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Terence Henry Stamp (July 22, 1938 – August 17, 2025) was an English actor. After training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London he started his acting career in 1962. He has been referred to as the “master of the brooding silence” by The Guardian. His performance in the title role of Billy Budd, his film debut, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA nomination for Best Newcomer. Associated with the Swinging London scene of the 1960s – during which time he was in high-profile relationships with actress Julie Christie and supermodel Jean Shrimpton – Stamp was among the subjects photographed by David Bailey for a set titled Box of Pin-Ups. Stamp played butterfly collector Freddie Clegg in The Collector (1965), and in 1967 appeared in Far from the Madding Crowd, starring opposite Christie. His other major roles include playing archvillain General Zod in Superman and Superman II, tough guy Wilson in The Limey, Supreme Chancellor Valorum in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, transgender woman Bernadette Bassinger in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, ghost antagonist Ramsley in The Haunted Mansion, Stick in Elektra, Pekwarsky in Wanted, Siegfried in Get Smart, Terrence Bundley in Yes Man, the Prophet of Truth in Halo 3, Mankar Camoran in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and General Ludwig Beck in Valkyrie. He has appeared in two Tim Burton films, Big Eyes (2014) and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).

Terence Stamp

Vulko
for Vulko in Aquaman II: Long Live Atlantis (2023)
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In the wake of the Justice League's fateful encounter, Arthur Curry doth persist in his noble role as the sovereign of Atlantis, standing steadfast beside his beloved Queen Mera, who bears within her womb their future heir. Yet, the tides of fate soon shift when the ancient monarch of Atlantis, known as Atlan, is resurrected from the depths of time, yearning for his trident and the throne that Arthur now occupies. Thus, Aquaman, alongside the valiant Mera and his young apprentice Garth, who shall come to be known as Aqualad, must rally to defend Atlantis against the malevolent Dead King and his legion of monstrous denizens of the deep.