He died while shooting his last film in Ischia, Ray Stevenson, the British actor was 59 years old. The death occurred this morning at the Rizzoli hospital on the island. Stevenson, had been shooting for a few days Cassino on Ischiadirected by Frank Ciota and in which he also stars Ugo Dighero. On Saturday afternoon he suffered an illness that required hospitalization.
The worsening
Today the actor’s conditions, already very serious at the time of hospitalization, have worsened and shortly after he died. Stevenson has acted in several films. He was best known for his portrayal of him Titus Pullo in the series Rome produced by BBC/hbo.
The carreer
Ray Stevenson had also been signed for Ahsokathe series related to Star Wars. The actor had an antagonistic role, namely that of a former imperial admiral. The actor had never appeared in the flesh in the franchise, despite having lent his voice to the character of Gar Saxonthe Mandalorian commander belonging to the Vizla clan appeared in the two animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars And Star wars: Rebelsin which Ahsoka appeared.
Stevenson, had also recently worked in vikings and had played the pirate Blackbeard in the series Black Sails and two roles Marvelthat is to say Volstagg in the movie Thor directed by Kenneth Branaghpart that picks up in the sequels Thor: The dark world (2013) e Thor: Ragnarok (2017) e Frank Castle in Punisher: Warzone.
Private life
From 1997 to 2005, Stevenson had been married to the actress Ruth Gemmell. Since 2005 he was linked to the Italian anthropologist Elizabeth Caraccia, known on the set of the Rome series; they had three children, Sebastiano Derek (2007), Leonard George (2011) e Lodovico (2013).
