Terence Stamp made famous the character General Zod, whom he played in the movies „Superman: The Movie“ and „Superman II.“
Terence Stamp, an English actor best known for playing the villain General Zod in Superman: The Movie and Superman II, passed away on Sunday at the age of 87, his family said.
„He leaves behind an extraordinary body of work, both as an actor and as a writer that will continue to touch and inspire people for years to come“, the family said in a statement to Reuters. „We ask for privacy at this sad time.“Who Is Terence Stamp?
Stamp was born in London’s East End in 1938, the sun of a tugboat stoker. He left school to work in advertising before winning a scholarship to attend drama school.
A fixture of the London theater scene in the 1960s, Stamp was friends with fellow actors Michael Caine and Peter O’Toole.
