Terence Stamp

Terence Stamp

1938-07-22 Stepney, London, England, UK 99 Credits

Biography

Terence Henry Stamp (born July 22, 1938) is 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 h...

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Last Night in Soho

Last Night in Soho

2021

as Silver-Haired Gentleman

7.3
Acting

A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1...

Murder Mystery

Murder Mystery

2019

as Malcolm Quince

6.3
Acting

On a long-awaited trip to Europe, a New York City cop and his hairdresser wife scramble to solve a baffling murder aboard a billionaire's yacht.

Viking Destiny

Viking Destiny

2018

as Odin

5.3
Acting

A Viking Princess is forced to flee her kingdom after being framed for the murder of her father, the King. Under the guidance of the God Odin, she tra...

Crooked House

Crooked House

2017

as Chief Inspector Taverner

6.4
Acting

A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncrat...

Bitter Harvest

Bitter Harvest

2017

as Ivan

5.9
Acting

Set between the two World Wars and based on true historical events, Bitter Harvest conveys the untold story of the Holodomor, the genocidal famine eng...

Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence

2017

7.1
Acting

In this unique, compelling film, those who knew him speak freely, some for the first time, to reveal the many mysteries of Francis Bacon.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

2016

as Abraham Portman

6.8
Acting

A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroyin...

Crow

Crow

2016

as Great Crow

5.1
Acting

A wealthy developer tries to remove settlers from his newly acquired land, which leads to dire consequences.

1966: A Nation Remembers

1966: A Nation Remembers

2016

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Acting

1966 was both the first and only time England hosted - and won - the football World Cup. 30th July was the day of the final, and exactly 50 years to t...

Between a Frock and a Hard Place

Between a Frock and a Hard Place

2015

as Self - Narrator

7.8
Acting

This is the story behind one of the world’s most loved films; about three unlikely Australian hero-(ine)s daring to step up from the shadows in their ...

Big Eyes

Big Eyes

2014

as John Canaday

7.0
Acting

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one real...

Lambert & Stamp

Lambert & Stamp

2014

as Himself

7.2
Acting

In this crazy, chaotic gospel of chance, aspiring filmmakers Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert set out to search for a subject for their underground movie, ...

The Art of the Steal

The Art of the Steal

2013

as Samuel Winter

6.2
Acting

Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in ...

Song for Marion

Song for Marion

2012

as Arthur

6.8
Acting

Arthur is a grumpy pensioner who can't understand why his wife Marion would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional loca...

The Adjustment Bureau

The Adjustment Bureau

2011

as Thompson

6.8
Acting

A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under a...

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

2010

as Severus (voice)

5.8
Acting

A squad of Ultramarines answer a distress call from an Imperial Shrine World. A full Company of Imperial Fists was stationed there, but there is no an...

Norman Wisdom: His Story

Norman Wisdom: His Story

2010

as Himself : Narrator

6.5
Acting

The life story of Sir Norman Wisdom, who went from street urchin to become one of the UK's most bankable and loved film stars of the 1950-60s. The doc...

Valkyrie

Valkyrie

2008

as Ludwig Beck

6.9
Acting

Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to cre...

Yes Man

Yes Man

2008

as Terence

6.7
Acting

Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere, signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything…and anything.

Get Smart

Get Smart

2008

as Siegfried

6.2
Acting

When members of the nefarious crime syndicate KAOS attack the U.S. spy agency Control and the identities of secret agents are compromised, the Chief h...

Wanted

Wanted

2008

as Pekwarsky

6.5
Acting

Doormat Wesley Gibson is an office worker whose life is going nowhere. He meets an attractive woman named Fox and discovers that his recently murdered...

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

2008

as Self (archive footage)

6.4
Acting

Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.

September Dawn

September Dawn

2007

as Brigham Young

5.3
Acting

A story set against the Mountain Meadows Massacre, the film is based upon the tragedy which occurred in Utah in 1857. A group of settlers, traveling o...

