Terence Stamp
Acting
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
Acting109
movieMCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
Self - Actor (archive footage)
movieLast Night in Soho
2021
Silver-Haired Gentleman
tvHis Dark Materials
2019
Giacomo Paradisi
movieMurder Mystery
2019
Malcolm Quince
movieCrooked House
2017
Chief Inspector Taverner
movieMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Abraham Portman
movieCrow
2016
Great Crow
movie1966: A Nation Remembers
2016
Himself - Narrator (voice)
movieBetween a Frock and a Hard Place
2015
Self - Narrator
movieBig Eyes
2014
John Canaday
movieLambert & Stamp
2014
Himself
movieThe Art of the Steal
2013
Samuel Winter
movieSong for Marion
2012
Arthur
movieThe Adjustment Bureau
2011
Thompson
movieUltramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010
Severus (voice)
movieNorman Wisdom: His Story
2010
Himself : Narrator
movieValkyrie
2008
Ludwig Beck
movieYes Man
2008
Terence
movieGet Smart
2008
Siegfried
movieWanted
2008
Pekwarsky
movieRoman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
Self (archive footage)
movieSeptember Dawn
2007
Brigham Young
movieSuperman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
General Zod
movie9/11: The Twin Towers
2006
Narrator(voice)
movieDead Fish
2005
Samuel Fish
movieSeparate Lies
2005
Joe (uncredited)
movieElektra
2005
Stick
movieThe Haunted Mansion
2003
Ramsley
movieThe Kiss
2003
Philip Naudet
movieMy Boss's Daughter
2003
Jack Taylor
movieFellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
Self - Toby Dammit
movieFull Frontal
2002
Man on Plane / Self
tvSmallville
2001
Jor-El (voice)
movieRevelation
2001
Magnus Martel
movieRed Planet
2000
Dr. Bud Chantilas
tvStatic Shock
2000
Dennis / Professor Menace (voice)
movieThe Limey
1999
Wilson
movieBowfinger
1999
Terry Stricter
movieStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Chancellor Valorum
tvThe Hunger
1997
The Host
movieBliss
1997
Baltazar
movieLimited Edition
1997
Edward Lamb
movieLove Walked In
1997
Fred Moore
movieMindbender
1996
Joe Hartman
movieThe Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
Bernadette Bassenger
movieThe Real McCoy
1993
Jack Schmidt
movieGenuine Risk
1990
Paul Hellwart
movieAlien Nation
1988
William Harcourt
movieYoung Guns
1988
John Tunstall
movieWall Street
1987
Sir Larry Wildman
movieThe Sicilian
1987
Prince Borsa
movieLegal Eagles
1986
Victor Taft
movieLink
1986
Dr Steven Phillip
movieThe Deadly Recruits
1986
David Audley
The Alamut Ambush
1986
David Audley
movieThe Cold War Killers
1986
David Audley
movieThe Company of Wolves
1984
The Devil (uncredited)
movieThe Hit
1984
Willie Parker
tvChessgame
1983
David Audley
movieDeath in the Vatican
1982
Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
movieMystery on Monster Island
1981
Taskinar / Skinner
movieSuperman II
1980
General Zod
movieTogether?
1979
Henry
movieMeetings with Remarkable Men
1979
Prince Lubovedsky
movieSuperman
1978
General Zod
movieThe Thief of Baghdad
1978
Wazir Jaudur
movieStriptease
1976
Alain
movieThe Divine Nymph
1975
Dany di Bagnasco
movieHu-Man
1975
Terence
movieFade In
1973
Himself
movieA Season in Hell
1971
Arthur Rimbaud
movieThe Mind of Mr. Soames
1970
John Soames
movieTheorem
1968
The Visitor
movieSpirits of the Dead
1968
Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
movieBlue
1968
Blue
movieToby Dammit
1968
Toby Dammit
moviePoor Cow
1967
Dave Fuller
movieFar from the Madding Crowd
1967
Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
movieModesty Blaise
1966
Willie Garvin
movieThe Collector
1965
Freddie Clegg
movieBilly Budd
1962
Billy Budd
movieTerm of Trial
1962
Mitchell
moviePriscilla Queen of the Desert 2
Bernadette Bassenger
Production1
movieHu-Man
1975
Co-Producer