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