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Vikings season 6: Who is Ray Stevenson? Meet the Rome actor

VIKINGS season 6's midseason finale airs next week on History and Amazon Prime. In the latest episode, a brand new character named Othere was introduced, played by Northern Irish actor Ray Stevenson. Express.co.uk has everything you need to know about Stevenson and his character.

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Vikings season 6 airs Wednesdays on History and Thursdays on Amazon Prime Video. The midseason finale will air next week (Wednesday, February 30) and fans are desperate to know what happened to Floki (played by Gustaf Skarsgård) In episode nine, a traveller named Othere (Ray Stevenson) seemed to suggest he knew exactly what happened to Floki. Express.co.uk has everything you need to know about Othere and the actor Ray Stevenson who plays him.

Who is Ray Stevenson?

Ray Stevenson is a Northern Irish actor from Lisburn, County Antrim.

He is best known for playing Titus Pollo in the BBC/HBO series Rome, starring opposite Tobias Menzies, Polly Walker and Kenneth Cranham.

Stevenson has also starred in the seventh season of Dexter as Isaak Siro and Blackbeard in the third and fourth seasons of Black Sails.

In film, Stevenson is known of this portrayal of Frank Castle/The Punisher in Punisher: War Zone and for playing the character in The Super Hero Squad Show.

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Othere Vikings season 6 (Image: GETTY)

Othere Vikings season 6

Ray Stevenson plays Othere Vikings season 6 (Image: GETTY)

Stevenson starred as Volstagg in Thor and its sequels Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok.

He starred as the main character in the American biographical crime film Kill the Irishman about Irish-American gangster Danny Greene.

Stevenson was born in Lisburn, Country Antrim and grew up in Northumberland, England. He attended Bristol’s Old Vic Theatre School.

He made his acting debut in the 1998 film The Theory of Flight, as Gigolo, starring opposite Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter.

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Ray Stevenson is a Northern Irish actor (Image: GETTY)

His first leading role in the Scottish horror film Outpost as DC in 2008. He then went on to star in The Other Guys, alongside Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell in 2010.

Stevenson is also known for playing Marcus Eaton in the Divergent film series, based on the novels of the same name by Veronica Roth.

Stevenson was previously married to actress Ruth Gemmell, who he met on the set of the TV drama Band of Gold. They later played husband and wife on-screen in Peak Practice.

In 2005, they divorced after eight years of marriage.

In 2005, he married Elizabetta Caraccia and they have three sons together.

Stevenson’s other credits include Rellik, Crossing Lines and City Central.

Alongside Vikings, he most recently starred in the ABC series Reef Break as Jake Elliot.

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Ray Stevenson is known for playing Titus Pollo in the BBC/HBO series Rome, (Image: GETTY)

Who is Othere in Vikings?

Ray Stevenson stars as new character Othere in Vikings.

Othere is a mysterious wanderer, who Ubbe (Jordan Patrick-Smith) and Torvi (Georgia Hirst) are introduced by Kjetill Flatnose (Adam Copeland) upon their arrival in Iceland.

In episode nine of Vikings, Othere revealed to Ubbe in Vikings that he was once a Christian monk named Athelstan, the same name of a character killed by Floki back in season three.

His true identity was unmasked when he said a Christian prayer over a dying Torvi.

Pretending to be a Norseman in Iceland, he adopted the name Othere, who he claims was the name of a wanderer that he killed.

Ubbe immediately wants Othere to be killed as he is Christian but Torvi managed to intervene, reminding Ubbe that he was once baptised himself.

Othere then told the tale of the ‘golden land’ to the west, presumably land that today is present-day America.

The idea of the golden land inspires Torvi and Abbe to keep exploring a world beyond Kattegat.

Vikings fans were left confused as to whether Othere is actually Athelstan, despite seeing the character beaten to death by Floki three seasons ago.

One fan tweeted: “So, Ubbe named his son Ragnar and is looking for Floki, who killed Athelstan, which is also the real name of Othere. I feel like this is all-important somehow... #Vikings.”

A second fan commented: “So like, is every monk on #Vikings called Athelstan?”

A Third fan tweeted” I’m not here for this off-brand Athelstan #Vikings.”

At first, Othere denied ever meeting Floki but that turned out not to be the case.

Othere’s discussion with Flatnose seemed to confirm that Flatnose is keeping Folki’s whereabouts a secret.

When Othere asked “and what of Floki?”, Flatnose replied: “he does not need to know everything” which raised serious suspicions between Ubbe and Torvi.

Othere also seems to know about Folki’s whereabouts, handing Ubbe Floki’s wedding ring and explains his disappearance was because he “had no hope left for humanity”, which does coincide with how Floki was feeling at the end of season five when he entered the Icelandic cave.

There is one more episode to go before the Vikings season six midseason finale, so hopefully, fans will find out exactly what happened to Floki in the next episode.

Vikings season 6 airs Wednesdays on History and Thursdays on Amazon Prime Video

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