King Arthur and 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.
Stevenson additionally performed evil governor Scott Buxton in SS Rajamouli’s world field workplace hit RRR and is thought for taking part in Volstagg in Marvel’s Thor franchise and Othere in History’s Vikings.
He additionally has voiced Gar Saxon within the animated Star Wars sequence The Clone Wars and Rebels and was set to hitch Rosario Dawson in Disney+’s upcoming The Mandalorian spinoff Ashoka.
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 recognize 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.”
Born on May 25, 1964, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, Stevenson started his display screen profession within the early Nineteen Nineties, showing in European TV sequence and telefilms. His first big-screen credit score was reverse Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh in Paul Greengass’ 1998 drama The Theory of Flight.
His first main movie position cam in Antoine Fuqua’s 2004’s journey film “King Arthur,” the place he performed Dagonet, one of many Knights of the Round Table.
In 2008, Stevenson landed a starring position within the Marvel movie, “Punisher: War Zone,” the place he performed mercenary Frank Castle.
The movie was distributed by Lionsgate in North America, earlier than Disney acquired the rights to the Marvel universe and later re-introduced the character within the Netflix sequence “Daredevil.”
Stevenson was the third actor to painting the Punisher on display screen. Dolph Lundgren first performed the vigilante in a straight-to-video launch in 1989.
Italian newspaper Repubblica stated that Stevenson died whereas filming a venture on the island of Ischia, off the coast of Naples, after being hospitalised on Saturday afternoon.
His different latest roles embody 2022’s Memory and theTV sequence Das Boot.