Birth Day: 1938-07-22
Place of birth: Stepney, London, England, UK
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).
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As Silver-Haired Gentleman -
As Malcolm Quince -
As Odin -
As Ivan -
As Chief Inspector Taverner -
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As Great Crow -
As Abraham Portman -
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As Self - Narrator -
As Himself -
As John Canaday -
As Samuel Winter -
As Arthur -
As Thompson -
As Himself : Narrator -
As Severus (voice) -
As Self (archive footage) -
As Terence -
As Ludwig Beck -
As Pekwarsky -
As Siegfried -
As Brigham Young -
As Self -
As Self -
As Baker -
As General Zod -
As Narrator(voice) -
As Joe (uncredited) -
As Samuel Fish -
As Stick -
As Self - Toby Dammit -
As Jack Taylor -
As Philip Naudet -
As Ramsley -
As Man on Plane / Self -
As Self -
As John -
As Magnus Martel -
As Dr. Bud Chantilas -
As Chancellor Valorum -
As Wilson -
As Terry Stricter -
As Kozen -
As Narrator
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As Edward Lamb -
As Baltazar -
As Fred Moore -
As Joe Hartman -
As Self
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As Bernadette Bassenger -
As Jack Schmidt -
As Darman -
As Paul Hellwart -
As William Harcourt -
As John Tunstall -
As Prince Borsa -
As Sir Larry Wildman -
As Edward -
As David Audley
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As Self -
As David Audley -
As Victor Taft -
As David Audley -
As Dr Steven Phillip -
As The Devil (uncredited) -
As Willie Parker -
As Self -
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As Self
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As Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I -
As Taskinar / Skinner -
As General Zod -
As Henry -
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As Prince Lubovedsky -
As General Zod -
As Wazir Jaudur -
As Alain -
As Dany di Bagnasco -
As Terence -
As Himself -
As Arthur Rimbaud -
As Bernadette Bassenger -
As John Soames -
As Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit") -
As The Visitor -
As Blue -
As Toby Dammit -
As Self -
As Dave Fuller -
As Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy -
As Himself
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As Willie Garvin -
As Freddie Clegg -
As Billy Budd -
As Mitchell