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