · as Darman
Genuine Risk
Movie · as Paul Hellwart
Alien Nation
Movie · as William Harcourt
Young Guns
Movie · as John Tunstall
Wall Street
Movie · as Sir Larry Wildman
The Sicilian
Movie · as Prince Borsa
Legal Eagles
Movie · as Victor Taft
Link
Movie · as Dr Steven Phillip
The Alamut Ambush
Movie · as David Audley
The Cold War Killers
Movie · as David Audley
Vilde, the Wild One
Movie · as Edward
The Deadly Recruits
Movie · as David Audley
Directed by William Wyler
Movie · as Self
The Hit
Movie · as Willie Parker
The Company of Wolves
Movie · as The Devil (uncredited)
Fellini nel cestino
Movie · as Self
The Making of 'Superman II'
Movie · as Self
The Bloody Chamber
Movie
Chessgame
TV · as David Audley · 6 eps
Death in the Vatican
Movie · as Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Movie · as Self
Mystery on Monster Island
Movie · as Taskinar / Skinner
Superman II
Movie · as General Zod
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Movie · as Prince Lubovedsky
Together?
Movie · as Henry
Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
Movie
Superman
Movie · as General Zod
The Thief of Baghdad
Movie · as Wazir Jaudur
Striptease
Movie · as Alain
The Divine Nymph
Movie · as Dany di Bagnasco
Hu-Man
Movie · as Terence
Fade In
Movie · as Himself
A Season in Hell
Movie · as Arthur Rimbaud
The Mind of Mr. Soames
Movie · as John Soames
Theorem
Movie · as The Visitor
Spirits of the Dead
Movie · as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
Blue
Movie · as Blue
Toby Dammit
Movie · as Toby Dammit
Far from the Madding Crowd
Movie · as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Movie · as Self
Poor Cow
Movie · as Dave Fuller
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
Movie · as Self
Modesty Blaise
Movie · as Willie Garvin
The Collector
Movie · as Freddie Clegg
Billy Budd
Movie · as Billy Budd
Term of Trial
Movie · as Mitchell
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep