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).
2001 • TV
2019 • TV
1962 • TV
2000 • TV
2008 • Movie
1978 • Movie
as Pekwarsky
as General Zod
as Siegfried
as Ludwig Beck
as Thompson
as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
as Sir Larry Wildman
as Dr. Bud Chantilas
as Billy Budd
as General Zod
as Stick
as Joe (uncredited)
as Dany di Bagnasco
as Prince Borsa
as Dave Fuller
as Magnus Martel
as Brigham Young
as John Tunstall
as John Canaday
as Ramsley
as Jor-El (voice)
21 episodes
as Giacomo Paradisi
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Dennis / Professor Menace (voice)
1 episodes
as The Host
22 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as David Audley
6 episodes
as Narrator
1 episodes
