Famous Irish actor Ray handed away on Sunday, May 21. His publicist confirmed the information to Variety. The 58-year-old actor was seen in a number of Marvel movies corresponding to Thor and its sequel Thor: The Dark World during which he portrayed Volstagg. Born on May 25, 1964 in Lisburn, Stevenson was the second of three sons. He moved to England at the age of 8 and bought enrolled within the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He graduated at 29 and have become a daily actor in films and TV exhibits because the early 90s.
No different particulars of his demise have but been launched. The a lot cherished Hollywood actor started his profession showing on TV exhibits within the Nineteen Nineties then started touchdown motion roles in Hollywood movies beginning within the 2000s. Ray Stevenson is thought to Indian audiences by means of his unfavorable function of Governor Scott Buxton in SS Rajamouli’s interval motion blockbuster RRR final yr. The Jr NTR and Ram Charan starrer stays the one Indian film in his filmography.
His breakthrough got here with the 1998 movie The Theory of Flight during which he performed the function of a gigolo tasked to assist Helena Bonham Carter’s character lose her virginity. He impressed everybody along with his performances in Punisher: War Zone, Volstagg in Marvel’s Thor films and Kill the Irishman.
His first main movie function cam in Antoine Fuqua’s 2004’s journey film King Arthur, the place he performed Dagonet, one of many Knights of the Round Table. Ray shortly turned recognized to U.S. audiences because the charming soldier Titus Pullo on the big-budget 2005-07 HBO collection Rome. A yr after the collection ended, he was on-screen in Punisher: War Zone (2008) as Marvel anti-hero Frank Castle.
While he initially pursued a profession in inside design, he enrolled within the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and started his skilled appearing profession after graduating at 29. Stevenson’s appearing credit span many years and genres. Recently, Stevenson appeared within the Oscar-nominated Tollywood blockbuster “RRR” because the evil Governor Scott Buxton. He can even seem on this summer season’s Disney+ “Star Wars” collection “Ahsoka” as a Jedi named Baylan Skoll, who turns to the darkish aspect and is an ally to the diabolic Grand Admiral Thrawn. He beforehand voiced the character Gar Saxon in “Star Wars Rebels” and “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.”
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