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman

2006

as Self

6.0
Acting

A 5-part documentary of the history of Superman in the movies. • Origin - Superman in the media and the challenges the Salkinds faced • Vision - Cre...

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

2006

as General Zod

7.3
Acting

Superman agrees to sacrifice his powers to start a relationship with Lois Lane, unaware that three Kryptonian criminals he inadvertently released are ...

9/11: The Twin Towers

9/11: The Twin Towers

2006

as Narrator(voice)

6.4
Acting

Discovery Channel documentary

The Making of Oblivion

The Making of Oblivion

2006

as Self

Acting

Each year, hundreds of video game companies bring their latest game to E3...the biggest gaming convention in the world. Bethesda Softworks decided to ...

These Foolish Things

These Foolish Things

2006

as Baker

5.9
Acting

The world's on the brink of World War II, but a young actress is caught in a sentimental contest between a playwright and a director.

Dead Fish

Dead Fish

2005

as Samuel Fish

5.5
Acting

Gary Oldman is Lynch, a strangely charming hit man in this explosively funny dark comedy in the tradition of Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Ba...

Separate Lies

Separate Lies

2005

as Joe (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

Following a traffic accident, things take a turn when the victim's identity is revealed.

Elektra

Elektra

2005

as Stick

5.0
Acting

Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and h...

The Haunted Mansion

The Haunted Mansion

2003

as Ramsley

5.7
Acting

Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once t...

The Kiss

The Kiss

2003

as Philip Naudet

5.3
Acting

A newly promoted book editor discovers a potential best seller, although unfinished, manuscript buried in her predecessor's office. Moved by the passi...

My Boss's Daughter

My Boss's Daughter

2003

as Jack Taylor

5.0
Acting

When a young man agrees to housesit for his boss, he thinks it'll be the perfect opportunity to get close to the woman he desperately has a crush on –...

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

Fellini: I'm a Born Liar

2003

as Self - Toby Dammit

6.3
Acting

A look at Fellini's creative process. In extensive interviews, Fellini talks a bit about his background and then discusses how he works and how he cre...

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up

2002

as Self

10.0
Acting

Tells the story of the photographers who cemented the image of swinging London and who, through their pictures, irreversibly altered the face of fashi...

Full Frontal

Full Frontal

2002

as Man on Plane / Self

4.6
Acting

A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend's birthday party.

Revelation

Revelation

2001

as Magnus Martel

4.8
Acting

Since A.D. 50, a mysterious sacred artifact known as the Loculus has been at the center of a bloody clandestine war. Missing for a few hundred years, ...

My Wife Is an Actress

My Wife Is an Actress

2001

as John

6.2
Acting

A "normal" guy who is married to a hot actress gets worried that she is involved with her costar. This worry turns into jealousy and causes problems i...

Red Planet

Red Planet

2000

as Dr. Bud Chantilas

5.7
Acting

Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

The Limey

The Limey

1999

as Wilson

6.5
Acting

The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling...

Bowfinger

Bowfinger

1999

as Terry Stricter

6.2
Acting

On the verge of bankruptcy and desperate for his big break, aspiring filmmaker Bobby Bowfinger concocts a crazy plan to make his ultimate dream movie....

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

1999

as Chancellor Valorum

6.6
Acting

Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for reve...

Kiss the Sky

Kiss the Sky

1998

as Kozen

5.6
Acting

Two professionals, Jeff and Marty, take a business trip to the Philippines. Their deep dissatisfaction with their lives leads them to forsake their fr...

Nureyev Unzipped

1998

as Narrator

Acting

Narrated by Terence Stamp, this TV program documents the life and career of famed ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, through interviews with friends and c...

Bliss

Bliss

1997

as Baltazar

5.5
Acting

On his wedding day, Joseph nervously admits that his wife is not quite like other women. But his beautiful bride is more than just the "impulsive, com...

Limited Edition

Limited Edition

1997

as Edward Lamb

6.6
Acting

Edward is an editor in a small English publishing house. The story concerns what happens when he receives a very good manuscript from Nicholas, an old...

