Terence Stamp, Known For Playing Zod In 'superman,' Dies At 87

Terence Stamp, nan English character champion known for playing a Kryptonian supervillain successful “Superman” and “Superman II,” has died astatine property 87, according to his family.

Stamp died Sunday morning, his family said successful a connection to nan Reuters news agency, but they did not specify how.

Stamp played other Christopher Reeve successful nan 1978 movie and its 1980 sequel, taking connected nan iconic characteristic of General Zod. The domiciled came much than a decade aft Stamp was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting domiciled successful nan movie “Billy Budd.”

Though it won him nary awards, nan “Superman” franchise was a defining people successful Stamp’s acting career. Stamp played Zod, nan Kryptonian subject leader who escaped nan Phantom Zone, successful some films arsenic a foil to Reeve’s Superman.

Years later, Stamp would play different Kryptonian connected nan show “Smallville.” He voiced nan hero’s father, Jor-El, connected nan show, which chronicled nan life of a young Clark Kent earlier he chose to don nan crimson cape successful Metropolis.

Stamp, nan first of 5 children calved to a tugboat stoker, grew up successful London arsenic bombs fell during World War II. He later worked astatine advertizing agencies successful nan metropolis earlier winning a danasiwa to be play school.

He kicked disconnected his acting profession pinch an Academy Award information for his debut movie “Billy Budd” (1962) earlier going connected to person nan Golden Globe for caller prima of nan twelvemonth successful 1963.

Stamp’s profession had slowed somewhat by nan clip he landed his domiciled successful nan “Superman” franchise. Later, he went connected to play a transgender female successful “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of nan Desert” (1994) and continued to return roles successful a assortment of genres including thrillers, drama and fantasy-adventure.

His last domiciled was successful nan 2021 horror-thriller “Last Night successful Soho.”

Stamp published a bid of memoirs from 1987 to 2017, including his 2011 “Rare Stamps,” which elaborate nan astir pivotal moments of his life. He described nan book connected his website arsenic a look into nan “tent poles that enabled maine to support a tile complete my caput for 50 years while I encouraged nan creator wrong to show its face.”