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