Terence Stamp
Terence Stamp | |
---|---|
Born | Terence Henry Stamp 22 July 1938 Stepney, London, England |
Alma mater | Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1960–present |
Spouse |
Elizabeth O'Rourke
(m. 2002; div. 2008) |
Relatives | Chris Stamp (brother) |
Terence Henry Stamp (born 22 July 1938)
After training at the
He gained wider fame for his role as archvillain
Early life
Stamp, the eldest of five children, was born on 22 July 1938 in
Growing up in London during World War II, Stamp endured the Blitz as a child (he would later aid Valkyrie director Bryan Singer in staging a scene where the von Stauffenbergs hide from the Allied bombings).[10] After leaving school, Stamp worked in a variety of advertising agencies in London, working his way up to earning a reasonable salary. In the mid‑1950s, he also worked as an assistant to professional golfer Reg Knight at Wanstead Golf Club in east London. He describes this period of his life positively in his autobiography Stamp Album.[11]
Career
Early career and rise to fame
Stamp won a
Stamp collaborated with some of the most revered filmmakers. He starred in The Collector (1965), William Wyler's adaptation of John Fowles' novel of the same name, opposite Samantha Eggar, and in Modesty Blaise (1966), for director Joseph Losey and producer Joe Janni. Stamp reunited with producer Janni for two more projects: John Schlesinger's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) starring Julie Christie, and Ken Loach's first feature film Poor Cow (1967).
He was approached to play the role of James Bond when Sean Connery retired from the role,[16] but did not receive a second call from producer Harry Saltzman because, in Stamp's opinion, "my ideas about [how the role should be portrayed] put the frighteners on Harry. I didn't get a second call from him."[17]
Stamp then travelled to Italy to star in
His subsequent film credits included The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970) where he played an infantile patient, A Season in Hell (1971), Meetings with Remarkable Men (1979), and The Hit (1984), which won a Mystfest Award for Best Actor, shared with John Hurt and Tim Roth. Also in 1984, he had the opportunity to play the Devil in a cameo in The Company of Wolves. He also appeared in Link (1986), Legal Eagles (1986), The Sicilian (1987), and a cameo as Sir Larry Wildman in Wall Street (1987). He played the ranch owner, John Tunstall, in Young Guns (1988). His film Beltenebros (1992) (aka Prince of Shadows), was awarded the Silver Bear at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.[18] Stamp began his fourth decade as an actor wearing some of the choicest of Tim Chappel's Academy Award-winning costumes for the comedy The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) which co-starred Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving.
In 1999, Stamp played a lead role in
Superman roles
It was Stamp who transformed Superman's arch nemesis into a sadistic supervillain. The terrifying demand: 'Kneel before Zod!' is remembered as one of the most iconic moments in comic book film history.
—Terence Stamp: five best moments – 1. Superman II. Article published in The Guardian, February 2013.[5]
Stamp portrayed the Kryptonian supervillain General Zod in Richard Donner's Superman (1978), in which he appeared in a scene with Marlon Brando. The film and its first sequel were originally conceived as one film, with Zod and his evil conspirators returning later in the film to challenge Superman, but the screenplay was so long that the producers elected to split it into two parts. Both parts began shooting simultaneously, but production on the sequel was halted partway through due to budget and time constraints. Stamp reappeared as General Zod in the second part, Superman II (1980), as the film's primary villain. Donner was replaced as director on the sequel with Richard Lester, who completed the film using portions of Donner's original footage combined with newly filmed scenes. Total Film magazine ranked Stamp's portrayal of General Zod #32 on their "Top 50 Greatest Villains of All Time" list in 2007.[20]
On the occasion of Superman's fiftieth anniversary in 1988, Stamp introduced the
Subsequent years
In recent years, Stamp has appeared in the films
Entering in the 2010s, Stamp appeared in The Adjustment Bureau (2011), an American romantic science fiction thriller film loosely based on the Philip K. Dick short story, "Adjustment Team", opposite Matt Damon. In 2012, Stamp appeared in the Peter Serafinowicz-directed music video for the Hot Chip song "Night & Day",[22] portrayed a grumpy husband called Arthur in Paul Andrew Williams' Song for Marion (2012),[23][24] opposite Gemma Arterton and a heist comedy The Art of the Steal (2013), with Kurt Russell, Matt Dillon and Jay Baruchel.[25]
In 2014, Stamp appeared in Tim Burton's drama film Big Eyes, with Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz.[26][27][28][29] In 2016, 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.
