Terence Stamp
Acting
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).
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
as Bernadette Bassenger
Age 56 (now 87)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Abraham Portman
Age 78 (now 87)
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Age 84 (now 87)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Abraham Portman
Age 78 (now 87)
1966: A Nation Remembers
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
Age 78 (now 87)
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
as Self - Narrator
Age 76 (now 87)
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
as Severus (voice)
Age 72 (now 87)
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
as Self (archive footage)
Age 69 (now 87)
You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
as Self
Age 68 (now 87)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as General Zod
Age 68 (now 87)
Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
as Self
Age 64 (now 87)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Chancellor Valorum
Age 60 (now 87)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
as Bernadette Bassenger
Age 56 (now 87)
Death in the Vatican
as Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
Age 44 (now 87)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self
Age 43 (now 87)
Meetings with Remarkable Men
as Prince Lubovedsky
Age 41 (now 87)
Spirits of the Dead
as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
Age 29 (now 87)
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
as Himself
Age 29 (now 87)
Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
as Self
Age 29 (now 87)
Far from the Madding Crowd
as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
Age 28 (now 87)
History of Football: The Beautiful Game
as Narrator
Age 63 (now 87)
Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
as Self
Age 55 (now 87)
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Terence Henry Stamp
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