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).

Known For

Smallville

The Merv Griffin Show

His Dark Materials

Static Shock

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

V Graham Norton

The Hunger

Superman

All Movies (98)

• MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema2023 · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
• Last Night in Soho2021 · as Silver-Haired Gentleman
• Murder Mystery2019 · as Malcolm Quince
• Viking Destiny2018 · as Odin
• Crooked House2017 · as Chief Inspector Taverner
• Bitter Harvest2017 · as Ivan
• Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence2017
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children2016 · as Abraham Portman
• Crow2016 · as Great Crow
• 1966: A Nation Remembers2016 · as Himself - Narrator (voice)
• Between a Frock and a Hard Place2015 · as Self - Narrator
• Big Eyes2014 · as John Canaday
• Lambert & Stamp2014 · as Himself
• The Art of the Steal2013 · as Samuel Winter
• Song for Marion2012 · as Arthur
• The Adjustment Bureau2011 · as Thompson
• Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie2010 · as Severus (voice)
• Norman Wisdom: His Story2010 · as Himself : Narrator
• Valkyrie2008 · as Ludwig Beck
• Yes Man2008 · as Terence
• Get Smart2008 · as Siegfried
• Wanted2008 · as Pekwarsky
• Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• September Dawn2007 · as Brigham Young
• You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman2006 · as Self
• Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut2006 · as General Zod
• 9/11: The Twin Towers2006 · as Narrator(voice)
• The Making of Oblivion2006 · as Self
• These Foolish Things2006 · as Baker
• Dead Fish2005 · as Samuel Fish
• Separate Lies2005 · as Joe (uncredited)
• Elektra2005 · as Stick
• The Haunted Mansion2003 · as Ramsley
• The Kiss2003 · as Philip Naudet
• My Boss's Daughter2003 · as Jack Taylor
• Fellini: I'm a Born Liar2003 · as Self - Toby Dammit
• Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up2002 · as Self
• Full Frontal2002 · as Man on Plane / Self
• My Wife Is an Actress2001 · as John
• Revelation2001 · as Magnus Martel
• Red Planet2000 · as Dr. Bud Chantilas
• The Limey1999 · as Wilson
• Bowfinger1999 · as Terry Stricter
• Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999 · as Chancellor Valorum
• Kiss the Sky1998 · as Kozen
• Nureyev Unzipped1998 · as Narrator
• Bliss1997 · as Baltazar
• Limited Edition1997 · as Edward Lamb
• Love Walked In1997 · as Fred Moore
• Mindbender1996 · as Joe Hartman
• Ladies Please!1994 · as Self
• The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert1994 · as Bernadette Bassenger
• The Real McCoy1993 · as Jack Schmidt
• Prince of Shadows1991 · as Darman
• Genuine Risk1990 · as Paul Hellwart
• Alien Nation1988 · as William Harcourt
• Young Guns1988 · as John Tunstall
• Wall Street1987 · as Sir Larry Wildman
• The Sicilian1987 · as Prince Borsa
• Vilde, the Wild One1986 · as Edward
• Legal Eagles1986 · as Victor Taft
• Directed by William Wyler1986 · as Self
• Link1986 · as Dr Steven Phillip
• The Deadly Recruits1986 · as David Audley
• The Alamut Ambush1986 · as David Audley
• The Cold War Killers1986 · as David Audley
• The Company of Wolves1984 · as The Devil (uncredited)
• The Hit1984 · as Willie Parker
• The Making of 'Superman II'1983 · as Self
• The Bloody Chamber1983
• Fellini nel cestino1983 · as Self
• Death in the Vatican1982 · as Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
• The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'1982 · as Self
• Mystery on Monster Island1981 · as Taskinar / Skinner
• Superman II1980 · as General Zod
• Together?1979 · as Henry
• Meetings with Remarkable Men1979 · as Prince Lubovedsky
• Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night1979
• Superman1978 · as General Zod
• The Thief of Baghdad1978 · as Wazir Jaudur
• Striptease1976 · as Alain
• The Divine Nymph1975 · as Dany di Bagnasco
• Hu-Man1975 · as Terence
• Fade In1973 · as Himself
• A Season in Hell1971 · as Arthur Rimbaud
• The Mind of Mr. Soames1970 · as John Soames
• Theorem1968 · as The Visitor
• Spirits of the Dead1968 · as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
• Blue1968 · as Blue
• Poor Cow1967 · as Dave Fuller
• Location: Far from the Madding Crowd1967 · as Himself
• Tonite Let's All Make Love in London1967 · as Self
• Far from the Madding Crowd1967 · as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
• Modesty Blaise1966 · as Willie Garvin
• The Collector1965 · as Freddie Clegg
• Billy Budd1962 · as Billy Budd
• Term of Trial1962 · as Mitchell
• Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2— · as Bernadette Bassenger

All TV Shows (10)

• His Dark Materials2019 · as Giacomo Paradisi
• History of Football: The Beautiful Game2002 · as Narrator
• V Graham Norton2002 · as Self
• Smallville2001 · as Jor-El (voice)
• Static Shock2000 · as Dennis / Professor Menace (voice)
• The Hunger1997 · as The Host
• Scene by Scene1997 · as Self
• Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties1993 · as Self
• Chessgame1983 · as David Audley
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self