Terence Stamp
80 movies · 6 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 22, 1938
- Died
- Aug 17, 2025 (age 87)
- Place of birth
- Stepney, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Terence Henry Stamp
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).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Terence Stamp: movies and TV shows
Acting (86)
- Upcoming Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
as Bernadette Bassenger
- 2021 Last Night in Soho
as Silver-Haired Gentleman
- 2019
- 2019 Murder Mystery
as Malcolm Quince
- 2018 Viking Destiny
as Odin
- 2017 Crooked House
as Chief Inspector Taverner
- 2017 Bitter Harvest
as Ivan
- 2017
- 2016 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Abraham Portman
- 2016 Crow
as Great Crow
- 2014 Big Eyes
as John Canaday
- 2013 The Art of the Steal
as Samuel Winter
- 2012 Song for Marion
as Arthur
- 2011 The Adjustment Bureau
as Thompson
- 2010 Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
as Severus (voice)
- 2008 Valkyrie
as Ludwig Beck
- 2008 Yes Man
as Terence
- 2008 Get Smart
as Siegfried
- 2008 Wanted
as Pekwarsky
- 2007 September Dawn
as Brigham Young
- 2006 Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as General Zod
- 2006 9/11: The Twin Towers
as Narrator(voice)
- 2006 These Foolish Things
as Baker
- 2005 Dead Fish
as Samuel Fish
- 2005 Separate Lies
as Joe (uncredited)
- 2005 Elektra
as Stick
- 2003 The Haunted Mansion
as Ramsley
- 2003 The Kiss
as Philip Naudet
- 2003 My Boss's Daughter
as Jack Taylor
- 2002
- 2001 My Wife Is an Actress
as John
- 2001
- 2001 Revelation
as Magnus Martel
- 2000 Red Planet
as Dr. Bud Chantilas
- 2000
- 1999 The Limey
as Wilson
- 1999 Bowfinger
as Terry Stricter
- 1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Chancellor Valorum
- 1998 Kiss the Sky
as Kozen
- 1998 Nureyev Unzipped
as Narrator
- 1997
- 1997 Bliss
as Baltazar
- 1997 Limited Edition
as Edward Lamb
- 1997 Love Walked In
as Fred Moore
- 1996 Mindbender
as Joe Hartman
- 1994 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
as Bernadette Bassenger
- 1993 The Real McCoy
as Jack Schmidt
- 1991 Prince of Shadows
as Darman
- 1990 Genuine Risk
as Paul Hellwart
- 1988 Alien Nation
as William Harcourt
- 1988 Young Guns
as John Tunstall
- 1987 Wall Street
as Sir Larry Wildman
- 1987 The Sicilian
as Prince Borsa
- 1986 Vilde, the Wild One
as Edward
- 1986 Legal Eagles
as Victor Taft
- 1986 Link
as Dr Steven Phillip
- 1986 The Deadly Recruits
as David Audley
- 1986 The Alamut Ambush
as David Audley
- 1986 The Cold War Killers
as David Audley
- 1984 The Company of Wolves
as The Devil (uncredited)
- 1984 The Hit
as Willie Parker
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982 Death in the Vatican
as Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
- 1981 Mystery on Monster Island
as Taskinar / Skinner
- 1980 Superman II
as General Zod
- 1979 Together?
as Henry
- 1979 Meetings with Remarkable Men
as Prince Lubovedsky
- 1979
- 1978 Superman
as General Zod
- 1978 The Thief of Baghdad
as Wazir Jaudur
- 1976 Striptease
as Alain
- 1975 The Divine Nymph
as Dany di Bagnasco
- 1975 Hu-Man
as Terence
- 1971 A Season in Hell
as Arthur Rimbaud
- 1970 The Mind of Mr. Soames
as John Soames
- 1968 Theorem
as The Visitor
- 1968 Spirits of the Dead
as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
- 1968 Blue
as Blue
- 1968 Toby Dammit
as Toby Dammit
- 1967 Poor Cow
as Dave Fuller
- 1967 Far from the Madding Crowd
as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
- 1966 Modesty Blaise
as Willie Garvin
- 1965 The Collector
as Freddie Clegg
- 1962 Billy Budd
as Billy Budd
- 1962 Term of Trial
as Mitchell
Behind the camera (1)
- 1975 Hu-Man
Co-Producer
Talk shows and appearances (23)
- 2023
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2010
- 2008
- 2006
- 2006
- 2003
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002 V Graham Norton
1 episode
- 1997 Scene by Scene
1 episode
- 1994
- 1993
- 1986
- 1983
- 1983
- 1982
- 1973
- 1967
- 1967
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
1 episode