Love Walked In

Love Walked In

1997

as Fred Moore

4.0
Acting

Two romantically involved down-and-out lounge singers get involved in a caper.

Mindbender

Mindbender

1996

as Joe Hartman

3.5
Acting

Scientist Joe Hartman introduces self-proclaimed Middle Eastern psychic Uri Geller to America.

Ladies Please!

1994

as Self

1.0
Acting

"Ladies Please" is a rare and stimulating insight into the bohemian world that is drag and into the professional and personal lives of three of its mo...

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

1994

as Bernadette Bassenger

7.3
Acting

Two drag queens and a transgender woman contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a town in the remote Australian desert. As they ...

The Real McCoy

The Real McCoy

1993

as Jack Schmidt

5.7
Acting

Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated, Karen was the bank robber of her time, but no...

Prince of Shadows

Prince of Shadows

1991

as Darman

5.3
Acting

Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor.

Genuine Risk

Genuine Risk

1990

as Paul Hellwart

4.0
Acting

An unlucky horseplayer (Peter Berg) turns collector for a mobster (Terence Stamp) and winds up on the run after bungling a job.

Alien Nation

Alien Nation

1988

as William Harcourt

6.1
Acting

A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilization. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated in...

Young Guns

Young Guns

1988

as John Tunstall

6.7
Acting

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes t...

Wall Street

Wall Street

1987

as Sir Larry Wildman

7.2
Acting

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthles...

The Sicilian

The Sicilian

1987

as Prince Borsa

5.2
Acting

Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.

Vilde, the Wild One

Vilde, the Wild One

1986

as Edward

5.2
Acting

In a rural western town in 1890 a woman has a mute old daughter after relations with her step father, which in his need of money, wants to sell them o...

Legal Eagles

Legal Eagles

1986

as Victor Taft

6.1
Acting

District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client ...

Directed by William Wyler

Directed by William Wyler

1986

as Self

Acting

Documentary about the famed Hollywood director.

Link

Link

1986

as Dr Steven Phillip

6.2
Acting

Young graduate student Jane Chase becomes the new assistant to an eccentric zoology professor at the remote home he shares with two brilliant chimpanz...

The Deadly Recruits

1986

as David Audley

Acting

Based on the novel by Anthony Price and originally aired in the UK as part of the "Chessgame" television series, this British spy thriller stars Teren...

The Alamut Ambush

1986

as David Audley

Acting

This British espionage thriller stars Terence Stamp as David Audley, former Oxford professor turned intelligence agent.

The Cold War Killers

The Cold War Killers

1986

as David Audley

6.0
Acting

A missing 1950s era airplane is found 27 years later at the bottom of a lake. British and Soviet spy agencies are intensely interested.

The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves

1984

as The Devil (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which i...

The Hit

The Hit

1984

as Willie Parker

6.4
Acting

Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution...

The Making of 'Superman II'

The Making of 'Superman II'

1983

as Self

7.6
Acting

Documentary about the making of the sequel to Superman.

The Bloody Chamber

The Bloody Chamber

1983

Acting

A beautiful teenage girl, marries an older, wealthy French Marquis, whom she does not love. He gifts her a choker made of rubies, warning her against ...

Fellini nel cestino

1983

as Self

7.5
Acting
Death in the Vatican

Death in the Vatican

1982

as Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I

4.2
Acting

A hermit who has had contact with terrorists is planning to kill the Pope by poisoning.

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

1982

as Self

6.3
Acting

Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film. Behind-the-scenes footage, as well as scenes from the film,...

Mystery on Monster Island

Mystery on Monster Island

1981

as Taskinar / Skinner

4.4
Acting

A young European boy living in San Francisco is reluctant to marry his long-term girlfriend because he wants to travel around the world first. His wea...

Superman II

Superman II

1980

as General Zod

6.7
Acting

Three Kryptonian criminals led by General Zod team up with Lex Luthor to conquer Earth, forcing a depowered Superman to regain his strength and stop t...

