Punisher actor Ray Stevenson dies aged 58
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ctor Ray Stevenson – identified for movies together with King Arthur and Punisher – has died on the age of 58, his representatives have confirmed.
The Northern Irish actor died on Sunday, although no additional particulars had been instantly made obtainable.
Stevenson additionally starred in a number of tv reveals together with as soldier Titus Pullo within the BBC/HBO sequence Rome from 2005-2007, in addition to a spin-off sequence for the Star Wars franchise.
He starred as Porthos within the 2011 movie The Three Musketeers – alongside Luke Evans, Matthew Macfadyen and Milla Jovovich – and was in Divergent with Kate Winslet and Zoe Kravitz in 2014.
More lately, he appeared because the villainous Governor Scott Buxton within the 2022 Oscar-winning Bollywood movie RRR.
Stevenson started his profession showing on TV reveals within the Nineties then landed motion roles in Hollywood movies beginning within the 2000s.
His first main function got here in Antoine Fuqua’s 2004’s film King Arthur, alongside Clive Owen, Ray Winstone and Keira Knightley.
The actor performed Dagonet, one of many knights of the Round Table.
In 2008, Stevenson landed the lead function in Marvel’s Punisher: War Zone, the place he performed the titular character and his alias Frank Castle – turning into the third actor to take action onscreen.
He later appeared in different movies within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) as Asgardian warrior Volstagg in Thor, Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok.
Stevenson additionally held varied roles within the Star Wars universe, lending his voice to Disney’s standard Mandalorian sequence.
At the 2023 Star Wars celebration in London, it was introduced he would seem within the upcoming Ahsoka sequence.
Following news of his loss of life the Peter Mayhew Foundation, arrange by the actor who performed Chewbacca within the Star Wars movies, tweeted: “We are sad to hear of the passing of Ray Stevenson.
“You may recognise Ray as Baylon Skoll from the upcoming Ahsoka show on Disney+.
“You may also remember his work as the voice of Mandalorian super commando Gar Saxon in The Clone Wars. Our sincerest condolences to his family.”
Actor James Purefoy, who portrayed Mark Antony in Rome, tweeted: “So sad to hear the news that Ray Stevenson, our Pullo in Rome, has passed away. A brilliant, gutsy, larger-than-life actor who filled every part he played right up to the brim. My thoughts are with his family, his lovely wife Betta and their beautiful kids. What a loss.”
Film director James Gun tweeted: “Damn. So sorry to hear about the passing, far too young, of Ray Stevenson. I only knew him a little from shooting post-credits of Thor 2 & a couple interactions at events, but we had some good laughs & he was a joy to work with. His friends & family are in my heart today.”