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).
108 acting credits
Acting · 108
Smallville
2001
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
His Dark Materials
2019
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
V Graham Norton
2002
Static Shock
2000
The Hunger
1997
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Superman
1978
Wanted
2008
Yes Man
2008
Valkyrie
2008
The Company of Wolves
1984
The Adjustment Bureau
2011
Elektra
2005
Get Smart
2008
Murder Mystery
2019
Superman II
1980
Last Night in Soho
2021
Scene by Scene
1997
Wall Street
1987
Young Guns
1988
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
The Haunted Mansion
2003
Crooked House
2017
Red Planet
2000
Big Eyes
2014
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
Kiss the Sky
1998
The Limey
1999
Bliss
1997
Legal Eagles
1986
The Art of the Steal
2013
The Real McCoy
1993
Theorem
1968
The Hit
1984
The Sicilian
1987
The Collector
1965
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010
My Boss's Daughter
2003
Bowfinger
1999
Bitter Harvest
2017
The Divine Nymph
1975
Alien Nation
1988
Spirits of the Dead
1968
Full Frontal
2002
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006
Link
1986
Dead Fish
2005
Viking Destiny
2018
Chessgame
1983
Revelation
2001
Blue
1968
Modesty Blaise
1966
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
Billy Budd
1962
Mystery on Monster Island
1981
My Wife Is an Actress
2001
September Dawn
2007
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
The Mind of Mr. Soames
1970
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
Separate Lies
2005
Song for Marion
2012
Directed by William Wyler
1986
Poor Cow
1967
Fade In
1973
Crow
2016
These Foolish Things
2006
Together?
1979
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002
Prince of Shadows
1991
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
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Term of Trial
1962
History of Football: The Beautiful Game
2002
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
Striptease
1976
Ladies Please!
1994
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
The Kiss
2003
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
Death in the Vatican
1982
Love Walked In
1997
Vilde, the Wild One
1986
The Cold War Killers
1986
Limited Edition
1997
Fellini nel cestino
1983
The Bloody Chamber
1983
Nureyev Unzipped
1998
Mindbender
1996
A Season in Hell
1971
The Alamut Ambush
1986
The Deadly Recruits
1986
Genuine Risk
1990
Norman Wisdom: His Story
2010
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
2017
9/11: The Twin Towers
2006
The Making of Oblivion
2006
Lambert & Stamp
2014
Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
1979
Hu-Man
1975
1966: A Nation Remembers
2016