
Terence Stamp
Acting
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Acting Credits
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
Filmography

MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
2023
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Last Night in Soho
2021
as Silver-Haired Gentleman

Murder Mystery
2019
as Malcolm Quince

His Dark Materials
2019
as Giacomo Paradisi

Viking Destiny
2018
as Odin

Bitter Harvest
2017
as Ivan

Crooked House
2017
as Chief Inspector Taverner

Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence
2017

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
2016
as Abraham Portman

Crow
2016
as Great Crow

1966: A Nation Remembers
2016
as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Between a Frock and a Hard Place
2015
as Self - Narrator

Big Eyes
2014
as John Canaday

Lambert & Stamp
2014
as Himself

The Art of the Steal
2013
as Samuel Winter

Song for Marion
2012
as Arthur

The Adjustment Bureau
2011
as Thompson

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010
as Severus (voice)

Norman Wisdom: His Story
2010
as Himself : Narrator

Valkyrie
2008
as Ludwig Beck

Get Smart
2008
as Siegfried

Wanted
2008
as Pekwarsky

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
2008
as Self (archive footage)

Yes Man
2008
as Terence

September Dawn
2007
as Brigham Young

These Foolish Things
2006
as Baker

9/11: The Twin Towers
2006
as Narrator(voice)

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as General Zod

The Making of Oblivion
2006
as Self

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman
2006
as Self

Separate Lies
2005
as Joe (uncredited)

Elektra
2005
as Stick

Dead Fish
2005
as Samuel Fish

My Boss's Daughter
2003
as Jack Taylor

The Haunted Mansion
2003
as Ramsley

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
2003
as Self - Toby Dammit

The Kiss
2003
as Philip Naudet

Full Frontal
2002
as Man on Plane / Self

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up
2002
as Self

V Graham Norton
2002
as Self

History of Football: The Beautiful Game
2002
as Narrator

My Wife Is an Actress
2001
as John

Revelation
2001
as Magnus Martel

Smallville
2001
as Jor-El (voice)

Red Planet
2000
as Dr. Bud Chantilas

Static Shock
2000
as Dennis / Professor Menace (voice)

The Limey
1999
as Wilson

Bowfinger
1999
as Terry Stricter

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1999
as Chancellor Valorum

Kiss the Sky
1998
as Kozen
Nureyev Unzipped
1998
as Narrator

Limited Edition
1997
as Edward Lamb

Love Walked In
1997
as Fred Moore

Bliss
1997
as Baltazar

The Hunger
1997
as The Host

Scene by Scene
1997
as Self

Mindbender
1996
as Joe Hartman

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
1994
as Bernadette Bassenger

Ladies Please!
1994
as Self

The Real McCoy
1993
as Jack Schmidt

Hollywood U.K.: British Cinema in the Sixties
1993
as Self

Prince of Shadows
1991
as Darman

Genuine Risk
1990
as Paul Hellwart

Alien Nation
1988
as William Harcourt

Young Guns
1988
as John Tunstall

Wall Street
1987
as Sir Larry Wildman

The Sicilian
1987
as Prince Borsa

Legal Eagles
1986
as Victor Taft

Link
1986
as Dr Steven Phillip
The Alamut Ambush
1986
as David Audley

The Cold War Killers
1986
as David Audley

Vilde, the Wild One
1986
as Edward

The Deadly Recruits
1986
as David Audley

Directed by William Wyler
1986
as Self

The Hit
1984
as Willie Parker

The Company of Wolves
1984
as The Devil (uncredited)
Fellini nel cestino
1983
as Self

The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
as Self

The Bloody Chamber
1983

Chessgame
1983
as David Audley

Death in the Vatican
1982
as Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
as Self

Mystery on Monster Island
1981
as Taskinar / Skinner

Superman II
1980
as General Zod

Meetings with Remarkable Men
1979
as Prince Lubovedsky

Together?
1979
as Henry
Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night
1979

Superman
1978
as General Zod

The Thief of Baghdad
1978
as Wazir Jaudur

Striptease
1976
as Alain

The Divine Nymph
1975
as Dany di Bagnasco

Hu-Man
1975
as Terence

Fade In
1973
as Himself

A Season in Hell
1971
as Arthur Rimbaud

The Mind of Mr. Soames
1970
as John Soames

Theorem
1968
as The Visitor

Spirits of the Dead
1968
as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")

Blue
1968
as Blue

Toby Dammit
1968
as Toby Dammit

Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
1967
as Self

Poor Cow
1967
as Dave Fuller
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967
as Himself

Modesty Blaise
1966
as Willie Garvin

The Collector
1965
as Freddie Clegg

Billy Budd
1962
as Billy Budd

Term of Trial
1962
as Mitchell

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self