Grief in Hollywood: Ray Stevenson, Marvel actor and ‘Star Wars: Ahsoka’ has died.

Hollywood is in mourning: Ray Stevenson is deadNorthern Irish actor known, among other things, for having been part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and because in August he will appear in Ahsokathe new series of the Star Wars franchise that will be released on Disney+.

the causes of his death are still unknown. At the moment it is only known that the 58-year-old interpreter died on Sunday.

As well as being part of the first Thor movie where he starred volstaggand to perform in Ahsoka, where it will be Baylan SkollStevenson had major roles in the series Rome (Tito Pullo) and Dexter (Isaak Sirko), as well as in films such as Punisher: war zone, The Three Musketeers, RRR AND King Arthur.

Who was Ray Stevenson?

Ray was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland and moved to England when he was 8, where he was educated. At 29 he graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theater School which he attended in Bristol.

Stevenson began his career acting in television shows from the 90s. Already in the 2000s, however, she began to develop her work in Hollywood action films up to King Arthur, her first major project.

in the movie of Antonio Fuqua made by clive owenplays Stevenson Dagonetone of the Knights of the Round Table who gains all the affection of the public by sacrificing himself for the protagonist.

Stevenson finished his career in 2008 starring in Punisher: War Zone, becoming the third actor to play the famous Marvel character after them. dolph lundgren AND Thomas Jane.

The actor married the English actress in 1997 Ruth Gemmellwhom he met on the set of Band of Gold in 1995.

After participating in that film together, the couple played a married couple in Peak Practice which was released in 1997. They divorced in 2005 after eight years of relationship.

When asked by Backstage about the performance of his career that marked him, Stevenson didn’t hesitate: that of Titus in Rome.

“In that moment I understood what it was like to get out of the way and trust your instincts, and trust that a lot of your work had been done unconsciously and silently,” she said.

And he added: “And also focusing on the career I’m having instead of the one I should be doing; now is this moment and that’s all that matters: this moment, this production, the actors around me, the director I’m with. I’m working. That’s where my life changed completely.”

One of the actor’s last public appearances was at a panel at the Star Wars Celebration held in London last April. There he answered questions about his participation in Ahsoka.