Terence Stamp

Known for ActingBorn 1938-07-22Died 2025-08-17Stepney, 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).Read more

Movies & web series

History of Football: The Beautiful Game

The Deadly Recruits

The Alamut Ambush

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

Smallville

His Dark Materials

Static Shock

Between a Frock and a Hard Place

The Cold War Killers

Last Night in Soho

The Making of 'Superman II'

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Lambert & Stamp

Fellini nel cestino

Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Big Eyes

Valkyrie

Wall Street

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

The Collector

Limited Edition

Superman

Billy Budd

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

Song for Marion

The Adjustment Bureau

Yes Man

Theorem

Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

Wanted

Norman Wisdom: His Story

Young Guns

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Superman II

Crooked House

Far from the Madding Crowd

The Limey

Meetings with Remarkable Men

9/11: The Twin Towers

Murder Mystery

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

The Hit

Chessgame

The Art of the Steal

Get Smart