Terence Stamp

Actor

Born July 22, 1938 in Stepney, London, England, UK

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).

Filmography

Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2

Bernadette Bassenger

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Last Night in Soho

Silver-Haired Gentleman

His Dark Materials

Giacomo Paradisi

Murder Mystery

Malcolm Quince

Viking Destiny

Odin

Crooked House

Chief Inspector Taverner

Bitter Harvest

Ivan

Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Abraham Portman

Crow

Great Crow

1966: A Nation Remembers

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Between a Frock and a Hard Place

Self - Narrator

Big Eyes

John Canaday

Lambert & Stamp

Himself

The Art of the Steal

Samuel Winter

Song for Marion

Arthur

The Adjustment Bureau

Thompson

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

Severus (voice)

Norman Wisdom: His Story

Himself : Narrator

Valkyrie

Ludwig Beck

Yes Man

Terence

Get Smart

Siegfried

Wanted

Pekwarsky

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Self (archive footage)

September Dawn

Brigham Young

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

Self

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

General Zod

9/11: The Twin Towers

Narrator(voice)

The Making of Oblivion

Self

These Foolish Things

Baker

Dead Fish

Samuel Fish

Separate Lies

Joe (uncredited)

Elektra

Stick

The Haunted Mansion

Ramsley

The Kiss

Philip Naudet

My Boss's Daughter

Jack Taylor

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Self - Toby Dammit

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

Self

Full Frontal

Man on Plane / Self

History of Football: The Beautiful Game

Narrator

V Graham Norton

Self

My Wife Is an Actress

John

Smallville

Jor-El (voice)

Revelation

Magnus Martel

Red Planet

Dr. Bud Chantilas

Static Shock

Dennis / Professor Menace (voice)

The Limey

Wilson

Bowfinger

Terry Stricter

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Chancellor Valorum

Kiss the Sky

Kozen

The Hunger

The Host

Scene by Scene

Self

Bliss

Baltazar

Limited Edition

Edward Lamb

Love Walked In

Fred Moore

Mindbender

Joe Hartman

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Bernadette Bassenger

The Real McCoy

Jack Schmidt

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

Self

Prince of Shadows

Darman

Genuine Risk

Paul Hellwart

Alien Nation

William Harcourt

Young Guns

John Tunstall

Wall Street

Sir Larry Wildman

The Sicilian

Prince Borsa

Vilde, the Wild One

Edward

Legal Eagles

Victor Taft

Directed by William Wyler

Self

Link

Dr Steven Phillip

The Deadly Recruits

David Audley

The Cold War Killers

David Audley

The Company of Wolves

The Devil (uncredited)

The Hit

Willie Parker

Chessgame

David Audley

The Making of 'Superman II'

Self

The Bloody Chamber

Death in the Vatican

Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Self

Mystery on Monster Island

Taskinar / Skinner

Superman II

General Zod

Together?

Henry

Meetings with Remarkable Men

Prince Lubovedsky

Superman

General Zod

The Thief of Baghdad

Wazir Jaudur

Striptease

Alain

The Divine Nymph

Dany di Bagnasco

Hu-Man

Terence

Fade In

Himself

A Season in Hell

Arthur Rimbaud

The Mind of Mr. Soames

John Soames

Theorem

The Visitor

Spirits of the Dead

Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")

Blue

Toby Dammit

Poor Cow

Dave Fuller

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

Self

Far from the Madding Crowd

Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy

Modesty Blaise

Willie Garvin

The Collector

Freddie Clegg

Billy Budd

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Term of Trial

Mitchell