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).
98 movies · 10 shows
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023·7.2
Last Night in Soho
2021·7.3
Murder Mystery
2019·6.3
Viking Destiny
2018·5.2
Crooked House
2017·6.4
Bitter Harvest
2017·6.0
Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
2017·7.1
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016·6.8
Crow
2016·5.1
1966: A Nation Remembers
2016·0.0
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015·7.8
Big Eyes
2014·7.0
Lambert & Stamp
2014·7.1
The Art of the Steal
2013·6.2
Song for Marion
2012·6.8
The Adjustment Bureau
2011·6.8
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010·5.8
Norman Wisdom: His Story
2010·6.5
Valkyrie
2008·7.0
Yes Man
2008·6.7
Get Smart
2008·6.2
Wanted
2008·6.5
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008·6.3
September Dawn
2007·5.3
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006·6.0
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006·7.4
9/11: The Twin Towers
2006·6.4
The Making of Oblivion
2006·0.0
These Foolish Things
2006·5.8
Dead Fish
2005·5.6
Separate Lies
2005·5.8
Elektra
2005·5.0
The Haunted Mansion
2003·5.7
The Kiss
2003·5.3
My Boss's Daughter
2003·5.1
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003·6.2
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002·8.5
Full Frontal
2002·4.6
My Wife Is an Actress
2001·6.1
Revelation
2001·5.1
Red Planet
2000·5.7
The Limey
1999·6.5
Bowfinger
1999·6.2
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999·6.6
Kiss the Sky
1998·5.6
Nureyev Unzipped
1998·0.0
Bliss
1997·6.4
Limited Edition
1997·7.0
Love Walked In
1997·4.8
Mindbender
1996·4.4
Ladies Please!
1994·4.3
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994·7.3
The Real McCoy
1993·5.7
Prince of Shadows
1991·5.2
Genuine Risk
1990·4.1
Alien Nation
1988·6.1
Young Guns
1988·6.7
Wall Street
1987·7.2
The Sicilian
1987·5.2
Vilde, the Wild One
1986·5.1
Legal Eagles
1986·6.1
Directed by William Wyler
1986·0.0
Link
1986·6.2
The Deadly Recruits
1986·10.0
The Alamut Ambush
1986·9.0
The Cold War Killers
1986·8.0
The Company of Wolves
1984·6.3
The Hit
1984·6.5
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983·7.6
The Bloody Chamber
1983·0.0
Fellini nel cestino
1983·7.5
Death in the Vatican
1982·4.7
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982·6.8
Mystery on Monster Island
1981·4.5
Superman II
1980·6.8
Together?
1979·5.2
Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979·6.7
Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
1979·0.0
Superman
1978·7.2
The Thief of Baghdad
1978·5.5
Striptease
1976·5.5
The Divine Nymph
1975·5.5
Hu-Man
1975·5.3
Fade In
1973·4.2
A Season in Hell
1971·5.5
The Mind of Mr. Soames
1970·5.5
Theorem
1968·7.0
Spirits of the Dead
1968·6.2
Blue
1968·5.8
Toby Dammit
1968·7.0
Poor Cow
1967·6.4
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967·7.0
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967·4.5
Far from the Madding Crowd
1967·6.9
Modesty Blaise
1966·5.3
The Collector
1965·7.3
Billy Budd
1962·7.3
Term of Trial
1962·6.1