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Ray Stevenson (actor)

Ray Stevenson
Ray Stevenson March 18, 2014 (cropped).jpg
Stevenson at the film premiere of Divergent in California on 18 March 2014
Born George Raymond Stevenson
(1964-05-25) 25 May 1964 (age 52)
Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Occupation Actor
Years active 1993–present
Spouse(s) Ruth Gemmell
(1997–2005)
Partner(s) Elisabetta Caraccia
(2005–present)
Children 2

George Raymond "Ray" Stevenson (born 25 May 1964) is an Northern Irish-English actor. He is known for playing Titus Pullo in the BBC/HBO television series Rome (2005–2007) and in film as Dagonet in King Arthur (2004). Stevenson has portrayed two Marvel Comics characters: Frank Castle/The Punisher in Punisher: War Zone and The Super Hero Squad Show; and Volstagg in Thor and its sequel Thor: The Dark World. In the film Kill the Irishman, Stevenson portrayed Cleveland mobster Danny Greene. In 2012 he appeared in the seventh season of Dexter as Isaak Sirko. He also portrayed the character Blackbeard in the third and fourth seasons of Black Sails.

Stevenson was born in Lisburn, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, the second of three sons of a Royal Air Force pilot father and an Irish mother. 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 brought up. Stevenson attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating at the age of 29.


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