Terence Stamp

Terence Stamp is an English film, television, stage and voice actor.

Fast Facts

1. Full name: Terence Henry Stamp
2. Birth date: July 22, 1939
3. Birth place: Stepney, London, England
4. Author: Stamp Album, The Night, Double Feature
5. Vegetarian with wheat and dairy allergies¹
6. Former roommate: Michael Caine 1960s²
7. Voted third "Best Dressed" British man, GQ³

Career

Terence Stamp is often cast as an antagonist.⁴ He received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his role in Billy Budd in 1962, his second movie as a professional actor. His prolific career includes summer blockbusters like Star Wars-The Phantom Menace and small independent films like Priscilla Queen of the Desert.

Terence Stamp is an author of both fiction and non-fiction.

Personal Life

Relationships with Julie Christie, Brigitte Bardot and Jean Shrimpton brought Terence Stamp publicity at the start of his career. In the late 1960s, Stamp abandoned mainstream films and lived in India for ten years, allegedly in reaction to his breakup with Shrimpton.⁵

Stamp married Elizabeth O'Rourke in 2002. They separated in 2008⁶

Terence Stamp Quotes

"When I saw Gary Cooper in Beau Geste, that sort of ruined me for life, really, because for the next 14 years I wanted to be like Gary Cooper, I wanted to be doing what Gary Cooper was doing."⁷

"I'm a little past my Sell By date, I've certainly out-worn my shelf life."⁸

"I keep getting stopped on the street. By people who ask me if I'm a group. 'Are you a group?' they ask. 'Yes,' I say. 'I'm Martha and the Vandellas.'"⁹

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