Veteran British actor Terence Stamp, who played General Zod in the original Superman films, has died aged 87.

The Academy Award-nominated actor played the Kryptonian villain in Superman and Superman II, died on Sunday.

Stamp, who starred as a transgender woman in 1994’s The Adventures Of Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert, was nominated for a Bafta for his performance.

Born in the East End of London in 1938, Stamp rose to acting fame in the 1960s after he won a drama school scholarship.

The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art scholarship led him to the stage, where he acted in repertory theatre and met Michael Caine, who was five years older than him.

The pair lived together in a flat in Harley Street while they were both looking for their big break, but they parted ways and lost touch

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