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Terence Stamp (born July 22, 1939 in Bow, London, England) is an English actor.

Early life

Terence is the eldest of five children by parents Tom and Ethel Stamp. His brother, Chris Stamp, is a rock 'n roll impresario credited with bringing The Who to prominence during the 1960s. Because his father was away for long periods with his job in the Merchant Navy, young Terence was mostly raised by his mother, grandmother, and aunts. He grew up wanting to be the film actor Gary Cooper after his mother had taken him to see Beau Geste
.

At the age of 12 while at a convalescent home after an operation, Stamp had a brief sexual relationship with Nurse Grace - about 15 years his senior. On leaving school Stamp worked in a variety of advertising agencies in London, working his way up to a very respectable wage. Deep down he wanted to be an actor, a realisation came when Stamp found he no longer had to serve two years National Service after being rejected for once having treatment on his feet.

Biography

His motion picture debut was in Peter Ustinov's 1962 film adaptation of Herman Melville's Billy Budd
. Stamp's portrayal of the title character brought him not only an Academy Award nomination, but also international attention. Stamp's pale blue eyes and haunting good looks made him a popular leading man, but it was his outstanding acting that got him noticed by some of the most acclaimed directors of the time.

After his success in Billy Budd, Stamp collaborated with some of the cinema's most revered filmmakers. Stamp starred in William Wyler's adaptation of John Fowles' The Collector
(1965), opposite Samantha Eggar, and in Modesty Blaise (1966), for director Joseph Losey and producer Joe Janni. Stamp reteamed 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).

Stamp then journeyed to Italy to star in Federico Fellini's Toby Dammit, a 50-minute portion of the Edgar Allan Poe film adaptation(s) Histoires extraordinaires (1968, aka Spirits of the Dead). Stamp made Italy his home for several years, during which time his film work included Pier Palo Pasolini's Teorema (1968) opposite Silvana Magano, and Stagione all'inferno, Una (1970). Terence Stamp was considered for the title role of Alfie
but turned it down.

His subsequent film credits included Alan Cooke's The Mind of Mr. Soames (1970), Richard Donner's Superman: The Movie
(1978) and Richard Lester's Superman II
(1980) (as Kryptonian super-villain General Zod), Peter Brook's Meetings with Remarkable Men
(1979), Stephen Frears' The Hit (1984), Richard Franklin's Link
(1986), Ivan Reitman's Legal Eagles
(1986), Michael Cimino's The Sicilian (1987), and Oliver Stone's Wall Street
(1987). The film Beltenebros (1992, aka Prince of Shadows), in which the actor starred for director Pilar Miro, was awarded the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.

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Actors - Terence Stamp

Early life

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