Stamp's next project was Crooked House (2017), directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner and starring Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson and Glenn Close.[30] He also appears in George Mendeluk's Bitter Harvest, opposite Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, and Aneurin Barnard.[31]
Books, music videos and voice acting
In addition to his acting career, Terence Stamp is an accomplished writer and author. He has published three volumes of his memoirs including Stamp Album (written in tribute to his late mother), a novel entitled The Night, and a
Stamp read the book Perfect Brilliant Stillness by David Carse for SilkSoundBooks.[32] In his introductory reading, Stamp describes his love for this book by saying, "Greater love hath no man". Stamp appeared in the music video for "At the Bottom of Everything" by Bright Eyes. Stamp appeared as the featured 'castaway' on BBC Radio's long-running Desert Island Discs in June 1987, and made a second appearance in March 2006 with a different selection of music.[33]
In 2002 Stamp provided the narration for History of Football:
On 7 July 2007, Stamp gave a speech on
Personal life
In the 1960s, Stamp shared a house with actor Michael Caine in Wimpole Street, London,[39] before and during their rise to fame.[40] In his autobiography, What's it All About, Caine stated "I still wake up sweating in the night as I see Terence agreeing to accept my advice to take the role in Alfie".
Stamp received extensive media coverage of his romances in the 1960s with film star
Stamp's brother Chris became a rock music impresario credited with helping to bring The Who to prominence during the 1960s and co-founding Track Records.
In 1984, the band The Smiths released their third single, "What Difference Does It Make?" The single cover was a photograph taken on the set of the film The Collector (but not depicted in the film). Originally, Stamp refused permission for the still to be used, and some pressings featured lead singer Morrissey in a re-enacted scene. In the re-enactment Morrissey is holding a glass of milk, as opposed to the chloroform pad of the original. Eventually, Stamp changed his mind, and the original cover was reinstated.
On New Year's Eve 2002, Stamp married for the first time at the age of 64. His 29-year-old bride was Elizabeth O'Rourke, whom Stamp first met in the mid-1990s at a chemist's shop in Bondi, New South Wales. Of Australian and Indian-Singaporean parentage, O'Rourke was brought up in Singapore before moving to Australia in her early twenties to study pharmacology. The couple divorced on the grounds of his "unreasonable behaviour" in April 2008.[44]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1962 | Billy Budd | Billy Budd | BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer
|
Term of Trial | Mitchell | ||
1965 | The Collector | Freddie Clegg | Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)
|
1966 | Modesty Blaise | Willie Garvin | |
1967 | Poor Cow | Dave Fuller | |
Far from the Madding Crowd | Sgt. Francis 'Frank' Troy | ||
1968 | Blue | Blue | |
Spirits of the Dead | Toby Dammit | ||
Teorema | The Visitor | ||
1970 | The Mind of Mr. Soames | John Soames | |
1971 | A Season in Hell | Arthur Rimbaud | |
1975 | The Divine Nymph | Dany di Bagnasco | |
Hu-man
|
Terence | ||
1976 | Striptease | Alain | |
1977 | Black-Out | Edgar Poe | |
1978 | Superman | General Zod | |
1979 | Meetings with Remarkable Men | Prince Lubovedsky | |
Together? | Henry | ||
1980 | Superman II | General Zod | |
1981 | Jules Verne's Mystery on Monster Island
|
J.R. Taskinar/Skinner | |
1982 | Morte in Vaticano
|
Padre Andreani, later Pope Giovanni Clemente I | |
1984 | The Hit | Willie Parker | Mystfest for Best Actor (Shared with John Hurt and Tim Roth) |
The Company of Wolves | The Devil | Uncredited | |
1986 | Legal Eagles | Victor Taft | |
Link | Dr. Steven Phillip | ||
Hud | Edward | ||
1987 | The Sicilian | Prince Borsa | |
Wall Street | Sir Larry Wildman | ||
1988 | Young Guns | John Tunstall | |
Alien Nation | William Harcourt | ||
1990 | Genuine Risk | Paul Hellwart | |
1991 | Beltenebros | Darman | Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival[18] |
1993 | The Real McCoy | Jack Schmidt | |
1994 | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Bernadette Bassenger | Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
|
1996 | Limited Edition | Edward Lamb | (Tiré à Part) |
1997 | Love Walked In
|
Fred Moore | |
Bliss | Baltazar | ||
1999 | The Limey | Wilson | Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead Nominated—Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor |
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace | Supreme Chancellor Finis Valorum | ||
Bowfinger | Terry Stricter | ||
Kiss the Sky | Kozen | ||
2000 | Red Planet | Dr. Bud Chantilas | |
2001 | Revelation | Magnus Martel | |
My Wife Is an Actress | John | ||
2002 | Full Frontal | Man on Plane/Himself | |
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar | Himself | Documentary | |
2003 | My Boss's Daughter | Jack Taylor | |
The Kiss | Philip Naudet | ||
The Haunted Mansion | Ramsley | ||
