Terence 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).
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Movies (45)
Last Night in Soho
as Silver-Haired Gentleman
2021
Murder Mystery
as Malcolm Quince
2019
Viking Destiny
as Odin
2018
Crooked House
as Chief Inspector Taverner
2017
Bitter Harvest
as Ivan
2017
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
2017
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Abraham Portman
2016
Crow
as Great Crow
2016
1966: A Nation Remembers
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
2016
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
as Self - Narrator
2015
Big Eyes
as John Canaday
2014
Lambert & Stamp
as Himself
2014
The Art of the Steal
as Samuel Winter
2013
Song for Marion
as Arthur
2012
The Adjustment Bureau
as Thompson
2011
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
as Severus (voice)
2010
Norman Wisdom: His Story
as Himself : Narrator
2010
Valkyrie
as Ludwig Beck
2008
Yes Man
as Terence
2008
Get Smart
as Siegfried
2008
Wanted
as Pekwarsky
2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage)
2008
September Dawn
as Brigham Young
2007
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
as Self
2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as General Zod
2006
9/11: The Twin Towers
as Narrator(voice)
2006
The Making of Oblivion
as Self
2006
These Foolish Things
as Baker
2006
Dead Fish
as Samuel Fish
2005
Separate Lies
as Joe (uncredited)
2005
Elektra
as Stick
2005
The Haunted Mansion
as Ramsley
2003
The Kiss
as Philip Naudet
2003
My Boss's Daughter
as Jack Taylor
2003
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
as Self - Toby Dammit
2003
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
as Self
2002
Full Frontal
as Man on Plane / Self
2002
My Wife Is an Actress
as John
2001
Revelation
as Magnus Martel
2001
Red Planet
as Dr. Bud Chantilas
2000
The Limey
as Wilson
1999
Bowfinger
as Terry Stricter
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Chancellor Valorum
1999
Kiss the Sky
as Kozen
1998
Nureyev Unzipped
as Narrator
1998
