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Actor Ray Stevenson, pictured astatine the premiere of Thor: Ragnarok successful Los Angeles successful 2017
The histrion Ray Stevenson, who appeared successful large TV shows specified arsenic Rome, Vikings and Dexter, has died aged 58.
He was known for roles successful the Thor movie trilogy and the Divergent series, arsenic good respective UK TV shows similar Band of Gold, Peak Practice and Murphy's Law.
His US-based publicist firm, Viewpoint, confirmed his decease to the BBC but did not supply immoderate further details.
No origin of decease has been revealed but helium was reportedly hospitalised during filming connected the Italian land Ischia.
At the clip of his death, helium was moving connected an enactment movie, Cassino successful Ischia.
His decease was announced 4 days earlier his 59th birthday.
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Image caption,Ray Stevenson, pictured successful April, astatine Start Wars Celebration 2023 successful London
Stevenson was calved successful Northern Ireland but moved to England erstwhile helium was 8 years old.
His begetter was stationed with the Royal Air Force (RAF) adjacent Lisburn, County Antrim, astatine the clip of his commencement successful 1964.
His household relocated to Newcastle upon Tyne and helium spent overmuch of his puerility successful England.
Stevenson was inspired to go an histrion aft seeing John Malkovich successful a play astatine a West End theatre successful London.
He studied acting astatine the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and 1 of his archetypal TV roles was successful the Catherine Cookson play The Dwelling Place.
He aboriginal appeared in a wide scope of British TV shows including Waking the Dead, Dalziel and Pascoe and At Home with the Braithwaites.
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Image caption,Ray Stevenson, pictured with Keira Knightley and Ioan Gruffudd astatine the King Arthur premiere successful 2004
In 2004, helium played a knight successful the big-budget Hollywood film, King Arthur, which starred Keira Knightley.
More recently, Stevenson secured roles successful palmy US-made TV shows and movies, taking the relation of Volstagg successful the Thor trilogy and Titus Pullo successful HBO's humanities play bid Rome.
'Larger than life'
Stevenson's co-stars person been paying tribute to the precocious histrion connected societal media.
English histrion James Purefoy, who starred alongside Stevenson successful Rome, described him arsenic a "brilliant, gutsy, larger-than-life histrion who filled each portion helium played close up to the brim".
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Actor Scott Adkins, who starred alongside him successful Accident Man, bittersweet helium was "shocked and saddened by the tragic quality that a large histrion and my bully person Ray Stevenson has passed away".
"I volition miss you Big Ray! Life is abbreviated truthful marque the astir of it people."
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