ACTOR Ray Stevenson, who died on Sunday aged 58, had an astonishing career climb – taking him from Northern Ireland to Hollywood.
He would go on to play the villain in RRR, an Asgardian warrior in the Thor films, and a member of the 13th Legion in BBC’s Rome.
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Representatives for Stevenson told revealed he died Sunday but had no other details to share today.
Stevenson was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, in 1964.
After attending the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and years of working in British television, he made his film debut in Paul Greengrasss 1998 film The Theory of Flight.
In 2004, he appeared in Antoine Fuquas King Arthur as a knight of the round table and several years later played the lead in the Marvel adaptation Punisher: War Zone.
Aside from the first three Thor films, in which he played Volstagg, his other prominent film roles included the Divergent trilogy, G.I. Joe: Retaliation and The Transporter: Refueled.
On the small screen, he was Titus Pullo in Rome, the role that really got his career going in the United States and got him a SAG card, at the age of 44.
He was also Blackbeard in the Starz series Black Sails and Commander Jack Swinburne in the German television series Das Boot.
Stevenson did voice work in Star Wars Rebels and The Clone Wars, as Gar Saxon, and had a role in the upcoming Star Wars live-action series Ahsoka.
In an interview with Backstage in 2020, Stevenson said his acting idols were the likes of Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman.
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He said: “Never a bad performance, and brave and fearless within that caliber. It was never the young, hot leading man; it was men who I could identify.”
The actor’s net worth was estimated to be £6.4million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.
Stevenson tied the knot with English actress Ruth Gemmell back in 1997.
After an eight-year marriage, the pair ended up divorcing in 2005.
Gemmell is widely recognized for her role in the hit Netflix show, Bridgerton, as well as for being a kids’ TV legend.
She and Stevenson did not welcome any children together during their relationship.
The Marvel actor had been dating Elisabetta Caraccia for years.
The couple met while he was filming BBC’s Rome.
He told BehindTheVelvetRope: “That was one of the major parts of my life. It turned my life around.
“I found my partner who was my landlady.”
The pair share two sons together – Sebastiano Derek and Leonardo George Stevenson.
According to PEOPLE, Caraccia is an anthropologist.
She and Stevenson welcomed their first child, Sebastiano, on December 24, 2008.
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