Terence Stamp, an English actor best known for playing the villain General Zod in the movies "Superman: The Movie" and "Superman II," passed away on Sunday at the age of 87, his family said.

"He leaves behind an extraordinary body of work, both as an actor and as a writer that will continue to touch and inspire people for years to come," the family said. "We ask for privacy at this sad time."

Stamp starred in dozens of films, ranging from the comic book Superman films to Disney cult hit "The Haunted Mansion" and the 1994 hit "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."

A fixture of the London theater scene in the 1960s, Stamp was friends with fellow actors Michael Caine and Peter O'Toole. He found his big break in the 1962 adaptation of the Herman Melville novel "Billy Budd" as

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