“are the films that I passed on because I was fearful.”
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Terence Stamp
Terence Henry Stamp was an English actor. His filmography included a mix of cult and mainstream performances, particularly sophisticated villain roles. He received various accolades including a Golden Globe Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award and two BAFTA Awards. He was named by Empire as one of the 100 Sexiest Film Stars of All Time in 1995.
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Born 22 July 1938 · Died 17 August 2025 · Q77298
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2026· 6 entries
“but eventually he said to me,”
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“I always thought after six months or so some great part would come up and nothing did.”
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“We just went different ways. I can understand it: in many ways he was much more mature than me.”
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“I realised he was trying to get something from me when I wasn’t performing. He wanted a kind of being-ness.”
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“I don’t have to get on with a director. What I’m concerned with is what goes into the camera.”
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2025· 8 entries
The Guardian: ‘If the devil did exist, he’d be just such a gentleman’: Neil Jordan remembers Terence Stamp
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The Guardian: ‘He gave me a massage. I’ve never been in more pain in my life’: Terence Stamp remembered by Paul Andrew Williams
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The Guardian: Terence Stamp obituary
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The Guardian: Terence Stamp remembered by Priscilla director Stephan Elliott: ‘Those eyes turned everybody to jelly’
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The Guardian: Terence Stamp: the mesmerisingly seductive dark prince of British cinema
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The Guardian: Terence Stamp, face of 60s British cinema and star of The Limey and Superman, dies at 87
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The Guardian: Terence Stamp: a life in pictures
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Died 2025-08-17.
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2016· 2 entries
The Guardian: Terence Stamp in Ken Loach's 1967 film Poor Cow – video
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Stamp appeared in another Tim Burton film, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, where he played Abe, the grandfather of the film's protagonist Jake
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2014· 1 entry
Stamp appeared in Tim Burton's dramatic film Big Eyes, with Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz
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2012· 1 entry
Stamp appeared in the Peter Serafinowicz-directed music video for the Hot Chip song "Night & Day", portrayed a grumpy husband called Arthur in Paul Andrew Williams' Song for Marion (2012), opposite Gemma Arterton and a h
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2008· 1 entry
Appeared in the film remake of the spy comedy Get Smart; another comedy about the man who says yes to everything, Yes Man, opposite Jim Carrey; with Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy and Morgan Freeman in Wanted; and with
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2006· 1 entry
Appeared as Zod once again in Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (a retooled version of the 1980 film, which features footage shot by Donner, the film's original director)
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2005· 1 entry
Stamp also narrated the BBC Four documentary Jazz Britannia, which chronicles the evolution of British jazz music
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2003· 1 entry
Stamp returned to the Superman franchise in a new role, by portraying the voice of Clark Kent's biological father Jor-El in the WB/CW television series Smallville
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2002· 1 entry
Stamp provided the narration for History of Football: The Beautiful Game, a series on all aspects of the world's most popular sport
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1999· 2 entries
Stamp played a lead role in The Limey to widespread critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival
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Stamp appeared in the blockbuster Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace as Chancellor Finis Valorum (an experience he later described as 'boring'), followed by Bowfinger (1999) and Red Planet (2000)
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1988· 1 entry
Stamp introduced the BBC Radio special Superman On Trial, which was produced by Dirk Maggs and starred Stuart Milligan as Superman
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1984· 2 entries
The band the Smiths released their third single, "What Difference Does It Make
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Had the opportunity to play the Devil in a cameo in The Company of Wolves
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for The Collector (1965).
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1962· 1 entry
Stamp made his British film debut opposite Laurence Olivier in Term of Trial, but he is better remembered for his next role in Peter Ustinov's film adaptation of Herman Melville's Billy Budd (1962), which opened in Ameri
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1938· 1 entry
Born 1938-07-22.
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