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Terence Stamp

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Terence Stamp

Born July 22, 1938 in Stepney, London, England, UKDied August 17, 202577 films

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.

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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).

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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children posterFirst watchMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children20166.8as Abraham PortmanA teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.View film

Essential films

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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace poster6.6Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace1999Last Night in Soho poster7.3Last Night in Soho2021Superman poster7.2Superman1978Yes Man poster6.7Yes Man2008Wanted poster6.5Wanted2008Valkyrie poster7.0Valkyrie2008The Adjustment Bureau poster6.8The Adjustment Bureau2011Big Eyes poster7.0Big Eyes2014

Filmography

77 films as actor
  1. TBAPriscilla Queen of the Desert 2Bernadette Bassenger
  2. 2021Last Night in SohoSilver-Haired Gentleman
  3. 2019Murder MysteryMalcolm Quince
  4. 2018Viking DestinyOdin
  5. 2017Crooked HouseChief Inspector Taverner
  6. 2017Bitter HarvestIvan
  7. 2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenAbraham Portman
  8. 2016CrowGreat Crow
  9. 2014Big EyesJohn Canaday
  10. 2013The Art of the StealSamuel Winter
  11. 2012Song for MarionArthur
  12. 2011The Adjustment BureauThompson
  13. 2010Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 MovieSeverus (voice)
  14. 2008ValkyrieLudwig Beck
  15. 2008Yes ManTerence
  16. 2008Get SmartSiegfried
  17. 2008WantedPekwarsky
  18. 2007September DawnBrigham Young
  19. 2006Superman II: The Richard Donner CutGeneral Zod
  20. 2006These Foolish ThingsBaker
  21. 2005Dead FishSamuel Fish
  22. 2005Separate LiesJoe (uncredited)
  23. 2005ElektraStick
  24. 2003The Haunted MansionRamsley
  25. 2003The KissPhilip Naudet
  26. 2003My Boss's DaughterJack Taylor
  27. 2001My Wife Is an ActressJohn
  28. 2001RevelationMagnus Martel
  29. 2000Red PlanetDr. Bud Chantilas
  30. 1999The LimeyWilson
  31. 1999BowfingerTerry Stricter
  32. 1999Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceChancellor Valorum
  33. 1998Kiss the SkyKozen
  34. 1997BlissBaltazar
  35. 1997Limited EditionEdward Lamb
  36. 1997Love Walked InFred Moore
  37. 1996MindbenderJoe Hartman
  38. 1994The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the DesertBernadette Bassenger
  39. 1993The Real McCoyJack Schmidt
  40. 1991Prince of ShadowsDarman
  41. 1990Genuine RiskPaul Hellwart
  42. 1988Alien NationWilliam Harcourt
  43. 1988Young GunsJohn Tunstall
  44. 1987Wall StreetSir Larry Wildman
  45. 1987The SicilianPrince Borsa
  46. 1986Vilde, the Wild OneEdward
  47. 1986Legal EaglesVictor Taft
  48. 1986LinkDr Steven Phillip
  49. 1986The Deadly RecruitsDavid Audley
  50. 1986The Alamut AmbushDavid Audley
  51. 1986The Cold War KillersDavid Audley
  52. 1984The Company of WolvesThe Devil (uncredited)
  53. 1984The HitWillie Parker
  54. 1983The Bloody Chamber
  55. 1982Death in the VaticanPadre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
  56. 1981Mystery on Monster IslandTaskinar / Skinner
  57. 1980Superman IIGeneral Zod
  58. 1979Together?Henry
  59. 1979Meetings with Remarkable MenPrince Lubovedsky
  60. 1979Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
  61. 1978SupermanGeneral Zod
  62. 1978The Thief of BaghdadWazir Jaudur
  63. 1976StripteaseAlain
  64. 1975The Divine NymphDany di Bagnasco
  65. 1975Hu-ManTerence
  66. 1971A Season in HellArthur Rimbaud
  67. 1970The Mind of Mr. SoamesJohn Soames
  68. 1968TheoremThe Visitor
  69. 1968Spirits of the DeadToby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
  70. 1968BlueBlue
  71. 1968Toby DammitToby Dammit
  72. 1967Poor CowDave Fuller
  73. 1967Far from the Madding CrowdSgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
  74. 1966Modesty BlaiseWillie Garvin
  75. 1965The CollectorFreddie Clegg
  76. 1962Billy BuddBilly Budd
  77. 1962Term of TrialMitchell