Acting
Terence Stamp
EN, DE, IT, FR cinema · 99 credits
Born
22 July 1938
Died
17 August 2025 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Stepney, London, England, UK
Also known as Terence Henry Stamp
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
Filmography
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
as Bernadette Bassenger
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Last Night in Soho
as Silver-Haired Gentleman
Murder Mystery
as Malcolm Quince
Viking Destiny
as Odin
Bitter Harvest
as Ivan
Crooked House
as Chief Inspector Taverner
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Abraham Portman
Crow
as Great Crow
1966: A Nation Remembers
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
as Self - Narrator
Big Eyes
as John Canaday
Lambert & Stamp
as Himself
The Art of the Steal
as Samuel Winter
Song for Marion
as Arthur
The Adjustment Bureau
as Thompson
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
as Severus (voice)
Norman Wisdom: His Story
as Himself : Narrator
Valkyrie
as Ludwig Beck
Get Smart
as Siegfried
Wanted
as Pekwarsky
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage)
Yes Man
as Terence
September Dawn
as Brigham Young
These Foolish Things
as Baker
9/11: The Twin Towers
as Narrator(voice)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as General Zod
Separate Lies
as Joe (uncredited)
Elektra
as Stick
Dead Fish
as Samuel Fish
My Boss's Daughter
as Jack Taylor
The Haunted Mansion
as Ramsley
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
as Self - Toby Dammit
The Kiss
as Philip Naudet
Full Frontal
as Man on Plane / Self
Revelation
as Magnus Martel
Red Planet
as Dr. Bud Chantilas
The Limey
as Wilson
Bowfinger
as Terry Stricter
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Chancellor Valorum
Kiss the Sky
as Kozen
Limited Edition
as Edward Lamb
Love Walked In
as Fred Moore
Bliss
as Baltazar
Mindbender
as Joe Hartman
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
as Bernadette Bassenger
Ladies Please!
as Self
The Real McCoy
as Jack Schmidt
Prince of Shadows
as Darman
Genuine Risk
as Paul Hellwart
Alien Nation
as William Harcourt
Young Guns
as John Tunstall
Wall Street
as Sir Larry Wildman
The Sicilian
as Prince Borsa
Legal Eagles
as Victor Taft
Link
as Dr Steven Phillip
The Alamut Ambush
1986
The Alamut Ambush
as David Audley
The Cold War Killers
as David Audley
Vilde, the Wild One
as Edward
The Deadly Recruits
as David Audley
The Hit
as Willie Parker
The Company of Wolves
as The Devil (uncredited)
Death in the Vatican
as Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
Mystery on Monster Island
as Taskinar / Skinner
Superman II
as General Zod
Meetings with Remarkable Men
as Prince Lubovedsky
Together?
as Henry
Superman
as General Zod
The Thief of Baghdad
as Wazir Jaudur
Striptease
as Alain
The Divine Nymph
as Dany di Bagnasco
Hu-Man
as Terence, Co-Producer
Fade In
as Himself
A Season in Hell
as Arthur Rimbaud
The Mind of Mr. Soames
as John Soames
Theorem
as The Visitor
Spirits of the Dead
as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
Blue
as Blue
Toby Dammit
as Toby Dammit
Far from the Madding Crowd
as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
Poor Cow
as Dave Fuller
Modesty Blaise
as Willie Garvin
The Collector
as Freddie Clegg
Billy Budd
as Billy Budd
Term of Trial
as Mitchell