Born to Guyanese parentage, Ray trained at Arts Educational School,
London.
He grew up in the East End of London and while still at school was
chosen to appear in a one night production at the Theatre Royal,
Stratford, London; a theatre that dates back to 1884 and has played
enormous significance in the careers for actors such as Sir Michael
Caine.
Continuing on to complete various roles in theatre and film one of
Ray's most challenging role was portraying Antonio in form of a rent
boy in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at the George Bernard Shaw Theatre
at RADA.
Ray's plum roles are not his first brush with the world of
entertainment, he was featured in various international magazines and
newspapers after being mentioned on the sleeve notes of Janet Jackson's
album Velvet Rope as one of the inspirations behind the song, Together
Again.