George Raymond "Ray" Stevenson was a Northern Irish film and television actor and voice actor. For Disney, he played Dagonet in King Arthur and Volstagg in Thor, Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok. He also provided the voice of Gar Saxon in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. He posthumously portrayed Baylon in Ahsoka (his final role).
George Raymond Stevenson was born in Lisburn in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on 25 May 1964, the second of three sons born to a British father and an Irish mother. His father was a Royal Air Force pilot. He moved to England with his family at the age of eight, first settling in the Lemington area of Newcastle upon Tyne and later in Seaton Delaval. He attended Bath Lane College (in Newcastle upon Tyne) on a design course, then the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating at the age of 29
Outside of Disney, he was best known for his television role as Titus Pullo in the BBC/HBO historical drama series Rome (with Ciarán Hinds, Kevin McKidd, James Purefoy, and Indira Varma) and for his film role as Frank Castle/The Punisher in Punisher: War Zone. His other film credits included the Divergent film series, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, The Book of Eli, Kill the Irishman, and G.I. Joe: Retaliation.
He passed away four days before his 59th birthday.
