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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).

Filmography

2021
Last Night in Soho

as Silver-Haired Gentleman

Movie
2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

as Abraham Portman

Movie
2011
The Adjustment Bureau

as Thompson

Movie
2008
Valkyrie

as Ludwig Beck

Movie
2008
Yes Man

as Terence

Movie
2008
Wanted

as Pekwarsky

Movie
2005
Elektra

as Stick

Movie
2003
The Haunted Mansion

as Ramsley

Movie
2003
My Boss's Daughter

as Jack Taylor

Movie
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

as Chancellor Valorum

Movie
1988
Young Guns

as John Tunstall

Movie
1987
Wall Street

as Sir Larry Wildman

Movie
1980
Superman II

as General Zod

Movie
1978
Superman

as General Zod

Movie
2001
Smallville

as Jor-El (voice)

TV Show