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• 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 allergiesThe Guardian UK: Mr Intolerant (March 10, 2002)
  6. Former roommate: Michael Caine in the 1960sContact Music: Stamo Quashed Gay Caine Rumours Through Sex (August 2, 2007)
  7. Voted third "Best Dressed" British man by GQThe Sydney Morning Herald: Beck's Best Dressed Ever (April 1, 2004)

• Career

  Terence Stamp is often cast as an antagonist.Crave Online: Terence Stamp Tells Us To Zod Off (June 20, 2008) 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 also 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.The Guardian UK: Terence Stamp

  Stamp married Elizabeth O'Rourke in 2002. They separated in 2008BBC News: Actor Stamp and wife get divorce (April 29, 2008)

• 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."Reel.com: Terence Stamp

  "I'm a little past my Sell By date, I've certainly out-worn my shelf life."Movies Online: Terence Stamp Interview, Get Smart

  "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.'"Chicago Sun-Times: Interview with Terence Stamp (June 12, 19680

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