Terence Stamp
Acting
Born: July 22, 1938 · Stepney, London, England, UK
Died: August 17, 2025 (aged 87)
Highest Rated
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
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
Wanted
2008
Yes Man
2008
The Adjustment Bureau
2011
Murder Mystery
2019
Smallville
2001
Superman
1978
Valkyrie
2008
Last Night in Soho
2021
Get Smart
2008
Big Eyes
2014
Photos (8)
Movies (76)
Superman
General Zod
Wanted
Pekwarsky
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Chancellor Valorum
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Abraham Portman
Last Night in Soho
Silver-Haired Gentleman
The Adjustment Bureau
Thompson
Get Smart
Siegfried
Yes Man
Terence
Valkyrie
Ludwig Beck
Murder Mystery
Malcolm Quince
Young Guns
John Tunstall
Superman II
General Zod
Wall Street
Sir Larry Wildman
Elektra
Stick
The Haunted Mansion
Ramsley
Crooked House
Chief Inspector Taverner
Red Planet
Dr. Bud Chantilas
Bowfinger
Terry Stricter
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Bernadette Bassenger
The Limey
Wilson
Alien Nation
William Harcourt
The Art of the Steal
Samuel Winter
The Company of Wolves
The Devil (uncredited)
Big Eyes
John Canaday
Theorem
The Visitor
Legal Eagles
Victor Taft
The Real McCoy
Jack Schmidt
My Boss's Daughter
Jack Taylor
The Sicilian
Prince Borsa
Spirits of the Dead
Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
General Zod
The Hit
Willie Parker
Bitter Harvest
Ivan
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Severus (voice)
Toby Dammit
Toby Dammit
The Collector
Freddie Clegg
Song for Marion
Arthur
Far from the Madding Crowd
Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
My Wife Is an Actress
John
Billy Budd
Billy Budd
Dead Fish
Samuel Fish
Poor Cow
Dave Fuller
Bliss
Baltazar
Modesty Blaise
Willie Garvin
Link
Dr Steven Phillip
The Divine Nymph
Dany di Bagnasco
Love Walked In
Fred Moore
Blue
Blue
Crow
Great Crow
Separate Lies
Joe (uncredited)
Viking Destiny
Odin
The Thief of Baghdad
Wazir Jaudur
A Season in Hell
Arthur Rimbaud
These Foolish Things
Baker
September Dawn
Brigham Young
The Mind of Mr. Soames
John Soames
Prince of Shadows
Darman
Term of Trial
Mitchell
Mystery on Monster Island
Taskinar / Skinner
Kiss the Sky
Kozen
Genuine Risk
Paul Hellwart
Limited Edition
Edward Lamb
Revelation
Magnus Martel
Striptease
Alain
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Prince Lubovedsky
9/11: The Twin Towers
Narrator(voice)
The Kiss
Philip Naudet
Death in the Vatican
Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
Vilde, the Wild One
Edward
Mindbender
Joe Hartman
Together?
Henry
The Cold War Killers
David Audley
The Bloody Chamber
1983
The Deadly Recruits
David Audley
Hu-Man
Terence
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
2017
TV Shows (6)
Smallville
Jor-El (voice) · 21 eps
His Dark Materials
Giacomo Paradisi · 1 eps
Static Shock
Dennis / Professor Menace (voice) · 1 eps
The Hunger
The Host · 22 eps
Chessgame
David Audley · 6 eps
History of Football: The Beautiful Game
Narrator · 13 eps
Self / Appearances (21)
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 1 eps
V Graham Norton
Self · 1 eps
Scene by Scene
Self · 1 eps
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self · 1 eps
Full Frontal
Man on Plane / Self
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
Lambert & Stamp
Himself
Directed by William Wyler
Self
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Self (archive footage)
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Self - Toby Dammit
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
Self
Fade In
Himself
The Making of 'Superman II'
Self
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
Ladies Please!
Self
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Self
Norman Wisdom: His Story
Himself : Narrator
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Self - Narrator
1966: A Nation Remembers
Himself - Narrator (voice)
The Making of Oblivion
Self
