The British actor Terence Stamp, who played the role of Arc-Wilan General Zod in “Superman” and “Superman II”, died at the age of 87, his family said.
The Oscar-namined actor died on Sunday morning, his family in a statement told Reuters. His death was also revealed in a death notice published online. The reason was not immediately known.
Reuters said in a statement, “he leaves behind an extraordinary body of work as an actor and as a writer, which will continue to touch and motivate people for the coming years.” “We ask for privacy at this sad time.”
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Stamp was born in 1938 in East End, London in Ethel Esther and Thomas Stamp, a tugboat stoker. After ending London’s bombing during World War II, Stamp left school to work in advertising before winning the scholarship for the drama school, the Reuters said.
According to Reuters, “I could not tell anyone that I wanted to become an actor because it was out of the question. I used to laugh.”
Stamp started her film career with the 1962 Caifying “Billy Buddha”, for which she earned an Oscar nomination.
During his six-post-acclaimed career, Stamp acted in films in films including Pier Paer Paulo Pastolini’s “Age,” “A Season in Hell,” and “The Adventures of Prisla, Queen of the Desert”, in which he played the role of a transgender woman.
“By wearing heels, my spine was completely out of alignment, and it took me about six months to orchestrate my spine again,” he told CBS News in 1999 About the Downsides of the 1994 film.
Stamp was widely praised for his lead in director Steven Soderberg’s 1999 crime drama “The Lime”.
The 1978 “Superman” and its 1980 sequel “Superman II” had the possibility of Stamp’s most high-profile role as General Zods of Cryptonians as General Zod. He returned to the Superman World when he played the role of Jor-E in the TV series “Smallville”.
He appeared in a string of other films, including Tom Cruise, “Vulcari”, “Matt Demon with” The adjustment bureau “,” Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menus, “and films directed by Tim Burton.
His last performance was in 2021 in “Last Knight in Soho”.
Apart from his acting career, Stamp was a skilled writer and writer.
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