Terence Stamp
Acting
- Born:
- 1938-07-22
- Died:
- 2025-08-17
- Place of birth:
- Stepney, London, England, UK
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).
Known For
Filmography
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Last Night in Soho
His Dark Materials
Murder Mystery
Viking Destiny
Crooked House
Bitter Harvest
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Crow
1966: A Nation Remembers
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Big Eyes
Lambert & Stamp
The Art of the Steal
Song for Marion
The Adjustment Bureau
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Norman Wisdom: His Story
Valkyrie
Yes Man
Get Smart
Wanted
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
September Dawn
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
9/11: The Twin Towers
The Making of Oblivion
These Foolish Things
Dead Fish
Separate Lies
Elektra
The Haunted Mansion
The Kiss
My Boss's Daughter
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
History of Football: The Beautiful Game
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
Full Frontal
V Graham Norton
My Wife Is an Actress
Smallville
Revelation
Red Planet
Static Shock
The Limey
Bowfinger
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Kiss the Sky
Nureyev Unzipped
The Hunger
Scene by Scene
Bliss
Limited Edition
Love Walked In
Mindbender
Ladies Please!
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
The Real McCoy
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Prince of Shadows
Genuine Risk
Alien Nation
Young Guns
Wall Street
The Sicilian
Vilde, the Wild One
Legal Eagles
Directed by William Wyler
Link
The Deadly Recruits
The Alamut Ambush
The Cold War Killers
The Company of Wolves
The Hit
Chessgame
The Making of 'Superman II'
The Bloody Chamber
Fellini nel cestino
Death in the Vatican
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Mystery on Monster Island
Superman II
Together?
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
Superman
The Thief of Baghdad
Striptease
The Divine Nymph
Hu-Man
Fade In
A Season in Hell
The Mind of Mr. Soames
Theorem
Spirits of the Dead
Blue
Toby Dammit
Poor Cow
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Far from the Madding Crowd
Modesty Blaise
The Collector
Billy Budd
The Merv Griffin Show
Term of Trial
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2