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Terence Stamp
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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…
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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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2023
MCAINE: An Anagram of Cinema
Movie Self - Actor (archive footage)
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2021
Last Night in Soho
Movie Silver-Haired Gentleman
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2019
His Dark Materials
TV show Giacomo Paradisi
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2019
Murder Mystery
Movie Malcolm Quince
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2018
Viking Destiny
Movie Odin
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2017
Crooked House
Movie Chief Inspector Taverner
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2017
Bitter Harvest
Movie Ivan
- 2017
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2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Movie Abraham Portman
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2016
Crow
Movie Great Crow
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2016
1966: A Nation Remembers
Movie Himself - Narrator (voice)
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2015
Between a Frock and a Hard Place
Movie Self - Narrator
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2014
Big Eyes
Movie John Canaday
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2014
Lambert & Stamp
Movie Himself
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2013
The Art of the Steal
Movie Samuel Winter
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2012
Song for Marion
Movie Arthur
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2011
The Adjustment Bureau
Movie Thompson
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2010
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Movie Severus (voice)
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2010
Norman Wisdom: His Story
Movie Himself : Narrator
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2008
Valkyrie
Movie Ludwig Beck
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2008
Yes Man
Movie Terence
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2008
Wanted
Movie Pekwarsky
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2008
Get Smart
Movie Siegfried
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2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2007
September Dawn
Movie Brigham Young
- 2006
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2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Movie General Zod
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2006
9/11: The Twin Towers
Movie Narrator(voice)
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2006
The Making of Oblivion
Movie Self
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2006
These Foolish Things
Movie Baker
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2005
Dead Fish
Movie Samuel Fish
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2005
Separate Lies
Movie Joe (uncredited)
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2005
Elektra
Movie Stick
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2003
The Haunted Mansion
Movie Ramsley
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2003
The Kiss
Movie Philip Naudet
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2003
My Boss's Daughter
Movie Jack Taylor
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2003
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
Movie Self - Toby Dammit
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2002
History of Football: The Beautiful Game
TV show Narrator
- 2002
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2002
Full Frontal
Movie Man on Plane / Self
