Terence Stamp
Acting
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).
TV Shows(10)
His Dark Materials
Giacomo Paradisi
2019
History of Football: The Beautiful Game
Narrator
2002
V Graham Norton
Self
2002
Smallville
Jor-El (voice)
2001
Static Shock
Dennis / Professor Menace (voice)
2000
The Hunger
The Host
1997
Scene by Scene
Self
1997
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
Self
1993
Chessgame
David Audley
1983
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Movies(98)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2023
Last Night in Soho
Silver-Haired Gentleman
2021
Murder Mystery
Malcolm Quince
2019
Viking Destiny
Odin
2018
Crooked House
Chief Inspector Taverner
2017
Bitter Harvest
Ivan
2017
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
2017
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Abraham Portman
2016
Crow
Great Crow
2016
1966: A Nation Remembers
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2016
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Self - Narrator
2015
Big Eyes
John Canaday
2014
Lambert & Stamp
Himself
2014
The Art of the Steal
Samuel Winter
2013
Song for Marion
Arthur
2012
The Adjustment Bureau
Thompson
2011
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Severus (voice)
2010
Norman Wisdom: His Story
Himself : Narrator
2010
Valkyrie
Ludwig Beck
2008
Yes Man
Terence
2008
Get Smart
Siegfried
2008
Wanted
Pekwarsky
2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Self (archive footage)
2008
September Dawn
Brigham Young
2007
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
Self
2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
General Zod
2006
9/11: The Twin Towers
Narrator(voice)
2006
The Making of Oblivion
Self
2006
These Foolish Things
Baker
2006
Dead Fish
Samuel Fish
2005
Separate Lies
Joe (uncredited)
2005
Elektra
Stick
2005
The Haunted Mansion
Ramsley
2003
The Kiss
Philip Naudet
2003
My Boss's Daughter
Jack Taylor
2003
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Self - Toby Dammit
2003
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
Self
2002
Full Frontal
Man on Plane / Self
2002
My Wife Is an Actress
John
2001
Revelation
Magnus Martel
2001
Red Planet
Dr. Bud Chantilas
2000
The Limey
Wilson
1999
Bowfinger
Terry Stricter
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Chancellor Valorum
1999
Kiss the Sky
Kozen
1998
Nureyev Unzipped
Narrator
1998
Bliss
Baltazar
1997
Limited Edition
Edward Lamb
1997
Love Walked In
Fred Moore
1997
Mindbender
Joe Hartman
1996
Ladies Please!
Self
1994
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
Bernadette Bassenger
1994
The Real McCoy
Jack Schmidt
1993
Prince of Shadows
Darman
1991
Genuine Risk
Paul Hellwart
1990
Alien Nation
William Harcourt
1988
Young Guns
John Tunstall
1988
Wall Street
Sir Larry Wildman
1987
The Sicilian
Prince Borsa
1987
Vilde, the Wild One
Edward
1986
Legal Eagles
Victor Taft
1986
Directed by William Wyler
Self
1986
Link
Dr Steven Phillip
1986
The Deadly Recruits
David Audley
1986
The Alamut Ambush
David Audley
1986
The Cold War Killers
David Audley
1986
The Company of Wolves
The Devil (uncredited)
1984
The Hit
Willie Parker
1984
The Making of 'Superman II'
Self
1983
The Bloody Chamber
1983
Fellini nel cestino
Self
1983
Death in the Vatican
Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
1982
Mystery on Monster Island
Taskinar / Skinner
1981
Superman II
General Zod
1980
Together?
Henry
1979
Meetings with Remarkable Men
Prince Lubovedsky
1979
Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
1979
Superman
General Zod
1978
The Thief of Baghdad
Wazir Jaudur
1978
Striptease
Alain
1976
The Divine Nymph
Dany di Bagnasco
1975
Hu-Man
Terence
1975
Fade In
Himself
1973
A Season in Hell
Arthur Rimbaud
1971
The Mind of Mr. Soames
John Soames
1970
Theorem
The Visitor
1968
Spirits of the Dead
Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
1968
Blue
Blue
1968
Poor Cow
Dave Fuller
1967
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
Himself
1967
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
Self
1967
Far from the Madding Crowd
Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
1967
Modesty Blaise
Willie Garvin
1966
The Collector
Freddie Clegg
1965
Billy Budd
Billy Budd
1962
Term of Trial
Mitchell
1962
Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2
Bernadette Bassenger