Ray Stevenson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 25, 1964
- Died
- May 21, 2023 (aged 58)
- Birthplace
- Lisburn, Northern Ireland, UK
Biography
Ray Stevenson (May 25, 1964 – May 21, 2023) was a film, TV and stage actor. He moved with his family to Lemington, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England in 1972 at the age of eight, and later to Cramlington, Northumberland, where he was raised. The second of three sons of a Royal Air Force pilot father and an Irish mother, As a child he dreamed to become an actor, but he also thought that dream was impossible. So he pursued his other love, art, and went to art school instead. He was an interior designer with an architectural firm in London when he at 25 decided to try out acting. Eventually he attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating at the age of 29. At the beginning of 90s, he began his career on films. He did a few TV films, one of them being The Return of the Native (1994), where he appeared opposite Clive Owen, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Steven Mackintosh. He also filmed The Theory of Flight (1998) Greenwich Mean Time (1999), Green-Eyed Monster (2001) (TV) and a lot of TV guest roles in series. Finally, he made a international breakout with King Arthur (2004), as quiet, but loyal knight Dagonet, again with Clive Owen (who played Arthur), Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Mads Mikkelsen, Ray Winstone and Stellan Skarsgard. After a few more TV films, Stevenson's popularity stared to rise by each film. But, the real fame comes with HBO's "Rome" (2005 - 2007), as funny, but heroically fearless legionary Titus Pullo, opposite Kevin McKidd. Another two well-known roles were in action horror Outpost (2008) and as comic book dark hero The Punisher / Frank Castle in extremely violent Punisher: War Zone (2008), opposite Dominic West (Jigsaw), Doug Hutchison, Colin Salmon, Wayne Knight (Microchip), Dash Mihok (Det. Marin Soap) and Julie Benz. To mention that Stevenson also worked on stage. He played the part of Christ in the York Mystery Plays in 2000 at York Minster. In 2001 he took the part of Roger in the play Mouth to Mouth by Kevin Elyot, at the Albery Theatre in London with Lindsay Duncan and Michael Maloney. His most well-known part was perhaps that of the Cardinal in The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster with Janet McTeer at the Royal National Theatre in 2003. Stevenson and his girlfriend Elisabetta Carccia have a son Sebastiano Derek Stevenson, who was born in 2007. Besides acting, he loved art and had a passion for water color painting.
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Filmography
Babylon Fields
TV · as Carl Tiptree · 1 ep
1242: Gateway to the West
Movie · as Caesareane
Canary Black
Movie · as Jarvis Hedlund
Ahsoka
TV · as Baylan Skoll · 8 eps
Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday
Movie · as Big Ray
Memory
Movie · as Detective Danny Mora
RRR
Movie · as Scott Buxton
Reef Break
TV · as Jake Elliot · 13 eps
The Spanish Princess
TV · as James IV of Scotland · 2 eps
Final Score
Movie · as Arkady
Accident Man
Movie · as Big Ray
Das Boot
TV · as Jack Swinburne · 10 eps
Cold Skin
Movie · as Gruner
Thor: Ragnarok
Movie · as Volstagg
Rellik
TV · as Det Supt Edward Benton · 6 eps
Allegiant
Movie · as Marcus Eaton
Medici: Masters of Florence
TV · as King Ferrante · 2 eps
Insurgent
Movie · as Marcus Eaton
The Transporter Refueled
Movie · as Frank Martin Sr.
Saints & Strangers
TV · as Stephen Hopkins · 2 eps
Divergent
Movie · as Marcus
Big Game
Movie · as Morris
A Brother's Journey: Thor & Loki
Movie · as Self
Black Sails
TV · as Blackbeard · 20 eps
Star Wars Rebels
TV · as Gar Saxon (voice) · 2 eps
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Movie · as Firefly
Thor: The Dark World
Movie · as Volstagg
Jayne Mansfield's Car
Movie · as Phillip Bedford
Crossing Lines
TV · as Miles Lennon · 3 eps
Vikings
TV · as Othere · 11 eps
Thor
Movie · as Volstagg
Kill the Irishman
Movie · as Danny Greene
Thor: From Asgard to Earth
Movie · as Self
The Three Musketeers
Movie · as Porthos
The Book of Eli
Movie · as Redridge
The Other Guys
Movie · as Roger Wesley
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Movie · as Murlaugh
The Super Hero Squad Show
TV · as The Punisher (voice) · 1 ep
Outpost
Movie · as D.C.
Punisher: War Zone
Movie · as Frank Castle / The Punisher
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
TV · as Gar Saxon (voice) · 2 eps
Life Line
Movie · as Peter Brisco
Dexter
TV · as Isaak Sirko · 9 eps
Rome
TV · as Titus Pullo · 22 eps
King Arthur
Movie · as Dagonet
Blood on the Land: The Making of a King
Movie · as Self
Red Cap
TV · as Sgt Chris Roxborough · 1 ep
Wild Child: The Story of Feral Children
Movie · as Narrator
Green-Eyed Monster
Movie · as Alec
Waking the Dead
TV · as Dr. Tim Faulkner · 2 eps
Murphy's Law
TV · as Robert Eaglan · 1 ep
At Home with the Braithwaites
TV · as Graham Braithwaite · 11 eps
The Theory of Flight
Movie · as Gigolo
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time
Movie · as Mr Hardy
Love in the 21st Century
TV · as Alex · 1 ep
Holby City
TV · as Laurence Haney · 1 ep
City Central
TV · as DI Tony Baynham · 22 eps
Real Women
TV · as Michael · 4 eps
Drovers' Gold
TV · as Armstrong · 5 eps
The Tide of Life
TV · as Larry Birch · 3 eps
Dalziel and Pascoe
TV · as Jeff Parry · 1 ep
Some Kind of Life
Movie · as Steve
Band of Gold
TV · as Steve Dickson · 9 eps
The Return of the Native
Movie · as Clym Yeobright
The Dwelling Place
TV · as Matthew Turnbull · 3 eps
Peak Practice
TV · as Joe Higson · 1 ep
The Bill
TV · as Sgt Gartland · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Clym Yeobright · 1 ep