Ray Stevenson

Known for ActingBorn 1964-05-25Died 2023-05-21Lisburn, Northern Ireland, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Dexter

Rome

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Vikings

The Tide of Life

RRR

Star Wars Rebels

Black Sails

Thor: Ragnarok

The Spanish Princess

Ahsoka

Murphy's Law

Waking the Dead

Das Boot

Thor: From Asgard to Earth

Reef Break

Divergent

Blood on the Land: The Making of a King

Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday

Memory

The Dwelling Place

Thor

The Book of Eli

Kill the Irishman

Crossing Lines

Thor: The Dark World

The Bill

Saints & Strangers

Insurgent

At Home with the Braithwaites

Accident Man

Cold Skin

Canary Black

Peak Practice

The Other Guys

King Arthur

The Theory of Flight

Final Score

Allegiant

The Return of the Native

Rellik

Punisher: War Zone

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Outpost

The Three Musketeers

Jayne Mansfield's Car

G.I. Joe: Retaliation