Terence Stamp
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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).
Known for
Credits
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
as Chancellor Valorum
Superman (1978)
as General Zod
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
as Abraham Portman
The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
as Thompson
Wanted (2008)
as Pekwarsky
Yes Man (2008)
as Terence
Superman II (1980)
as General Zod
Last Night in Soho (2021)
as Silver-Haired Gentleman
Get Smart (2008)
as Siegfried
Elektra (2005)
as Stick
Valkyrie (2008)
as Ludwig Beck
Wall Street (1987)
as Sir Larry Wildman
Young Guns (1988)
as John Tunstall
Murder Mystery (2019)
as Malcolm Quince
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
as Bernadette Bassenger
Big Eyes (2014)
as John Canaday
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
as Ramsley
The Collector (1965)
as Freddie Clegg
Bliss (1997)
as Baltazar
Bowfinger (1999)
as Terry Stricter
Red Planet (2000)
as Dr. Bud Chantilas
Crooked House (2017)
as Chief Inspector Taverner
The Limey (1999)
as Wilson
Legal Eagles (1986)
as Victor Taft
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
as General Zod
The Real McCoy (1993)
as Jack Schmidt
My Boss's Daughter (2003)
as Jack Taylor
The Sicilian (1987)
as Prince Borsa
Full Frontal (2002)
as Man on Plane / Self
Alien Nation (1988)
as William Harcourt
The Company of Wolves (1984)
as The Devil (uncredited)
Bitter Harvest (2017)
as Ivan
Theorem (1968)
as The Visitor
The Hit (1984)
as Willie Parker
Billy Budd (1962)
as Billy Budd
The Art of the Steal (2013)
as Samuel Winter
Dead Fish (2005)
as Samuel Fish
Poor Cow (1967)
as Dave Fuller
Separate Lies (2005)
as Joe (uncredited)
Spirits of the Dead (1968)
as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie (2010)
as Severus (voice)
Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
Song for Marion (2012)
as Arthur
Kiss the Sky (1998)
as Kozen
Term of Trial (1962)
as Mitchell
The Kiss (2003)
as Philip Naudet
The Divine Nymph (1975)
as Dany di Bagnasco
Revelation (2001)
as Magnus Martel
Limited Edition (1997)
as Edward Lamb
Link (1986)
as Dr Steven Phillip
Modesty Blaise (1966)
as Willie Garvin
September Dawn (2007)
as Brigham Young
Genuine Risk (1990)
as Paul Hellwart
My Wife Is an Actress (2001)
as John
Mystery on Monster Island (1981)
as Taskinar / Skinner
Viking Destiny (2018)
as Odin
The Thief of Baghdad (1978)
as Wazir Jaudur
Hu-Man (1975)
as Terence
Ladies Please! (1994)
as Self
Fade In (1973)
as Himself
Together? (1979)
as Henry
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
Blue (1968)
as Blue
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1982)
as Self
These Foolish Things (2006)
as Baker
Prince of Shadows (1991)
as Darman
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006)
as Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema (2023)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967)
as Self
Love Walked In (1997)
as Fred Moore
Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979)
as Prince Lubovedsky
Crow (2016)
as Great Crow
Lambert & Stamp (2014)
as Himself
9/11: The Twin Towers (2006)
as Narrator(voice)
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2003)
as Self - Toby Dammit
Directed by William Wyler (1986)
as Self
Fellini nel cestino (1983)
as Self
A Season in Hell (1971)
as Arthur Rimbaud
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
as Himself
The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970)
as John Soames
Nureyev Unzipped (1998)
as Narrator
Vilde, the Wild One (1986)
as Edward
Norman Wisdom: His Story (2010)
as Himself : Narrator
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2 (—)
as Bernadette Bassenger
The Making of 'Superman II' (1983)
as Self
Striptease (1976)
as Alain
Death in the Vatican (1982)
as Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
Mindbender (1996)
as Joe Hartman
The Cold War Killers (1986)
as David Audley
The Bloody Chamber (1983)
Actor
The Deadly Recruits (1986)
as David Audley
The Alamut Ambush (1986)
as David Audley
Between a Frock and a Hard Place (2015)
as Self - Narrator
Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night (1979)
Actor
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up (2002)
as Self
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence (2017)
Actor
The Making of Oblivion (2006)
as Self
1966: A Nation Remembers (2016)
as Himself - Narrator (voice)