Irish Actor Ray Stevenson, Of ‘Rome’ And ‘Thor’ Movies, Dies At 58
etcanada.comRay Stevenson, the Irish actor who played the villainous British governor in “RRR”, an Asgardian warrior in the “Thor” films, and a member of the 13th Legion in HBO’s “Rome”, has died.
He was 58. Representatives for Stevenson told The Associated Press that he died Sunday but had no other details to share on Monday.
Stevenson was born in Lisburn 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 round table and several years later played the lead in the pre-Disney Marvel adaptation “Punisher: War Zone”. READ MORE: First Look At Rosario Dawson In ‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ As New Trailer Drops Though “Punisher” was not the best-reviewed film, he’d get another taste of Marvel in the first three “Thor” films, in which he played Volstagg.
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