Ray Stevenson: Thor, Star Wars and Rome actor's career in pictures

Here is a selection of some of the most memorable images from the career of late actor Ray Stevenson.

The 58-year-old - whose death was announced on Monday - appeared in hit TV programmes including Rome, Vikings and Dexter.

He also starred in a variety of blockbuster action movies like King Arthur and the Thor trilogy - and has a role in the upcoming Disney+ series Star Wars: Ahsoka.

The first major role for the Northern Ireland-born actor came in 2004, when he starred in King Arthur with Keira Knightley - with whom he's pictured here

Stevenson also went on to feature in a number of hit TV shows - notably playing Titus Pullo in the series Rome, from which this 2006 still is taken

Here he is with Matthew Macfadyen (left) and Luke Evans (right) in Paul WS Anderson's 2011 movie adaptation of The Three Musketeers

That same year also saw Stevenson appear as a mobster in Kill the Irishman, alongside Val Kilmer and Christopher Walken (right)

Stevenson held the distinction of playing not one but two Marvel characters: the Punisher and Volstagg. He is pictured here among the star-studded cast of Marvel's 2013 title Thor: The Dark World, which included Tom Hiddleston (fourth left), Chris Hemsworth (fourth right) and Anthony Hopkins (third right)

The actor poses in 2014 with a fan at the premiere in Los Angeles of his film Divergent

Stevenson at the 2017 opening of Thor: Ragnarok with Elisabetta Caraccia - with whom he had three sons, according to US media

Stevenson also played multiple roles in the Star Wars universe, and has a part in the upcoming series Ahsoka - alongside Ivanna Sakhno (left) and Diana Lee Inosanto (right)

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