British actor of Irish origin Ray Stevenson has died at 58years of age in the city of Lacco Ameno (Naples, Italy), for causes that have not yet transcended. The actor was working in Italy as part of the cast of the film Cassino in Ischia, directed by Frank Niota.

His best known roles were that of Tito Pullo in the HBO series Roma, Captain Blackbeard in the pirate series Black Sails or the Ukrainian mobster Isaak Sirko in the seventh season of Dexter. Other notable roles were in films such as Thor: Ragnarok (in the role of Volstagg) or King Arthur (as Dagonet)