RRR’s British governor Ray Stevenson dies at 58

By Associated Press

Ray Stevenson, who carried out the villainous British governor in “RRR,” an Asgardian warrior inside the “Thor” motion pictures, and a member of the thirteenth Legion in HBO’s “Rome,” has died. He was 58.

Representatives for Stevenson acknowledged that he died on Sunday nonetheless had no completely different particulars to share on Monday.

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 Greengrass’s 1998 film “The Theory of Flight.” In 2004, he appeared in Antoine Fuqua’s “King Arthur” as a knight of the spherical desk and a variety of different years later carried out the lead inside the pre-Disney Marvel adaptation “Punisher: War Zone.”

Though “Punisher” was not the best-reviewed film, he’d get another taste of Marvel in the first three “Thor” motion pictures, whereby he carried out Volstagg. Other excellent film roles included the “Divergent” trilogy, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” and “The Transporter: Refueled.”

A looming presence at 6-foot-4, Stevenson, who carried out his share of troopers earlier and present, as quickly as acknowledged in an interview, “I guess I’m an old warrior at heart.”

On the small show, he was the roguish Titus Pullo in “Rome,” a activity that mainly acquired his career going inside the United States and purchased him a SAG card, on the age of 44. The commonplace assortment ran from 2005 to 2007.

Ray Stevenson

“That was one of the major years of my life,” Stevenson acknowledged in an interview. “It made me sit down in my own skin and say, just do the job. The job’s enough.”

In the Variety overview of “Rome,” Brian Lowery wrote that “the imposing Stevenson certainly stands out as a brawling, whoring and none-too-bright warrior — a force of nature who, despite his excesses, somehow keeps landing on his feet.”

He was Blackbeard in the Starz series “Black Sails,” Commander Jack Swinburne in the German television series “Das Boot,” and Othere on “Vikings.”

Stevenson moreover did voice work in “Star Wars Rebels” and “The Clone Wars,” as Gar Saxon, and has a activity inside the upcoming Star Wars live-action assortment “Ahsoka,” in which he plays a bad guy, Baylan Skoll. The eight-episode season is expected on Disney+ in August.

In an interview with Backstage in 2020, Stevenson said his acting idols were, “The likes of Lee Marvin (and) Gene Hackman.”

“Never a bad performance, and brave and fearless within that caliber,” Stevenson acknowledged. “It was never the young, hot leading man; it was men who I could identify with.”

Stevenson has three sons with Italian anthropologist Elisabetta Caraccia, who he met whereas engaged on “Rome.”

Ray Stevenson, who carried out the villainous British governor in “RRR,” an Asgardian warrior inside the “Thor” motion pictures, and a member of the thirteenth Legion in HBO’s “Rome,” has died. He was 58.
Representatives for Stevenson acknowledged that he died on Sunday nonetheless had no completely different particulars to share on Monday.
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 Greengrass’s 1998 film “The Theory of Flight.” In 2004, he appeared in Antoine Fuqua’s “King Arthur” as a knight of the spherical desk and a variety of different years later carried out the lead inside the pre-Disney Marvel adaptation “Punisher: War Zone.”
Though “Punisher” was not the best-reviewed film, he’d get one different model of Marvel inside the first three “Thor” motion pictures, whereby he carried out Volstagg. Other excellent film roles included the “Divergent” trilogy, “G.I. Joe: Retaliation” and “The Transporter: Refueled.”
A looming presence at 6-foot-4, Stevenson, who carried out his share of troopers earlier and present, as quickly as acknowledged in an interview, “I guess I’m an old warrior at heart.”
On the small show, he was the roguish Titus Pullo in “Rome,” a activity that mainly acquired his career going inside the United States and purchased him a SAG card, on the age of 44. The commonplace assortment ran from 2005 to 2007.

Ray Stevenson

“That was one of the major years of my life,” Stevenson acknowledged in an interview. “It made me sit down in my own skin and say, just do the job. The job’s enough.”
In the Variety overview of “Rome,” Brian Lowery wrote that “the imposing Stevenson truly stands out as a brawling, whoring and none-too-bright warrior — a drive of nature who, no matter his excesses, someway retains landing on his ft.”
He was Blackbeard inside the Starz assortment “Black Sails,” Commander Jack Swinburne in the German television series “Das Boot,” and Othere on “Vikings.”
Stevenson moreover did voice work in “Star Wars Rebels” and “The Clone Wars,” as Gar Saxon, and has a activity inside the upcoming Star Wars live-action assortment “Ahsoka,” whereby he performs a nasty man, Baylan Skoll. The eight-episode season is predicted on Disney+ in August.
In an interview with Backstage in 2020, Stevenson acknowledged his performing idols had been, “The likes of Lee Marvin (and) Gene Hackman.”
“Never a bad performance, and brave and fearless within that caliber,” Stevenson acknowledged. “It was never the young, hot leading man; it was men who I could identify with.”
Stevenson has three sons with Italian anthropologist Elisabetta Caraccia, who he met whereas engaged on “Rome.”