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