Terence Stamp, actor who played the Superman villain Zod dies at 87

Terence Stamp, the award -winning British actor whose career spans more than six decades and included iconic roles from the British theater in the 1960s to Major Hollywood Blokrayers, died at the age of 87, his family confirmed on Sunday. Stamp died peacefully on Sunday morning, according to a statement shared with Reuters. “He leaves behind an extraordinary work, as well as an actor as a writer who will continue to touch and inspire people for years,” the family said. “We ask privacy at this sad time.” Terrence Stamp’s legacy that came up during the cultural revolution of the 1960s in London quickly became one of the most important faces of a new wave of the British theater. He is known for his striking appearance and breeding presence and earns early praise with performances in ‘Billy Budd’ (1962), for which he received a nomination of the Oscar Award and ‘The Collector’ (1965). After missing the opportunity to play James Bond to Sean Connery, Terence Stamp performed in Italian films and worked with famous director Federico Fellini in the late 1960s. He later moved away from acting for a while and went to India to study yoga. His great return came in 1978 when he played General Zod, the mighty villain of Krypton, in ‘Superman’ and again in the 1980 successor. In the years that followed, he appeared in many other films, including ‘Valkyrie’ with Tom Cruise in 2008, ‘The Adjustment Bureau’ with Matt Damon in 2011, and several films directed by Tim Burton.