Terence Stamp

Terence was born in London and spent his early years watching American films and dreamed of being like the stars on the screen, He was awarded a scholarship for the Webber Douglas School of Dramatic Art. In his second year, during an audition, Peter Ustinov signed him for the title role in Billy Budd (1962). This was not only his remarkable film debut but his performance earned him his first and only Oscar nomination too in 1962 and marked the start of his international stardom. He consolidated his career by working with some of the top directors such as William Wyler (L'obsédé (1965)), Joseph Losey (Modesty Blaise (1966)), John Schlesinger (Loin de la foule déchaînée (1967)), Ken Loach (Pas de larmes pour Joy (1967)) and Pier Paolo Pasolini (Théorème (1968)). He then took a break from films and traveled around the world returning to cinema in a variety of films including, among others, Superman (1978), Rencontres avec des hommes remarquables (1979), Superman II (1980), The Hit - Le tueur était presque parfait (1984) (for which he was awarded the Grand Medaille de Vermeil in Paris), L'affaire Chelsea Deardon (1986), Le sicilien (1987), Wall Street (1987), Young Guns (1988), Futur immédiat, Los Angeles 1991 (1988), Priscilla, folle du désert (1994), Walkyrie (2008) and Song for Marion (2012). He has also published the first two instalments of his autobiography, Stamp Album, which became a best seller.