Terence Stamp was perhaps best known for his role as General Zod in two Superman movies in the 1970s and the Oscar-nominated title role in the 1962 film Billy Budd. The legendary British actor died on Aug.

S teven Soderbergh loves a close-up, and he met his ideal subject in Terence Stamp, who died Sunday at 87. “You wouldn’t think a close-up of somebody thinking would have the power that it does because,

The late great Terence Stamp was an actor of such magnitude and charisma that he was often associated with a form of “effortless cool” that he earned from his prominence in the “Swinging Sixties” generation.

Popular English actor Terence Stamp, known for portraying Kryptonian villain General Zod in the 1978 and 1980 Superman movies, passed away on Sunday, August 17, 2025.

Terence Stamp, who died on August 17 at age 87, had an eclectic, decades-long career, with memorable roles in everything from arthouse films to blockbusters. The British actor, who was known for his performances in films like Billy Budd (1962),

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He helped redefine male beauty, ushering in the era of the cinematic bad boy.

Terence Henry Stamp was born in 1938, the working class son of a tugboat stoker for the Merchant Navy who spent his well-remembered early childhood in the East End before his family moved to Essex just in time to endure the nightly horrors of the Blitz.