Terence Stamp
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 22, 1938
- Died
- Aug 17, 2025 (aged 87)
- Place of birth
- Stepney, London, England, UK
- Credits
- 109
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
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999Movie
Chancellor Valorum
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016Movie
Abraham Portman
Wanted
2008Movie
Pekwarsky
Yes Man
2008Movie
Terence
The Adjustment Bureau
2011Movie
Thompson
Murder Mystery
2019Movie
Malcolm Quince
Filmography
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023Movie
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Last Night in Soho
2021Movie
Silver-Haired Gentleman
His Dark Materials
2019TV
Giacomo Paradisi
Murder Mystery
2019Movie
Malcolm Quince
Viking Destiny
2018Movie
Odin
Crooked House
2017Movie
Chief Inspector Taverner
Bitter Harvest
2017Movie
Ivan
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
2017Movie
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016Movie
Abraham Portman
Crow
2016Movie
Great Crow
1966: A Nation Remembers
2016Movie
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015Movie
Self - Narrator
Big Eyes
2014Movie
John Canaday
Lambert & Stamp
2014Movie
Himself
The Art of the Steal
2013Movie
Samuel Winter
Song for Marion
2012Movie
Arthur
The Adjustment Bureau
2011Movie
Thompson
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010Movie
Severus (voice)
Norman Wisdom: His Story
2010Movie
Himself : Narrator
Valkyrie
2008Movie
Ludwig Beck
Yes Man
2008Movie
Terence
Get Smart
2008Movie
Siegfried
Wanted
2008Movie
Pekwarsky
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008Movie
Self (archive footage)
September Dawn
2007Movie
Brigham Young
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006Movie
Self
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006Movie
General Zod
9/11: The Twin Towers
2006Movie
Narrator(voice)
The Making of Oblivion
2006Movie
Self
These Foolish Things
2006Movie
Baker
Dead Fish
2005Movie
Samuel Fish
Separate Lies
2005Movie
Joe (uncredited)
Elektra
2005Movie
Stick
The Haunted Mansion
2003Movie
Ramsley
The Kiss
2003Movie
Philip Naudet
My Boss's Daughter
2003Movie
Jack Taylor
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003Movie
Self - Toby Dammit
History of Football: The Beautiful Game
2002TV
Narrator
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002Movie
Self
Full Frontal
2002Movie
Man on Plane / Self
V Graham Norton
2002TV
Self
My Wife Is an Actress
2001Movie
John
Smallville
2001TV
Jor-El (voice)
Revelation
2001Movie
Magnus Martel
Red Planet
2000Movie
Dr. Bud Chantilas
Static Shock
2000TV
Dennis / Professor Menace (voice)
The Limey
1999Movie
Wilson
Bowfinger
1999Movie
Terry Stricter
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999Movie
Chancellor Valorum
Kiss the Sky
1998Movie
Kozen
Nureyev Unzipped
1998Movie
Narrator
The Hunger
1997TV
The Host
Scene by Scene
1997TV
Self
Bliss
1997Movie
Baltazar
Limited Edition
1997Movie
Edward Lamb
Love Walked In
1997Movie
Fred Moore
Mindbender
1996Movie
Joe Hartman
Ladies Please!
1994Movie
Self
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994Movie
Bernadette Bassenger
The Real McCoy
1993Movie
Jack Schmidt
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993TV
Self
Prince of Shadows
1991Movie
Darman
Genuine Risk
1990Movie
Paul Hellwart
Alien Nation
1988Movie
William Harcourt
Young Guns
1988Movie
John Tunstall
Wall Street
1987Movie
Sir Larry Wildman
The Sicilian
1987Movie
Prince Borsa
Vilde, the Wild One
1986Movie
Edward
Legal Eagles
1986Movie
Victor Taft
Directed by William Wyler
1986Movie
Self
Link
1986Movie
Dr Steven Phillip
The Deadly Recruits
1986Movie
David Audley
The Alamut Ambush
1986Movie
David Audley
The Cold War Killers
1986Movie
David Audley
The Company of Wolves
1984Movie
The Devil (uncredited)
The Hit
1984Movie
Willie Parker
Chessgame
1983TV
David Audley
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983Movie
Self
The Bloody Chamber
1983Movie
Fellini nel cestino
1983Movie
Self
Death in the Vatican
1982Movie
Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982Movie
Self
Mystery on Monster Island
1981Movie
Taskinar / Skinner
Superman II
1980Movie
General Zod
Together?
1979Movie
Henry
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979Movie
Prince Lubovedsky
Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
1979Movie
Superman
1978Movie
General Zod
The Thief of Baghdad
1978Movie
Wazir Jaudur
Striptease
1976Movie
Alain
The Divine Nymph
1975Movie
Dany di Bagnasco
Hu-Man
1975Movie
Terence
Fade In
1973Movie
Himself
A Season in Hell
1971Movie
Arthur Rimbaud
The Mind of Mr. Soames
1970Movie
John Soames
Theorem
1968Movie
The Visitor
Spirits of the Dead
1968Movie
Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
Blue
1968Movie
Blue
Toby Dammit
1968Movie
Toby Dammit
Poor Cow
1967Movie
Dave Fuller
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967Movie
Self
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967Movie
Self
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967Movie
Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
Modesty Blaise
1966Movie
Willie Garvin
The Collector
1965Movie
Freddie Clegg
Billy Budd
1962Movie
Billy Budd
The Merv Griffin Show
1962TV
Self
Term of Trial
1962Movie
Mitchell
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
Movie
Bernadette Bassenger