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Terence Stamp<\/a>, the actor known for roles in the Superman films and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, has died. He was 87.<\/p>\n The Oscar nominee\u2019s family shared the news that Stamp died on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n More from Deadline<\/p>\n \u201cHe 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,\u201d they said, according to Reuters<\/a>. \u201cWe ask for privacy at this sad time.\u201d<\/p>\n Born July 22, 1938 in Stepney, London, Stamp attended Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art before he began performing onstage in plays like The Long the Short and the Tall, Alfie!, Dracula and The Lady from the Sea.<\/p>\n Stamp made his onscreen debut in the titular role of Peter Ustinov\u2019s 1962 historical drama Billy Budd, earning him a Golden Globe for New Star of the Year \u2013 Actor and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.<\/p>\n In addition to playing General Zod in Superman (1978) and Superman II (1980), Stamp has starred in such films as Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Wall Street (1987), Young Guns (1988), The Real McCoy (1993), Star Wars: Episode I \u2013 The Phantom Menace (1999), The Limey (1999), The Haunted Mansion (2003), Valkyrie (2008) and Last Night in Soho (2021).<\/p>\n His performance as trans woman Bernadette Bassenger in Stephan Elliott\u2019s The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) earned him nominations for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA, remaining an LGBTQ classic.<\/p>\n As the original Priscilla stars plan to return for a sequel, Stamp told Deadline last year that he wants to \u201cget it happening<\/a>, get it shooting this year. Actually, as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n Stamp\u2019s Priscilla co-star Guy Pearce paid tribute to the actor on social media. \u201cFairwell dear Tel. You were a true inspiration, both in & out of heels. We\u2019ll always have Kings Canyon, Kings road & F\u2019ing ABBA. Wishing you well on your way \u2018Ralph\u2019! xxxx\u201d he wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n Best of Deadline<\/p>\n Sign up for Deadline’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Stamp, the actor known for roles in the Superman films and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,1216,75,47006,47008,47007,47004,47005],"class_list":["post-77249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-deadline","tag-entertainment","tag-queen-of-the-desert","tag-sarah-douglas","tag-superman-ii","tag-terence-stamp","tag-the-adventures-of-priscilla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/57048a520a7c889cac6bf4ba1b56baee.jpeg\"\/)
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