2004 | Dead Fish | Samuel Fish | |
2005 | Elektra | Stick | |
These Foolish Things | Baker | ||
2006 | September Dawn | Brigham Young | |
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | General Zod | ||
2008 | Wanted | Pekwarsky | |
Flowers and Weeds | Storyteller | ||
Get Smart | Siegfried | ||
Yes Man | Terrence Bundley | ||
Valkyrie | Ludwig Beck | ||
2010 | Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie | Captain Severus | Voice |
2011 | The Adjustment Bureau | Thompson | |
2012 | Song for Marion | Arthur | Beijing International Film Festival for Best Actor Nominated—BIFA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film |
2013 | The Art of the Steal | Samuel Winter | |
2014 | Big Eyes | John Canaday | |
2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children | Abraham "Abe" Portman | |
2017 | Crooked House | Chief Inspector Taverner | |
Bitter Harvest | Ivan | ||
2018 | Viking Destiny | Odin | |
2019 | Murder Mystery | Malcolm Quince | |
2021 | Last Night in Soho | The Silver Haired Gentleman |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1978 | The Thief of Baghdad | Wazir Jaudur | Television film |
1983 | Chessgame | David Audley | |
1986 | The Cold War Killers | David Audley | Television film |
1997–98 | The Hunger
|
Host | |
2003–11 | Smallville | Jor-El | 23 episodes |
2003 | Static Shock | Dennis/Professor Menace[45] | Voice, episode: "Blast from the Past" |
2020 | His Dark Materials | Giacomo Paradisi | Episode: "Tower of the Angels" |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2004 | The Getaway: Black Monday | Narrator | Narrated the behind the scenes video for the game.[46] |
2006 | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Mankar Camoran | |
2007 | Halo 3 | Prophet of Truth | [45] |
2009 | Wanted: Weapons of Fate | Pekwarsky | [45] |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Venue |
---|---|---|---|
1959 | The Long and the Short and the Tall | Private Samuel 'Sammy' Whitaker | UK Tour[47][48] |
1960 | This Year, Next Year | Charlie | Vaudeville Theatre, West End |
1964–65 | Alfie! | Alfie | Morosco Theatre, Broadway |
1978 | Dracula | Count Dracula | Shaftesbury Theatre, West End[49] |
1979 | The Lady from the Sea | A Stranger | Roundhouse, West End[50] |
Bibliography
Memoirs and reflections
- Stamp Album. Bloomsbury. 1987.
- Coming Attractions. Bloomsbury. 1988.
- Double Feature. Bloomsbury. 1989.
- Rare Stamps: Reflections on Living, Breathing, and Acting. Escargot Books. 2012.
- The Ocean Fell Into the Drop: A Memoir. Repeater Books. 2017.
Fiction
- The Night. Orion. 1993.
Cooking
- with Elizabeth Buxton (1997). The Stamp Collection Cookbook. Ebury Press.
- with Elizabeth Buxton (2002). The Wheat and Dairy Free Cookbook. Ebury Press.
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Film | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1962 | Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Billy Budd | Nominated |
1994 | AACTA Awards | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Nominated |
2013 | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Grownup Love Story | Song for Marion | Nominated[a] |
2013 | Beijing International Film Festival | Best Actor | Won | |
1962 | British Academy Film Awards | Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles | Billy Budd | Nominated |
1994 | Best Actor in a Leading Role | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Nominated | |
2012 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Actor | Song for Marion | Nominated |
1965 | Cannes Film Festival | Best Actor | The Collector | Won |
1994 | Chlotrudis Awards
|
Best Supporting Actor | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Nominated |
1962 | Golden Globe Awards | Most Promising Newcomer – Male | Billy Budd | Won |
1994 | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
|
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Nominated | |
1999 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Male Lead | The Limey | Nominated |
1999 | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards[11] | Best Actor | Nominated | |
1962 | Laurel Awards | Top New Male Personality | — | Nominated |
2017 | Movieguide Awards | Most Inspiring Performance in Movies | Bitter Harvest | Nominated |
1984 | Mystfest | Best Actor | The Hit | Won[b] |
2006 | NAVGTR Awards | Best Supporting Performance in a Drama | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Nominated |
2011 | San Francisco International Film Festival | Peter J. Owens Award | — | Won |
1999 | Satellite Awards | Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
|
The Limey | Won |
2012 | Mary Pickford Award | — | Won | |
1994 | Seattle International Film Festival | Best Actor | The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Won |
2012 | Song for Marion | 2nd Place |
References
- ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Terence Stamp Biography (1938?-)". FilmReference.com. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ "Turner Classic Movies - Terence Stamp". TCM. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Terence Stamp: 2 Nominations, 1 Win. Golden Globe Awards.