Together?

Together?

1979

as Henry

4.8
Acting

Louise has left her husband, launched a career as a dress designer, and together with her son moved in with Giovanni, a lawyer. Despite the emancipate...

Meetings with Remarkable Men

Meetings with Remarkable Men

1979

as Prince Lubovedsky

6.4
Acting

The story of G.I. Gurdjieff an Asian mystic who after a lifetimes study developed a form of meditation incorporating modern dance.

Lycanthropus, the Son of the Night

1979

Acting

Italian horror movie from 1979.

Superman

Superman

1978

as General Zod

7.1
Acting

Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the ne...

The Thief of Baghdad

The Thief of Baghdad

1978

as Wazir Jaudur

5.2
Acting

A resourceful thief helps a handscome prince fight an evil wizard and win the hand of a beautiful princess.

Striptease

Striptease

1976

as Alain

5.5
Acting

A disillusioned and depressed film director is forced to confront his lack of humanity through his involvement in the death of a young actress and the...

The Divine Nymph

The Divine Nymph

1975

as Dany di Bagnasco

5.5
Acting

In the decadent Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other.

Hu-Man

Hu-Man

1975

as Terence

4.9
Acting

An actor is placed in dangerous situations and his fear will be broadcast to the television audience. The audience's emotions will determine whether h...

Hu-Man

Hu-Man

1975

Co-Producer

4.9
Producing

An actor is placed in dangerous situations and his fear will be broadcast to the television audience. The audience's emotions will determine whether h...

Fade In

Fade In

1973

as Himself

3.6
Acting

A sophisticated Hollywood film editor, on location for a film she is working on, falls for a local cowboy who is hired to work on the film.

A Season in Hell

A Season in Hell

1971

as Arthur Rimbaud

5.6
Acting

The tumultuous life of Arthur Rimbaud, the cursed poet, who completed his masterwork at the age of twenty, became an arms dealer and died at thirty-se...

The Mind of Mr. Soames

The Mind of Mr. Soames

1970

as John Soames

5.7
Acting

A 30-year-old man, who has been in a coma since birth, is finally restored to consciousness by a breakthrough brain operation. Although physically an ...

Theorem

Theorem

1968

as The Visitor

7.1
Acting

A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiph...

Spirits of the Dead

Spirits of the Dead

1968

as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")

6.3
Acting

Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man ha...

Blue

Blue

1968

as Blue

5.3
Acting

A young man is torn between the woman he loves and his loyalty to his father, the leader of a Mexican gang.

Toby Dammit

Toby Dammit

1968

as Toby Dammit

Acting

During a trip to Rome, a debauched Shakespearian actor is tormented by the Italian film industry, fans, the press and the Devil, who appears as a litt...

Poor Cow

Poor Cow

1967

as Dave Fuller

6.4
Acting

A young woman lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age she marries and has a child--with an abusive thief who quickly ends up in prison. L...

Location: Far from the Madding Crowd

1967

as Himself

Acting

This promotional short film for the feature Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) takes us to the many locations in Dorset County, England, where the movi...

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

Tonite Let's All Make Love in London

1967

as Self

2.8
Acting

Peter Whitehead’s disjointed Swinging London documentary, subtitled “A Pop Concerto,” comprises a number of different “movements,” each depicting a di...

Far from the Madding Crowd

Far from the Madding Crowd

1967

as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy

6.9
Acting

Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely diverg...

Modesty Blaise

Modesty Blaise

1966

as Willie Garvin

5.2
Acting

Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government ...

The Collector

The Collector

1965

as Freddie Clegg

7.3
Acting

Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherw...

Billy Budd

Billy Budd

1962

as Billy Budd

7.3
Acting

Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.

Term of Trial

Term of Trial

1962

as Mitchell

5.9
Acting

A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him, including...

Untitled Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel

N/A

as Bernadette Bassenger

Acting

Plot details are still under wraps, but it will feature a grown-up version of Tick’s 7-year-old son from the original film.