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.