Today we lost a great actor as the legendary Terence Stamp has passed away. He was 87 years old.
Stamp is probably best known for his role as General Zod in Superman 2, which is widely thought of as one of the best Superman movies out there, and that is largely due to the amazing performance of Terence Stamp as the Kryptonian villain. His gravitas gave weight to that role in a way that few others could successfully pull off. His line “Kneel before Zod” has permeated the pop culture zeitgeist and has been repeated in so many other projects over the last 44 years since it came out.
He was also featured in the DC series Smallville as the voice of Jor-El, the father of Kal-El, aka Clark Kent, played by Tom Welling, as well as Professor Menace in the Static Shock episode “Blast From The Past.”
His amazing career spanned six decades and earned him several different awards and accolades for his roles in films like Billy Budd (his first film role, for which he won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar and BAFTA), The Limey (where he won a Satellite Award and snagged nominations for both an Independent Spirit Award and Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award), and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (for which he won a Seattle International Film Festival Award, and was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Award, a BAFTA, and a Golden Globe), among others.
He also had memorable roles in films such as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Elektra, and Yes Man, with his final role being in the 2021 psychological horror film Last Night In Soho.
Stamp died on Sunday morning, his family said in a statement to Reuters news agency.
“He leaves behind an extraordinary body of work, both as an actor and a writer that will continue to touch people for years to come,” they said.
He will be greatly missed. R.I.P. Terence Stamp.
