Ray Stevenson

George Raymond Stevenson (25 May 196421 May 2023) was an English actor from Northern Ireland, best known for his film and television work. He had a starring role as legionary Titus Pullo on the BBC/HBO television series ''Rome'' (2005–07), and portrayed two Marvel Comics characters: Frank Castle / The Punisher in ''Punisher: War Zone'' (2008) and ''The Super Hero Squad Show'' and Volstagg in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2011–17).

His other notable film roles included Dagonet in ''King Arthur'' (2004), mobster Danny Greene in ''Kill the Irishman'' (2011), Porthos in ''The Three Musketeers'' (also 2011), and the villainous Governor-General Scott Buxton in ''RRR'' (2022). His television roles include Ukrainian mobster Isaak Sirko in the seventh season of ''Dexter'' (2012), for which he received a Saturn Award nomination; Blackbeard in the third and fourth seasons of ''Black Sails'' (2016–17), voicing Gar Saxon in ''Star Wars Rebels'' (2016–17) and ''Star Wars: The Clone Wars'' (2020), Ohthere in 11 episodes of ''Vikings'' (2020), and portraying Baylan Skoll in ''Ahsoka'' (2023).

Stevenson was married to English actress Ruth Gemmell for eight years, and had three sons with Italian anthropologist Elisabetta Caraccia. Provided by Wikipedia