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