Terence Stamp
Acting
Born July 22, 1938 · Stepney, London, England, UK
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).
Films (98)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
Last Night in Soho
2021
Murder Mystery
2019
Viking Destiny
2018
Crooked House
2017
Bitter Harvest
2017
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
2017
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Crow
2016
1966: A Nation Remembers
2016
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015
Big Eyes
2014
Lambert & Stamp
2014
The Art of the Steal
2013
Song for Marion
2012
The Adjustment Bureau
2011
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010
Norman Wisdom: His Story
2010
Valkyrie
2008
Yes Man
2008
Get Smart
2008
Wanted
2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
September Dawn
2007
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
9/11: The Twin Towers
2006
The Making of Oblivion
2006
These Foolish Things
2006
Dead Fish
2005
Separate Lies
2005
Elektra
2005
The Haunted Mansion
2003
The Kiss
2003
My Boss's Daughter
2003
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002
Full Frontal
2002
My Wife Is an Actress
2001
Revelation
2001
Red Planet
2000
The Limey
1999
Bowfinger
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Kiss the Sky
1998
Nureyev Unzipped
1998
Bliss
1997
Limited Edition
1997
Love Walked In
1997
Mindbender
1996
Ladies Please!
1994
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
The Real McCoy
1993
Prince of Shadows
1991
Genuine Risk
1990
Alien Nation
1988
Young Guns
1988
Wall Street
1987
The Sicilian
1987
Vilde, the Wild One
1986
Legal Eagles
1986
Directed by William Wyler
1986
Link
1986
The Deadly Recruits
1986
The Alamut Ambush
1986
The Cold War Killers
1986
The Company of Wolves
1984
The Hit
1984
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
The Bloody Chamber
1983
Fellini nel cestino
1983
Death in the Vatican
1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
Mystery on Monster Island
1981
Superman II
1980
Together?
1979
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979
Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
1979
Superman
1978
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
Striptease
1976
The Divine Nymph
1975
Hu-Man
1975
Fade In
1973
A Season in Hell
1971
The Mind of Mr. Soames
1970
Theorem
1968
Spirits of the Dead
1968
Blue
1968
Toby Dammit
1968
Poor Cow
1967
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
Modesty Blaise
1966
The Collector
1965
Billy Budd
1962
Term of Trial
1962