Tribute to RAY STEVENSON (1964 - 2023) |In Memoriam

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George Raymond Stevenson (25 May 1964 – 21 May 2023)
was an actor from Northern Ireland.
He portrayed Dagonet in the film King Arthur (2004) and Titus Pullo in the BBC/HBO television series Rome (2005–2007). He portrayed two Marvel Comics characters: Frank Castle / The Punisher in Punisher: War Zone (2008) and The Super Hero Squad Show, and Volstagg in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2011–2017). His other films include Kill the Irishman (2011), where he portrayed mobster Danny Greene, The Three Musketeers (2011), and RRR (2022), where he portrayed the villainous Governor Scott.

His television roles include Ukrainian mobster Isaak Sirko in the seventh season of Dexter, Blackbeard in the third and fourth seasons of Black Sails, and voicing Gar Saxon in Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

George Raymond Stevenson was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, on 25 May 1964, the second of three sons born to an Irish mother. His father was a Royal Air Force pilot.[2] He 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. He attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating at the age of 29.[citation needed]
Career
Film

Stevenson made his film debut in The Theory of Flight (1998) as a gigolo hired to help Helena Bonham Carter's character lose her virginity.[3] In 2002, he starred in the short film No Man's Land, which was the antipodal picture from actor/director Edward Hicks prior to his graduation from the London Film School. In the 12 minute film, set during World War I, Stevenson portrayed an experienced private who is forced to help a novice officer (David Birkin) back to safety after they both find themselves trapped and isolated in "No Man's Land" during the Battle of Ypres.

In 2004, he starred in King Arthur as Dagonet, a knight of the round table who sacrifices his life for his comrades.

His first leading role in a film was in the Scottish horror picture Outpost (2008), portraying a mercenary pitted against Nazi zombies in a bunker somewhere in Eastern Europe. That same year, he also starred in Punisher: War Zone, as Frank Castle / The Punisher, a former United States Marine turned vigilante after the murder of his family. In 2010, he played an antagonist in the comedy The Other Guys.

In 2011, 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.[4] He starred as Volstagg, one of Thor's trusted comrades, in the 2011 Marvel film Thor. Also that year, he played Porthos in Paul W. S. Anderson's adaptation of The Three Musketeers.

He played Firefly in G.I. Joe: Retaliation, released in 2013. He appeared in the Finnish-American thriller film Big Game.[5] In 2014, he starred in the film Divergent, based on the first book of The Divergent Series. He reprised his role in the sequels, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, released in March 2015, and The Divergent Series: Allegiant, released in March 2016.[3]

In 2019, Stevenson was announced as a lead antagonist in the film RRR, a Telugu film directed by S. S. Rajamouli and released in 2022. This marked his debut in Indian cinema.[6]
Television

Stevenson died on 21 May 2023 while filming Cassino in Ischia in Italy, four days before his 59th birthday.[9] No cause of death has been revealed. However, he was reportedly hospitalized during filming on Ischia.[13] Stevenson's co-stars, including Rosario Dawson, Scott Adkins and James Purefoy, paid tribute.

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