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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Last Night in Soho
2021
as Silver-Haired Gentleman
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
2019
as Malcolm Quince
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
2018
as Odin
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
2017
as Chief Inspector Taverner
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
2017
as Ivan
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
2017
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
2016
as Abraham Portman
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
2016
as Great Crow
A wealthy developer tries to remove settlers from his newly acquired land, which leads to dire consequences.

1966: A Nation Remembers
2016
as Himself - Narrator (voice)
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
2015
as Self - Narrator
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
2014
as John Canaday
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
2014
as Himself
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
2013
as Samuel Winter
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
2012
as Arthur
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
2011
as Thompson
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
2010
as Severus (voice)
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
2010
as Himself : Narrator
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
2008
as Ludwig Beck
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
2008
as Terence
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
2008
as Siegfried
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
2008
as Pekwarsky
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
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.

September Dawn
2007
as Brigham Young
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
2006
as Self
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
2006
as General Zod
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
2006
as Narrator(voice)
Discovery Channel documentary

The Making of Oblivion
2006
as Self
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
2006
as Baker
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
2005
as Samuel Fish
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
2005
as Joe (uncredited)
Following a traffic accident, things take a turn when the victim's identity is revealed.

Elektra
2005
as Stick
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
2003
as Ramsley
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
2003
as Philip Naudet
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
2003
as Jack Taylor
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
2003
as Self - Toby Dammit
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
2002
as Self
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
2002
as Man on Plane / Self
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
2001
as Magnus Martel
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
2001
as John
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
2000
as Dr. Bud Chantilas
Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

The Limey
1999
as Wilson
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
1999
as Terry Stricter
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
1999
as Chancellor Valorum
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
1998
as Kozen
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
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
1997
as Baltazar
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
1997
as Edward Lamb
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
1997
as Fred Moore
Two romantically involved down-and-out lounge singers get involved in a caper.

Mindbender
1996
as Joe Hartman
Scientist Joe Hartman introduces self-proclaimed Middle Eastern psychic Uri Geller to America.
Ladies Please!
1994
as Self
"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
1994
as Bernadette Bassenger
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
1993
as Jack Schmidt
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
1991
as Darman
Madrid, 1962. More than twenty years after the civil war has finished, a communist comes back to Spain to kill a traitor.

Genuine Risk
1990
as Paul Hellwart
An unlucky horseplayer (Peter Berg) turns collector for a mobster (Terence Stamp) and winds up on the run after bungling a job.

Alien Nation
1988
as William Harcourt
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
1988
as John Tunstall
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
1987
as Sir Larry Wildman
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
1987
as Prince Borsa
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
1986
as Edward
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
1986
as Victor Taft
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
1986
as Self
Documentary about the famed Hollywood director.

Link
1986
as Dr Steven Phillip
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
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
This British espionage thriller stars Terence Stamp as David Audley, former Oxford professor turned intelligence agent.

The Cold War Killers
1986
as David Audley
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
1984
as The Devil (uncredited)
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
1984
as Willie Parker
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'
1983
as Self
Documentary about the making of the sequel to Superman.

The Bloody Chamber
1983
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

Death in the Vatican
1982
as Padre Andreani, poi Papa Giovanni Clemente I
A hermit who has had contact with terrorists is planning to kill the Pope by poisoning.

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
as Self
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
1981
as Taskinar / Skinner
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
1980
as General Zod
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?
1979
as Henry
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
1979
as Prince Lubovedsky
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
Italian horror movie from 1979.

Superman
1978
as General Zod
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
1978
as Wazir Jaudur
A resourceful thief helps a handscome prince fight an evil wizard and win the hand of a beautiful princess.

Striptease
1976
as Alain
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
1975
as Dany di Bagnasco
In the decadent Roaring Twenties, a beautiful woman engages in affairs with two men, playing them against each other.

Hu-Man
1975
as Terence
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
1975
Co-Producer
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
1973
as Himself
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
1971
as Arthur Rimbaud
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
1970
as John Soames
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
1968
as The Visitor
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
1968
as Toby Dammit (segment "Toby Dammit")
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
1968
as Blue
A young man is torn between the woman he loves and his loyalty to his father, the leader of a Mexican gang.

Toby Dammit
1968
as Toby Dammit
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
1967
as Dave Fuller
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
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
1967
as Self
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
1967
as Sgt. Francis "Frank" Troy
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely diverg...

Modesty Blaise
1966
as Willie Garvin
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
1965
as Freddie Clegg
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
1962
as Billy Budd
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
1962
as Mitchell
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
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.