Terence Stamp
Acting
1938-07-22 · 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).
Filmography
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023 · Movie
Last Night in Soho
2021 · Movie
His Dark Materials
2019 · Series
Murder Mystery
2019 · Movie
Viking Destiny
2018 · Movie
Crooked House
2017 · Movie
Bitter Harvest
2017 · Movie
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
2017 · Movie
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016 · Movie
Crow
2016 · Movie
1966: A Nation Remembers
2016 · Movie
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015 · Movie
Big Eyes
2014 · Movie
Lambert & Stamp
2014 · Movie
The Art of the Steal
2013 · Movie
Song for Marion
2012 · Movie
The Adjustment Bureau
2011 · Movie
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010 · Movie
Norman Wisdom: His Story
2010 · Movie
Valkyrie
2008 · Movie
Yes Man
2008 · Movie
Wanted
2008 · Movie
Get Smart
2008 · Movie
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008 · Movie
September Dawn
2007 · Movie
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006 · Movie
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006 · Movie
9/11: The Twin Towers
2006 · Movie
The Making of Oblivion
2006 · Movie
These Foolish Things
2006 · Movie
Dead Fish
2005 · Movie
Separate Lies
2005 · Movie
Elektra
2005 · Movie
The Haunted Mansion
2003 · Movie
The Kiss
2003 · Movie
My Boss's Daughter
2003 · Movie
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003 · Movie
History of Football: The Beautiful Game
2002 · Series
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002 · Movie
Full Frontal
2002 · Movie
V Graham Norton
2002 · Series
My Wife Is an Actress
2001 · Movie
Smallville
2001 · Series
Revelation
2001 · Movie
Red Planet
2000 · Movie
Static Shock
2000 · Series
The Limey
1999 · Movie
Bowfinger
1999 · Movie
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999 · Movie
Kiss the Sky
1998 · Movie
Nureyev Unzipped
1998 · Movie
The Hunger
1997 · Series
Scene by Scene
1997 · Series
Bliss
1997 · Movie
Limited Edition
1997 · Movie
Love Walked In
1997 · Movie
Mindbender
1996 · Movie
Ladies Please!
1994 · Movie
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994 · Movie
The Real McCoy
1993 · Movie
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993 · Series
Prince of Shadows
1991 · Movie
Genuine Risk
1990 · Movie
Alien Nation
1988 · Movie
Young Guns
1988 · Movie
Wall Street
1987 · Movie
The Sicilian
1987 · Movie
Vilde, the Wild One
1986 · Movie
Legal Eagles
1986 · Movie
Directed by William Wyler
1986 · Movie
Link
1986 · Movie
The Deadly Recruits
1986 · Movie
The Alamut Ambush
1986 · Movie
The Cold War Killers
1986 · Movie
The Company of Wolves
1984 · Movie
The Hit
1984 · Movie
Chessgame
1983 · Series
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983 · Movie
The Bloody Chamber
1983 · Movie
Fellini nel cestino
1983 · Movie
Death in the Vatican
1982 · Movie
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982 · Movie
Mystery on Monster Island
1981 · Movie
Superman II
1980 · Movie
Together?
1979 · Movie
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979 · Movie
Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
1979 · Movie
Superman
1978 · Movie
The Thief of Baghdad
1978 · Movie
Striptease
1976 · Movie
The Divine Nymph
1975 · Movie
Hu-Man
1975 · Movie
Fade In
1973 · Movie
A Season in Hell
1971 · Movie
The Mind of Mr. Soames
1970 · Movie
Theorem
1968 · Movie
Spirits of the Dead
1968 · Movie
Blue
1968 · Movie
Toby Dammit
1968 · Movie
Poor Cow
1967 · Movie
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 · Movie
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967 · Movie
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 · Movie
Modesty Blaise
1966 · Movie
The Collector
1965 · Movie
Billy Budd
1962 · Movie
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Series
Term of Trial
1962 · Movie
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
Movie