Acting · Stepney, London, England, UK · Born July 22, 1938
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).
MovieMCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
MovieLast Night in Soho
2021
as Silver-Haired Gentleman
TVHis Dark Materials
2019
as Giacomo Paradisi
MovieMurder Mystery
2019
as Malcolm Quince
MovieViking Destiny
2018
as Odin
MovieCrooked House
2017
as Chief Inspector Taverner
MovieBitter Harvest
2017
as Ivan
MovieFrancis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
2017
MovieMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
as Abraham Portman
MovieCrow
2016
as Great Crow
Movie1966: A Nation Remembers
2016
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
MovieBetween a Frock and a Hard Place
2015
as Self - Narrator
MovieBig Eyes
2014
as John Canaday
MovieLambert & Stamp
2014
as Himself
MovieThe Art of the Steal
2013
as Samuel Winter
MovieSong for Marion
2012
as Arthur
MovieThe Adjustment Bureau
2011
as Thompson
MovieUltramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010
as Severus (voice)
MovieNorman Wisdom: His Story
2010
as Himself : Narrator
MovieValkyrie
2008
as Ludwig Beck
MovieYes Man
2008
as Terence
MovieGet Smart
2008
as Siegfried
MovieWanted
2008
as Pekwarsky
MovieRoman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
as Self (archive footage)
MovieSeptember Dawn
2007
as Brigham Young
MovieYou Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006
as Self
MovieSuperman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as General Zod
Movie9/11: The Twin Towers
2006
as Narrator(voice)
MovieThe Making of Oblivion
2006
as Self
MovieThese Foolish Things
2006
as Baker
MovieDead Fish
2005
as Samuel Fish
MovieSeparate Lies
2005
as Joe (uncredited)
MovieElektra
2005
as Stick
MovieThe Haunted Mansion
2003
as Ramsley
MovieThe Kiss
2003
as Philip Naudet
MovieMy Boss's Daughter
2003
as Jack Taylor
MovieFellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
as Self - Toby Dammit
MovieFame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002
as Self
MovieFull Frontal
2002
as Man on Plane / Self
TVHistory of Football: The Beautiful Game
2002
as Narrator
TVV Graham Norton
2002
as Self
MovieMy Wife Is an Actress
2001
as John
TVSmallville
2001
as Jor-El (voice)
MovieRevelation
2001
as Magnus Martel
MovieRed Planet
2000
as Dr. Bud Chantilas
TVStatic Shock
2000
as Dennis / Professor Menace (voice)
MovieThe Limey
1999
as Wilson
MovieBowfinger
1999
as Terry Stricter
MovieStar Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Chancellor Valorum
MovieKiss the Sky
1998
as Kozen
Nureyev Unzipped
1998
as Narrator
TVThe Hunger
1997
as The Host
TVScene by Scene
1997
as Self
MovieBliss
1997
as Baltazar
MovieLimited Edition
1997
as Edward Lamb
MovieLove Walked In
1997
as Fred Moore
MovieMindbender
1996
as Joe Hartman
Ladies Please!
1994
as Self
MovieThe Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
as Bernadette Bassenger
MovieThe Real McCoy
1993
as Jack Schmidt
TVHollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self
MoviePrince of Shadows
1991
as Darman
MovieGenuine Risk
1990
as Paul Hellwart
MovieAlien Nation
1988
as William Harcourt
MovieYoung Guns
1988
as John Tunstall
MovieWall Street
1987
as Sir Larry Wildman
MovieThe Sicilian
1987
as Prince Borsa
MovieVilde, the Wild One
1986
as Edward
MovieLegal Eagles
1986
as Victor Taft
MovieDirected by William Wyler
1986
as Self
MovieLink
1986
as Dr Steven Phillip
MovieThe Deadly Recruits
1986
as David Audley
The Alamut Ambush
1986
as David Audley
MovieThe Cold War Killers
1986
as David Audley
MovieThe Company of Wolves
1984
as The Devil (uncredited)
MovieThe Hit
1984
as Willie Parker
TVChessgame
1983
as David Audley
MovieThe Making of 'Superman II'
1983
as Self
MovieThe Bloody Chamber
1983
Fellini nel cestino
1983
as Self
MovieDeath in the Vatican
1982
as Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
MovieThe Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
as Self
MovieMystery on Monster Island
1981
as Taskinar / Skinner
MovieSuperman II
1980
as General Zod
MovieTogether?
1979
as Henry
MovieMeetings with Remarkable Men
1979
as Prince Lubovedsky
Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
1979
MovieSuperman
1978
as General Zod
MovieThe Thief of Baghdad
1978
as Wazir Jaudur
MovieStriptease
1976
as Alain
MovieThe Divine Nymph
1975
as Dany di Bagnasco
MovieHu-Man
1975
as Terence
MovieFade In
1973
as Himself
MovieA Season in Hell
1971
as Arthur Rimbaud
MovieThe Mind of Mr. Soames
1970
as John Soames
MovieTheorem
1968
as The Visitor
MovieSpirits of the Dead
1968
as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
MovieBlue
1968
as Blue
MovieToby Dammit
1968
as Toby Dammit
MoviePoor Cow
1967
as Dave Fuller
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Himself
MovieTonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
as Self
MovieFar from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
MovieModesty Blaise
1966
as Willie Garvin
MovieThe Collector
1965
as Freddie Clegg
MovieBilly Budd
1962
as Billy Budd
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
MovieTerm of Trial
1962
as Mitchell
MoviePriscilla Queen of the Desert 2
as Bernadette Bassenger
