George Raymond Stevenson, sometimes known as Ray Stevenson, is a Northern Irish actor. He is most known for his roles as Titus Pullo in the BBC/HBO television series ‘Rome,’ Dagonet in ‘King Arthur,’ Frank Castle/The Punisher in ‘Punisher: War Zone,’ Volstagg in the MCU, and Isaak Sirko in ‘Dexter.’
Stevenson, a Lisburn native, has always been interested in performing. He attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School before beginning his acting career.
He is also a theatrical actor, having appeared in plays such as ‘Mouth to Mouth’ and ‘The Duchess of Malfi.’
For his work in ‘Dexter,’ he was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Guest Performance in a Television Series in 2013.
Ray Stevenson’s Biography, Age, Family, Education
Ray Stevenson was born on May 25, 1964, in Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, the second of three sons of a Royal Air Force pilot and his Irish wife.
He moved to Lemington, Newcastle upon Tyne, England with his family when he was eight years old.
Stevenson, who had always wanted to be an actor, enrolled in Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where he ultimately earned his graduate degree.
Ray Stevenson’s Body Measurement: Height and Weight
Ray Stevenson’s height is 6 feet 3 inches or 1.93 meters tall. His weight is 80 kg, and his eyes are gray.
The career of Ray Stevenson
Ray Stevenson played a journalist in the 1993 film ‘A Woman’s Guide to Adultery.’ He featured in the television miniseries ‘The Dwelling Place’ a year later.
On his feature picture debut, ‘Some Kind of Life,’ he collaborated with Jane Horrocks and Gwen Taylor (1995).
He portrayed Larry Birch in the 1996 TV miniseries ‘The Tide of Life.’ He played Steve Dickson in the ITV series ‘Band of Gold’ between 1995 and 1996.
In the 1998 Paul Greengrass drama picture ‘The Theory of Flight,’ he co-starred alongside Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh as a high-priced gigolo.
He also appeared in the BBC One police procedural drama series ‘City Central’ that year.
In the second season of ITV’s comedy-drama ‘At Home with the Braithwaites,’ Stevenson played Graham Braithwaite.
In the 2004 historical adventure picture ‘King Arthur,’ he portrayed Dagonet, King Arthur’s jester and a “Knight of the Round Table” of Arthurian mythology.
In the 2010 dystopian action picture ‘The Book of Eli,’ he appeared with Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, and Mila Kunis. He later starred in the action comedy ‘The Other Guys.’
He first appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Volstagg in the superhero picture ‘Thor’ in 2011, and he then reprised the character in ‘Thor: The Dark World (2013) and ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ (2015). (2017). Volstagg is his second Marvel Comics character in his career, after Frank Castle/The Punisher.
In 2011, he portrayed Irish-American gangster Danny Greene in the historical crime thriller film ‘Kill the Irishman,’ as well as Porthos in Paul W. S. Anderson’s film version of Alexandre Dumas’ ‘The Three Musketeers.’
In the military science fiction action film ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation,’ he played Firefly (2013). In the Divergent film series, Stevenson also played Marcus Eaton.
In 2012, he played Isaak Sirko, the main antagonist of the seventh season of Showtime’s criminal drama mystery series.
Is Ray Stevenson Married?
Ray Stevenson met actress Ruth Gemmell while working on the television drama ‘Band of Gold (1995). They exchanged wedding vows in Westminster, London, in November 1997.
The duo also starred as a husband and wife in the 1997 film Peak Practice.’ They split up in 2005.
In 2005, he started dating anthropologist Elisabetta Caraccia. Sebastiano Derek (born in 2007) and Leonardo George are two of their three boys (born in 2011).
Ray Stevenson’s Net worth
Ray Stevenson is a British actor with an estimated $8 million in net worth as of 2022.