Black & White Portraits #23 Terence Stamp

Black & White Portraits #23

Terence Stamp

Born July 22, 1938 in Stepney, London, England, UK

Birth Name Terence Henry Stamp

Mini Bio (1)

Terence Henry Stamp was born and lived in Canal Road, Bow until German bombers forced his family to move to Plaistow. An icon of the 1960s, he dated the likes of Julie Christie, Brigitte Bardot, and Jean Shrimpton. After an extremely successful early career, starring in Modesty Blaise (1966), Poor Cow (1967) and Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Stamp withdrew from mainstream films after his girlfriend, supermodel Jean Shrimpton, left him, and he and went on a 10-year sabbatical in India. He returned home in the late 1970s to star as the evil General Zod in Superman II (1980), and in 1984, delivered what many consider his finest performance as the supergrass in Stephen Frears' The Hit (1984). A few minor but colorful roles, topped by his performance as the transsexual Bernadette in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), have put Stamp back in the British consciousness. His role as a vengeful gangster in The Limey (1999) was created especially for him by its director.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: The Madcap Laughs and Tonto