Terence Stamp, the English actor finest recognized for enjoying a Kryptonian supervillain in “Superman” and “Superman II,” has died at age 87, in accordance with his household.
Stamp died Sunday morning, his household mentioned in an announcement to the Reuters information company, however they didn’t specify how.
Stamp performed reverse Christopher Reeve within the 1978 movie and its 1980 sequel, taking over the enduring character of Basic Zod. The position got here greater than a decade after Stamp was nominated for an Oscar for his supporting position within the movie “Billy Budd.”
Although it gained him no awards, the “Superman” franchise was a defining mark in Stamp’s appearing profession. Stamp performed Zod, the Kryptonian army chief who escaped the Phantom Zone, in each movies as a foil to Reeve’s Superman.
Years later, Stamp would play one other Kryptonian on the present “Smallville.” He voiced the hero’s father, Jor-El, on the present, which chronicled the lifetime of a younger Clark Kent earlier than he selected to don the crimson cape in Metropolis.
Stamp, the primary of 5 kids born to a tugboat stoker, grew up in London as bombs fell throughout World Conflict II. He later labored at promoting companies within the metropolis earlier than successful a scholarship to attend drama faculty.
He kicked off his appearing profession with an Academy Award nomination for his debut movie “Billy Budd” (1962) earlier than occurring to obtain the Golden Globe for brand new star of the 12 months in 1963.
Stamp’s profession had slowed considerably by the point he landed his position within the “Superman” franchise. Later, he went on to play a transgender girl in “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” (1994) and continued to take roles in a wide range of genres together with thrillers, comedy and fantasy-adventure.
His remaining position was within the 2021 horror-thriller “Final Evening in Soho.”
Stamp revealed a sequence of memoirs from 1987 to 2017, together with his 2011 “Uncommon Stamps,” which detailed essentially the most pivotal moments of his life. He described the e-book on his web site as a glance into the “tent poles that enabled me to maintain a roof over my head for 50 years whereas I inspired the artist inside to point out its face.”
