Terence Stamp

ActorProduction Jul 22 (died age 87) Stepney, London, England, UK 1962–2023 (61 year career)

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Biography

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 – durin…

Known For

Film

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Chancellor Valorum

Film

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Abraham Portman

Film

Last Night in Soho

Silver-Haired Gentleman

Film

Superman

General Zod

Film

Yes Man

Terence

Film

Wanted

Pekwarsky

Film

Valkyrie

Ludwig Beck

Film

The Adjustment Bureau

Thompson

Filmography

Acting (109)

Movies (99)

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema

2023

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.2

Last Night in Soho

2021

as Silver-Haired Gentleman

Murder Mystery

as Malcolm Quince

Viking Destiny

as Odin

Crooked House

as Chief Inspector Taverner

6.4

Bitter Harvest

2017

as Ivan

6.0

Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

2017

7.2

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

as Abraham Portman

Crow

as Great Crow

1966: A Nation Remembers

2016

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Between a Frock and a Hard Place

as Self - Narrator

Big Eyes

as John Canaday

Lambert & Stamp

as Himself

The Art of the Steal

as Samuel Winter

Song for Marion

as Arthur

The Adjustment Bureau

2011

as Thompson

6.8

Norman Wisdom: His Story

2010

as Himself : Narrator

6.5

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

as Severus (voice)

Wanted

as Pekwarsky

Get Smart

as Siegfried

Yes Man

as Terence

Valkyrie

as Ludwig Beck

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

2008

as Self (archive footage)

6.3

September Dawn

2007

as Brigham Young

5.3

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

2006

as General Zod

7.4

The Making of Oblivion

2006

as Self

9/11: The Twin Towers

as Narrator(voice)

These Foolish Things

as Baker

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

as Self

Elektra

as Stick

Separate Lies

as Joe (uncredited)

Dead Fish

as Samuel Fish

The Haunted Mansion

as Ramsley

My Boss's Daughter

as Jack Taylor

The Kiss

as Philip Naudet

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

2003

as Self - Toby Dammit

6.1

Full Frontal

2002

as Man on Plane / Self

4.6

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

as Self

Revelation

as Magnus Martel

My Wife Is an Actress

as John

Red Planet

as Dr. Bud Chantilas

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999

as Chancellor Valorum

The Limey

as Wilson

Bowfinger

as Terry Stricter

Kiss the Sky

as Kozen

Nureyev Unzipped

as Narrator

Limited Edition

as Edward Lamb

Bliss

as Baltazar

Love Walked In

as Fred Moore

Mindbender

as Joe Hartman

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

1994

as Bernadette Bassenger

Ladies Please!

as Self

The Real McCoy

as Jack Schmidt

Prince of Shadows

as Darman

Genuine Risk

as Paul Hellwart

Young Guns

as John Tunstall

Alien Nation

as William Harcourt

Wall Street

as Sir Larry Wildman

The Sicilian

as Prince Borsa

The Deadly Recruits

as David Audley

Legal Eagles

1986

as Victor Taft

6.0

The Alamut Ambush

1986

as David Audley

Link

as Dr Steven Phillip

Vilde, the Wild One

as Edward

Directed by William Wyler

1986

as Self

The Cold War Killers

as David Audley

The Hit

as Willie Parker

The Company of Wolves

1984

as The Devil (uncredited)

6.3

The Bloody Chamber

1983

The Making of 'Superman II'

as Self

Fellini nel cestino

as Self

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

1982

as Self

6.4

Death in the Vatican

1982

as Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I

4.2

Mystery on Monster Island

1981

as Taskinar / Skinner

4.4

Superman II

1980

as General Zod

6.7

Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night

1979

Together?

1979

as Henry

4.8

Meetings with Remarkable Men

as Prince Lubovedsky

Superman

as General Zod

The Thief of Baghdad

as Wazir Jaudur

Striptease

as Alain

The Divine Nymph

as Dany di Bagnasco

Hu-Man

as Terence

Fade In

as Himself

A Season in Hell

as Arthur Rimbaud

The Mind of Mr. Soames

as John Soames

Theorem

as The Visitor

Blue

as Blue

Spirits of the Dead

as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")

6.2

Toby Dammit

1968

as Toby Dammit

7.6

Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

1967

as Himself

Poor Cow

1967

as Dave Fuller

6.3

Far from the Madding Crowd

1967

as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy

6.8

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

as Self

Modesty Blaise

as Willie Garvin

The Collector

as Freddie Clegg

Term of Trial

as Mitchell

Billy Budd

as Billy Budd

Priscilla Queen of the Desert 2

as Bernadette Bassenger

Television (10)

His Dark Materials

as Giacomo Paradisi

V Graham Norton

as Self

History of Football: The Beautiful Game

as Narrator

Smallville

as Jor-El (voice)

Static Shock

as Dennis / Professor Menace (voice)

The Hunger

as The Host

Scene by Scene

as Self

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties

1993

as Self

Chessgame

1983

as David Audley

6.0

The Merv Griffin Show

1962

as Self

6.2

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Hu-Man

1975

Co-Producer

4.9