Terence Stamp
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).
Acting
Movie
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
as Chancellor Valorum
1999
Movie
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
as Abraham Portman
2016
Movie
Wanted
as Pekwarsky
2008
Movie
Yes Man
as Terence
2008
Movie
The Adjustment Bureau
as Thompson
2011
Movie
Murder Mystery
as Malcolm Quince
2019
TV
Smallville
as Jor-El (voice)
2001
Movie
Superman
as General Zod
1978
Movie
Valkyrie
as Ludwig Beck
2008
Movie
Get Smart
as Siegfried
2008
Movie
Last Night in Soho
as Silver-Haired Gentleman
2021
Movie
Big Eyes
as John Canaday
2014
Movie
Elektra
as Stick
2005
Movie
Superman II
as General Zod
1980
Movie
Wall Street
as Sir Larry Wildman
1987
Movie
The Haunted Mansion
as Ramsley
2003
TV
His Dark Materials
as Giacomo Paradisi
2019
Movie
Red Planet
as Dr. Bud Chantilas
2000
Movie
Young Guns
as John Tunstall
1988
Movie
Crooked House
as Chief Inspector Taverner
2017
Movie
Bowfinger
as Terry Stricter
1999
Movie
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
as Bernadette Bassenger
1994
Movie
My Boss's Daughter
as Jack Taylor
2003
Movie
The Art of the Steal
as Samuel Winter
2013
