A character actor without compare, the late Ray Stevenson was one of the greats whose work will endure.
In the opening of Lexi Alexander’s underrated 2008 action thriller Punisher: War Zone, we are introduced to the titular vigilante in an appropriately brutal fashion. Played to perfection by Ray Stevenson, it all worked because of the silent verve that he brought as he commanded the screen while hardly saying a word.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT This only made the unexpected news that Stevenson had passed away Monday at the age of only 58 that much more of a shock. He was an actor who felt larger than life, playing everything from the aforementioned Punisher to an Asgardian warrior in the Thor films and, most recently, a menacing villain in the acclaimed action film RRR.
This extended to his small supporting role in the similarly underrated 2010 film The Book of Eli. Though it was similarly blunt, there were just some moments that Stevenson brought to life against the apocalyptic wasteland of our world which remain etched in the mind more than a decade later. While his role as the henchman Redridge is a slight one, just seeing him lock eyes with Denzel Washington’s titular Eli at the end of a chaotic shootout cut through all the noise.
No Matter the Role, Stevenson Never Missed a Step On Screen As Governor Scott Buxton in RRR, Stevenson was magnificent as a slimy villain to end all slimy villains. He captured the real cruelty of the character just as he could convincingly embody the more glorious flourishes like when his character was launched through the air in a car.
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