Irish actor Ray Stevenson, who played the villainous ‘British governor’ in ‘RRR’ and ‘Volstagg’ in the ‘Thor’ films, has died at the age of 58.
The actor often played warriors in productions including Rome and Vikings, was hospitalized suddenly while filming in Italy. The news of his demise was shared by his representatives that he had died on Sunday, four days before his birthday.
He had been hospitalised with a sudden illness on the island of Ischia, while in production on the film ‘Cassino’ in Ischia. The late actor was supposed to play a main antagonist in the upcoming Star Wars series Ahsoka.
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Born in Lisburnm Stevenson moved to England with his family when he was eight. 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 round table and several years later played the lead in the pre-Disney Marvel adaptation of Punisher: War Zone.
Stevenson has three sons with the Italian anthropologist Elisabetta Caraccia, who he met while working in Rome.
