Remembering Ray Stevenson: A Look Back at His Iconic Roles in Film and Television

Actor Ray Stevenson has died at the age of 58 of unknown causes. Farewell to an interpreter with more than three decades of experience in television and cinema who rose to fame thanks to his role as Dragonet in King Arthur (2004) or Tito Pullo in Rome (2005).

The acclaimed HBO series was the one that catapulted his career, allowing him since then to complete a very extensive filmography that is made up of more than 20 films and a similar number of appearances in series. Among the most remembered, especially for Marvel fans, is his role as Volstagg in the Thor movies.

Ray Stevenson rose to fame with his portrayal of Dragonet in KING ARTHUR (2004), a film that was not very successful at the box office but that gave him his first great opportunity to give life to an important character. After his first big foray into movies, she returned to television in the aforementioned HBO’s Rome. This film is particularly important for his biography. Not only is it one of the biggest successes of his entire career, it was also during the filming of the series where he met a woman with whom he was still in a romantic relationship.

Focusing on cinema, he specialized in carrying out adaptations. He had an important role in Punisher: Warzone, Divergent or GI Joe: Retaliation. However, she found time to carry out some important television roles. He was in the acclaimed series Dexter, acting as the main antagonist of the seventh season. In addition, Ray Stevenson dedicated some of his last months to the filming of Ashoka. The actor will have a major role posthumously in the upcoming Star Wars series to premiere in August 2023.

The actor’s relationship with the Star Wars universe already came from afar, since he had participated as Gar Saxon in Star Wars Rebels and The Clone Wars. In this sense, his role in Ahsoka promised to be the most relevant of his career in relation to the saga.