Terence Stamp

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).

Filmography (108 Appearances)

Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2

TBA

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

2023

Last Night in Soho

2021

His Dark Materials

2019

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

Wanted

2008

Get Smart

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

History of Football: The Beautiful Game

2002

V Graham Norton

2002

My Wife Is an Actress

2001

Smallville

2001

Revelation

2001

Red Planet

2000

Static Shock

2000

The Limey

1999

Bowfinger

1999

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999

Kiss the Sky

1998

Nureyev Unzipped

1998

The Hunger

1997

Scene by Scene

1997

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

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

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 Cold War Killers

1986

The Alamut Ambush

1986

The Company of Wolves

1984

The Hit

1984

Chessgame

1983

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

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

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

Term of Trial

1962 Debut
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