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