1. George Raymond Stevenson was a Northern Ireland-born actor, best known for his film and television work.
23 Facts About Ray Stevenson
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George Raymond Stevenson was born in Lisburn in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on 25 May 1964, the second of three sons born to a British father and an Irish mother.
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Ray Stevenson moved to England with his family at the age of eight, first settling in the Lemington area of Newcastle upon Tyne and later in Seaton Delaval.
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Ray Stevenson attended Bath Lane College on a design course, then the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating at the age of 29.
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Ray Stevenson made his film debut in The Theory of Flight as a gigolo hired to help Helena Bonham Carter's character lose her virginity.
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Ray Stevenson's first leading role in a film was in the Scottish horror picture Outpost, portraying a mercenary pitted against Nazi zombies in a bunker somewhere in Eastern Europe.
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In 2011, Ray Stevenson appeared in the film Kill the Irishman, based on the book To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia, as Danny Greene, the Irish mob boss who took on the Italian-American Cleveland crime family during the 1970s.
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Ray Stevenson starred as Volstagg, one of Thor's trusted comrades, in the 2011 Marvel film Thor.
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Ray Stevenson appeared in the Finnish-American thriller film Big Game.
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Ray Stevenson reprised his role in the sequels, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, released in March 2015, and The Divergent Series: Allegiant, released in March 2016.
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Ray Stevenson appeared in TV films, including Some Kind of Life in 1995, and The Return of the Native.
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Ray Stevenson reprised his role as the Punisher as a voice actor in The Super Hero Squad Show and played the role of Isaak Sirko in the seventh season of Dexter in 2012.
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On 24 March 2015, it was announced by producers that Ray Stevenson would be joining the cast of the Starz series Black Sails as the character Edward Teach.
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Ray Stevenson appeared in Season 6 of the series Vikings as Othere, which ran from 2013 to 2020.
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Ray Stevenson appeared in Season 3 of the series Das Boot as Commander Jack Swinburne in 2022.
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At Star Wars Celebration 2023, Ray Stevenson was announced as playing the Dark Jedi Baylan Skoll in Ahsoka, a miniseries debuting on Disney+.
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In 1997, Ray Stevenson married English actress Ruth Gemmell in London; they had met on the set of Band of Gold, and later played a married couple in Peak Practice.
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Ray Stevenson died on 21 May 2023, at age 58, four days before his 59th birthday.
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Ray Stevenson was reportedly hospitalised while on set filming Cassino in Ischia on the Italian island of Ischia.
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Ray Stevenson's co-stars, including Rosario Dawson, Scott Adkins, and James Purefoy, paid tribute.
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Ray Stevenson was succeeded in the role of Skoll by Rory McCann in Ahsoka's second season.
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McCann was a good friend of Ray Stevenson and was given the blessing of his partner in taking up the role.
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The film Canary Black, which features Ray Stevenson, is dedicated to him.