Ray Stevenson
Acting
Born: May 25, 1964 — Died: May 21, 2023
From: Lisburn, Northern Ireland, UK
Credits: 30 titles
Biography
Ray Stevenson (May 25, 1964 – May 21, 2023) was a film, TV and stage actor. He moved with his family to Lemington, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England in 1972 at the age of eight, and later to Cramlington, Northumberland, where he was raised. The second of three sons of a Royal Air Force pilot father and an Irish mother, As a child he dreamed to become an actor, but he also thought that dream was impossible. So he pursued his other love, art, and went to art school instead. He was an interior designer with an architectural firm in London when he at 25 decided to try out acting. Eventually he attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating at the age of 29. At the beginning of 90s, he began his career on films. He did a few TV films, one of them being The Return of the Native (1994), where he appeared opposite Clive Owen, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Steven Mackintosh. He also filmed The Theory of Flight (1998) Greenwich Mean Time (1999), Green-Eyed Monster (2001) (TV) and a lot of TV guest roles in series. Finally, he made a international breakout with King Arthur (2004), as quiet, but loyal knight Dagonet, …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1242: Gateway to the West | Caesareane | 2025 | 5.0 |
| Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday | Big Ray | 2022 | 6.748 |
| Memory | Detective Danny Mora | 2022 | 6.734 |
| RRR | Scott Buxton | 2022 | 7.715 |
| Final Score | Arkady | 2018 | 6.086 |
| Accident Man | Big Ray | 2018 | 6.269 |
| Cold Skin | Gruner | 2017 | 6.274 |
| Thor: Ragnarok | Volstagg | 2017 | 7.58 |
| Allegiant | Marcus Eaton | 2016 | 6.099 |
| Insurgent | Marcus Eaton | 2015 | 6.359 |
| The Transporter Refueled | Frank Martin Sr. | 2015 | 5.52 |
| Divergent | Marcus Eaton | 2014 | 6.904 |
| Big Game | Morris | 2014 | 5.488 |
| G.I. Joe: Retaliation | Firefly | 2013 | 5.65 |
| Thor: The Dark World | Volstagg | 2013 | 6.509 |
| Jayne Mansfield's Car | Phillip Bedford | 2013 | 5.7 |
| Thor | Volstagg | 2011 | 6.768 |
| Kill the Irishman | Danny Greene | 2011 | 6.78 |
| Thor: From Asgard to Earth | Self | 2011 | 7.0 |
| The Book of Eli | Redridge | 2010 | 6.795 |
| The Other Guys | Roger Wesley | 2010 | 6.328 |
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Murlaugh | 2009 | 5.85 |
| Outpost | D.C. | 2008 | 5.854 |
| Punisher: War Zone | Frank Castle / The Punisher | 2008 | 5.8 |
| Life Line | Peter Brisco | 2007 | 3.2 |
| King Arthur | Dagonet | 2004 | 6.3 |
| Wild Child: The Story of Feral Children | Narrator | 2002 | — |
| The Theory of Flight | Gigolo | 1999 | 6.278 |
| Some Kind of Life | Steve | 1995 | — |
| The Return of the Native | Clym Yeobright | 1994 | 6.289 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1964 |
| From | Lisburn, Northern Ireland, … |