- ^ a b "Terence Stamp: five best moments". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-84983-387-5.
- ^ "Terence Stamp Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Boucher, Caroline (10 March 2002). "Mr Intolerant". The Observer. London. Retrieved 25 May 2010.
- ^ Vespe, Eric (11 December 2008). "Bryan Singer and Quint talk Nazis, Tom Cruise, Terence Stamp, VALKYRIE plus an update on SUPERMAN!!!". Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-74750-032-2.
- ^ "Terence Stamp Biography". Escargot Books. 2011. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ "Terence Stamp reads audio books". Silk Sound Books. 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
- ^ "Michael Caine: Tales of a jobbing cockney". Irish Independent. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ "Stamp took advice from Olivier". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- ^ Foster, Alistair (9 May 2013). "Terence Stamp: I blew the chance to play James Bond". Evening Standard. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- ^ "Stamp: I blew my chance at Bond". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Berlinale: 1992 Prize Winners". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
- ^ Cunningham, Joe (30 January 2013). "Terence Stamp Says Working On 'Phantom Menace' Was "Boring," But He Had A Crush On Natalie Portman". IndieWire. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ^ "The Top 50 Greatest Heroes & Villains Of All Time - 'Total Film' Compiled List". Snarkerati.com. 24 November 2007. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
- ^ "From the EW archives: The inside scoop on 'Mr. And MRS. Smith'". Entertainment Weekly. 27 May 2005.
- ^ "Night and Day – Directed by Peter Serafinowicz". PeterSerafinowicz.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ Fessier, Bruce (13 January 2013). "Actor Terence Stamp's professional and spiritual journey led him to an 'Unfinished Song'". The Desert Sun. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ Anderson, John. "'Unfinished Song' review: Vanessa Redgrave, Terence Stamp are first-rate". Newsday. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
- ^ Kit, Borys (19 January 2012). "Terence Stamp confirmed for the comedy The Black Marks". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ Mitchell, Wendy (29 June 2013). "Terence Stamp joins Burton's Big Eyes". Screen Daily. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
- ^ Ng, Philiana (28 June 2013). "Terence Stamp Joins Tim Burton's 'Big Eyes'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ Brock, Ben (2 July 2013). "Terence Stamp Joins Tim Burton's 'Big Eyes' Plus Watch 40-Minute 'Scene By Scene' With The Actor". The Playlist. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
- ^ Adams, Nathan. "Casting Couch: Terence Stamp to Work With Tim Burton, Rosemarie Dewitt is Joining 'Kill the Messenger,' and More". Film School Rejects. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (13 September 2016). "Agatha Christie thriller 'Crooked House' underway". Screen Daily. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (16 October 2013). "Aneurin Barnard Joins 'The Devil's Harvest'; Animated 'Book Of Life' Sets Channing Tatum, Zoe Saldana & More". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
- ^ "Perfect Brilliant Stillness Audio Book Download for your iPod". Silksoundbooks. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^ "Desert Island Discs – Terence Stamp". BBC. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-19927-198-6.
- ^ "1966 – A Nation Remembers". ITV. 5 October 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "Nobody does it better". The Spectator. 8 July 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- YouTube
- ^ "The Ocean Fell Into the Drop, by Terence Stamp". Repeater Books. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
- ^ Let's Get Lost (1988) documentary by Bruce Weber
- ^ "Terence Stamp's London roots". East London History. 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2019.
- ^ Pulver, Andrew (12 March 2015). "Terence Stamp: 'I was in my prime, but when the 60s ended, I ended with it'". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ "The life and loves of Terence Stamp". Evening Standard. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ Krishnamurti, J. The Self. Retrieved 22 July 2018. Read By Terence Stamp.
- ^ "Actor Stamp and Wife Get Divorce". BBC News. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2008.
- ^ a b c "Behind The Voice Actors - Terence Stamp". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ "The Getaway Black Monday Making Of HQ". YouTube. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021.
- ^ Caine, Michael. What's It All About? pp. 146-147.
- ^ Sellers, Robert. Peter O'Toole: The Definitive Biography. pp. 66-7.
- ISBN 9780810813748. pp. 509, 514.
- ^ "IbsenStage".
- ^ Shared with Vanessa Redgrave.
- ^ Shared with John Hurt and Tim Roth.
External links
- Terence Stamp at IMDb
- Terence Stamp at the BFI's Screenonline
- Terence Stamp at AllMovie
- Terence Stamp at the TCM Movie Database
- Portraits of Terence Stamp at the National Portrait Gallery, London