Irish actor ray stevenson, who played a bad guy in the hit movie RRR by ss rajamouli, died on sunday in italy. He was 58 years old. But the cause of his death has not been found out, according to variety.
Stevenson was born in northern ireland on 25 may 1964. He started his career in the 1990s by appearing in tv shows. In the 2000s, he started getting action parts in hollywood movies. In the 2004 adventure movie “King arthur,” directed by antonie fuqua, he played dagonet, one of the knights of the round table. This was his first significant part in a movie. In the film, his character gives his life in a fight to help arthur (clive owen) and his brotherhood of warriors.
In 2008, stevenson got the lead part in the marvel movie “Punisher: war zone,” in which he played the mercenary (also known as “Frank castle”) with the same name. Before disney bought the rights to the marvel world and brought the character back in the “Daredevil” series on netflix, lionsgate was in charge of distributing the movie in north america.
The third person to play the punisher on screen was stevenson. In 1989, dolph lundgren played the outlaw in a straight-to-video movie. In 2004, thomas jane played a role in the r-rated film “Punisher.” “War zone” was a pg-13 remake of the series, but it didn’t do well at the box office. It only made $10.1 million on a budget of $35 million. Jon bernthal took over the role in the “Daredevil” and “The punisher” shows on netflix.
In the 2010s, stevenson was in action films like “The book of eli,” “G.I. Joe: retaliation,” and “The three musketeers,” as well as series like “Thor” and “Divergent,” which was made by lionsgate. In his second marvel movie, stevenson played volstagg, an asgardian hero who was one of thor’s three friends, the warriors three.
He was in the first three “Thor” films before he was killed by the evil hela, played by cate blanchett, in “Thor: ragnarok.” in the “Divergent” series, stevenson played marcus eaton, the abnegation faction’s city council leader and a father of four. James played this character.
On tv, stevenson played titus pullo in the hbo historical drama “Rome” from 2005 to 2007. He played a roman soldier who fought against kevin mckidd’s character, lucius vorenus, who was there for several important historical events at the start of the roman empire. During its two seasons, the show won seven emmys.
Stevenson played isaak sirko, a ukrainian mobster, on season 7 of showtime’s “Dexter.” he played blackbeard on starz’s “Black sails,” a pirate show, and the sailer othere on season 6 of “Vikings.” stevenson will also be remembered for the films “1242: gateway to the west” and “Casino in ischia,” which were made after his death.
Recently, stevenson played the evil governor scott buxton in the hollywood hit “RRR,” which was nominated for an oscar. He will also be in the “Star wars” series “Ahsoka” on disney+ this summer, playing a jedi named baylan skoll who goes to the dark side and joins forces with the evil grand admiral thrawn. He had already done the role of gar saxon in “Star wars rebels” and “Star wars: the clone wars.”
An official twitter handle for RRR posted an emotional tribute to the late actor. In This Post. He Write:
What shocking news for all of us on the team! 💔
Rest in peace, Ray Stevenson.
You will stay in our hearts forever, SIR SCOTT.
What shocking news for all of us on the team! 💔
Rest in peace, Ray Stevenson.
You will stay in our hearts forever, SIR SCOTT. pic.twitter.com/YRlB6iYLFi
— RRR Movie (@RRRMovie) May 22, 2023
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