Terence Stamp
Acting • Born 1938-07-22 – Died 2025-08-17
Biography
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).
Filmography
109 credits
Alien Nation
Movie • 1988
William Harcourt
The Real McCoy
Movie • 1993
Jack Schmidt
Separate Lies
Movie • 2005
Joe (uncredited)
Valkyrie
Movie • 2008
Ludwig Beck
Far from the Madding Crowd
Movie • 1967
Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
Superman
Movie • 1978
General Zod
Wall Street
Movie • 1987
Sir Larry Wildman
The Limey
Movie • 1999
Wilson
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Movie • 1994
Bernadette Bassenger
My Boss's Daughter
Movie • 2003
Jack Taylor
The Haunted Mansion
Movie • 2003
Ramsley
Billy Budd
Movie • 1962
Billy Budd
Theorem
Movie • 1968
The Visitor
Bowfinger
Movie • 1999
Terry Stricter
Get Smart
Movie • 2008
Siegfried
Young Guns
Movie • 1988
John Tunstall
The Sicilian
Movie • 1987
Prince Borsa
Superman II
Movie • 1980
General Zod
Red Planet
Movie • 2000
Dr. Bud Chantilas
Wanted
Movie • 2008
Pekwarsky
Legal Eagles
Movie • 1986
Victor Taft
Elektra
Movie • 2005
Stick
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Movie • 1967
Self
Mystery on Monster Island
Movie • 1981
Taskinar / Skinner
Spirits of the Dead
Movie • 1968
Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
Modesty Blaise
Movie • 1966
Willie Garvin
My Wife Is an Actress
Movie • 2001
John
The Collector
Movie • 1965
Freddie Clegg
September Dawn
Movie • 2007
Brigham Young
The Adjustment Bureau
Movie • 2011
Thompson
Link
Movie • 1986
Dr Steven Phillip
The Divine Nymph
Movie • 1975
Dany di Bagnasco
Dead Fish
Movie • 2005
Samuel Fish
The Hit
Movie • 1984
Willie Parker
Death in the Vatican
Movie • 1982
Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Movie • 2010
Severus (voice)
Genuine Risk
Movie • 1990
Paul Hellwart
Term of Trial
Movie • 1962
Mitchell
Fade In
Movie • 1973
Himself
Poor Cow
Movie • 1967
Dave Fuller
Revelation
Movie • 2001
Magnus Martel
Big Eyes
Movie • 2014
John Canaday
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Movie • 1979
Prince Lubovedsky
Limited Edition
Movie • 1997
Edward Lamb
Song for Marion
Movie • 2012
Arthur
Lambert & Stamp
Movie • 2014
Himself
The Thief of Baghdad
Movie • 1978
Wazir Jaudur
The Mind of Mr. Soames
Movie • 1970
John Soames
Fellini nel cestino
Movie • 1983
Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
Blue
Movie • 1968
Blue
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Movie • 2003
Self - Toby Dammit
Together?
Movie • 1979
Henry
The Art of the Steal
Movie • 2013
Samuel Winter
Norman Wisdom: His Story
Movie • 2010
Himself : Narrator
Love Walked In
Movie • 1997
Fred Moore
Mindbender
Movie • 1996
Joe Hartman
The Alamut Ambush
Movie • 1986
David Audley
Yes Man
Movie • 2008
Terence
A Season in Hell
Movie • 1971
Arthur Rimbaud
Prince of Shadows
Movie • 1991
Darman
The Cold War Killers
Movie • 1986
David Audley
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Movie • 1999
Chancellor Valorum
The Kiss
Movie • 2003
Philip Naudet
Vilde, the Wild One
Movie • 1986
Edward
Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
Movie • 1979
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Movie • 2016
Abraham Portman
Full Frontal
Movie • 2002
Man on Plane / Self
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Movie • 2015
Self - Narrator
Striptease
Movie • 1976
Alain
The Deadly Recruits
Movie • 1986
David Audley
Hu-Man
Movie • 1975
Terence
Kiss the Sky
Movie • 1998
Kozen
These Foolish Things
Movie • 2006
Baker
Bliss
Movie • 1997
Baltazar
Bitter Harvest
Movie • 2017
Ivan
Crow
Movie • 2016
Great Crow
Ladies Please!
Movie • 1994
Self
Crooked House
Movie • 2017
Chief Inspector Taverner
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
Movie • 2017
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Movie • 1982
Self
The Making of 'Superman II'
Movie • 1983
Self
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
Movie • 2002
Self
The Company of Wolves
Movie • 1984
The Devil (uncredited)
Murder Mystery
Movie • 2019
Malcolm Quince
Viking Destiny
Movie • 2018
Odin
Nureyev Unzipped
Movie • 1998
Narrator
9/11: The Twin Towers
Movie • 2006
Narrator(voice)
Last Night in Soho
Movie • 2021
Silver-Haired Gentleman
Directed by William Wyler
Movie • 1986
Self
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Movie • 2006
General Zod
1966: A Nation Remembers
Movie • 2016
Himself - Narrator (voice)
The Making of Oblivion
Movie • 2006
Self
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Movie • 2006
Self
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
Movie • 1967
Himself
The Bloody Chamber
Movie • 1983
Toby Dammit
Movie • 1968
Toby Dammit
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
Movie
Bernadette Bassenger
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Movie • 2023
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Static Shock
TV • 2000
Dennis / Professor Menace (voice)
The Hunger
TV • 1997
The Host
Chessgame
TV • 1983
David Audley
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
TV • 1993
Self
Smallville
TV • 2001
Jor-El (voice)
Scene by Scene
TV • 1997
Self
His Dark Materials
TV • 2019
Giacomo Paradisi
History of Football: The Beautiful Game
TV • 2002
Narrator
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self