Terence Stamp

Acting

Born Jul 22, 1938

From Stepney, London, England, UK

Died Aug 17, 2025

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).

Terence Stamp

Known For

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Wanted

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Superman

Valkyrie

Superman II

Yes Man

The Adjustment Bureau

Wall Street

Get Smart

Filmography — Acting

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Wanted

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Superman

Valkyrie

Superman II

Yes Man

The Adjustment Bureau

Wall Street

Get Smart

Last Night in Soho

Elektra

Murder Mystery

Young Guns

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

Crooked House

The Haunted Mansion

Big Eyes

The Limey

Bliss

The Company of Wolves

Bowfinger

Red Planet

Theorem

Full Frontal

The Hit

My Boss's Daughter

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Link

The Art of the Steal

Bitter Harvest

The Collector

The Real McCoy

Legal Eagles

The Sicilian

Far from the Madding Crowd

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

Modesty Blaise

Spirits of the Dead

Revelation

Blue

The Divine Nymph

Song for Marion

Billy Budd

Separate Lies

Alien Nation

The Thief of Baghdad

Dead Fish

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

Kiss the Sky

Fade In

My Wife Is an Actress

Meetings with Remarkable Men

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Mystery on Monster Island

Term of Trial

Vilde, the Wild One

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

Viking Destiny

Crow

Genuine Risk

The Kiss

Between a Frock and a Hard Place

Fellini nel cestino

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar