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Date of Birth : Jul 22nd 1930

Rough-hewn and soulful, Terence Stamp was one of the most recognizable faces of 1960s British cinema. During that decade, he became immortalized on the screen and off, his working-class charisma and battered good looks making him both a natural for leading man roles and a poster boy for the swinging Sixties lifestyle.

Born in Stepney, London on July 22, 1939, Stamp made his film debut in 1962 as the martyred hero in Peter Ustinov’s adaptation of Herman Melville’s Billy Budd. He turned in a star-making performance that earned him an Oscar nomination and established him as part of a new wave of talent in British cinema. Stamp next made his mark in William Wyler’s The Collector (1965), winning a Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of a warped recluse who kidnaps an art student he has lusted after from afar.

Stamp spent the rest of the decade earning recognition for both his work and real-life exploits. On the screen, he worked with the likes of John Schlesinger (Far From the Maddening Crowd), Joseph Losey (Modesty Blaise), Ken Loach (Poor Cow), Pier Paolo Pasolini (Teorema), and, for Tre Passi nel Delirio, Federico Fellini, Roger Vadim, and Louis Malle. Off the screen, Stamp was known for his friendships with the likes of Michael Caine and his relationships with such preeminent beauties as Julie Christie and model Jean Shrimpton. He and Christie were immortalized in Ray Davies’s song “Waterloo Sunset” in the lines, “Terry and Julie cross over the river, where they feel safe and sound.”


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Bitter Harvest ( 2017 )

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Poor Cow ( 2016 )

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Song for Marion ( 2013 )

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Valkyrie ( 2009 )

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Yes Man ( 2008 )

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Get Smart ( 2008 )

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Wanted ( 2008 )

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Elektra ( 2005 )

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Full Frontal ( 2003 )

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Revelation ( 2002 )

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Red Planet ( 2000 )

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The Limey ( 1999 )

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Bowfinger ( 1999 )

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Alien Nation ( 1989 )

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Wall Street ( 1988 )

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The Sicilian ( 1987 )

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The Hit ( 1984 )

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Superman II ( 1981 )

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Superman ( 1978 )

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Big Eyes ( 1970 )

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