{"id":10017,"date":"2011-08-17T02:08:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-17T02:08:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-08-17T02:08:04","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T02:08:04","slug":"Actor-Stephen-Lobo-stars-in-feature-film-Afghan-Luke-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10017","title":{"rendered":"Actor Stephen Lobo stars in feature film \u201cAfghan Luke\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Award winning actor Stephen Lobo stars in the anticipated feature film \u201cAfghan Luke\u201d directed by Mike Clattenburg of \u201cTrailer Park Boys\u201d fame, as well as acclaimed director Bruce Ramsay\u2019s \u201cHamlet\u201d. Both films will have their Canadian premiere this Fall with \u201cAfghan Luke\u201d premiering at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EhKGT8wKv88\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen is extremely proud of his role in \u201cAfghan Luke\u201d which has its World Premiere at TIFF slated for this September 11th. <\/strong>The film is to hit theaters on September 23rd, 2011.  Stephen shines in the role of \u201cMateen\u201d, an Afghan translator or rather \u201cfixer\u201d opposite Nick Stahl.  Mateen, though good at his job is most interested in smoking hash and listening to popular western music, especially rap.  <\/p>\n<p>Disheartened when his story about Canadian snipers mutilating corpses in Afghanistan is buried, Luke (Nick Stahl) quits his job but is even more determined to return to Afghanistan to get the real story. With his offbeat buddy, Tom (Nicolas Wright), tagging along, Luke returns to Afghanistan and soon finds that the country is an even more dangerous place than when he left. To make matters worse, his old friend and fixer, Mateen has been hired away by Luke&#8217;s journalistic nemesis, Imran Sahar (Vik Sahay). \u201cAfghan Luke\u201d turns into a surreal and perilous adventure, a journey into an alternate reality, filtered through a haze of gun smoke.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the buzz surrounding this film is due to the star studded cast, but also because of Mike Clattenburg, with past hits as writer and director for \u201cThe Trailer Park Boys\u201d television series and films, audiences are eagerly awaiting the release of \u201cAfghan Luke\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The busy actor also stars in a second film alongside another all star cast in the Indie feature \u201cHamlet\u201d to be released this Fall.<\/strong> With Director\/Star Bruce Ramsay, this ambitious film is sure to showcase the chameleon-like acting talents of Stephen in the role of \u201cHoratio\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen was born in Toronto and grew up in Thornhill, Ontario with his electrician father and nurse mother. <strong>Both immigrants, Stephen\u2019s father coming from East Africa and his mother from Iran, they taught their three children the importance of family and dedication to work.<\/strong> Stephen grew up as a middle child and has always looked up to his older brother living with Down Syndrome.<\/p>\n<p>While studying Environmental Science at the University of Toronto and admittedly \u201cfailing miserably at it\u201d, Stephen decided to take drama and the rest is history. In 2000, Stephen traveled to London to begin his acting training at Drama Centre London, a three year classical theatre conservatory, in Chalk Farm, London.  The prestigious acting program was run by Rueven Adiv, an associate of Lee Strasberg.<\/p>\n<p>While in London, Stephen worked on \u201cThe Seagull\u201d, \u201cParadise Lost\u201d, \u201cThe Madrass House\u201d, \u201cThe Dutch Courtesan\u201d, \u201cAll\u2019s Well That Ends Well\u201d, \u201cThe Last Days of Don Juan\u201d, \u201cA Month in the Country\u201d, \u201cNapoli Milionaria\u201d, and \u201cBritannicus\u201d among others. During those years Stephen lived above the White Horse pub in Belsize Park and pulled pints on the weekend in exchange for room and board.<\/p>\n<p>He was the star of the CHUM television series, \u201cGodiva&#8217;s\u201d, for which he won the Leo Award for Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series. He was a series regular on SciFi Channel&#8217;s \u201cPainkiller Jane\u201d and has had recurring roles on the CW series \u201cSmallville\u201d, ABC Family&#8217;s \u201cFalcon Beach\u201d, CBC&#8217;s \u201cLittle Mosque\u201d, and has just wrapped a guest star role on CBS&#8217;s CIA dramedy \u201cChaos\u201d. Selected film credits include the \u201cThe Wedding Date\u201d, \u201cLove and Other Dilemmas\u201d, \u201cFathers &#038; Sons\u201d, and \u201cStained\u201d. Stephen still remains proud of his character Ramir in \u201cGodiva\u2019s\u201d, the hot headed chef of the restaurant where the show was set. <\/p>\n<p>Stephen now resides in Vancouver with his wife and 18 month old baby son.  <strong>When not filming, you can find Stephen practicing Tai Chi<\/strong>, watching films and enjoying a good meal with family and friends. When Stephen speaks about his future goals and what he would like people to know him for, his answer is simple and honest. He\u2019d like to garner roles that continue to challenge and enable him to grow as an actor and most importantly, to be a great father to his son.  <\/p>\n<p>www.stephenlobo.com<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.tiff.net\/filmsandschedules\/tiff\/2011\/afghanluke<br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award winning actor Stephen Lobo stars in the anticipated feature film \u201cAfghan Luke\u201d directed by Mike Clattenburg of \u201cTrailer Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53e6cdc30765aade0129f85e5aeb50124b1d3f5bb9a70373be31e4eb328371e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Award winning actor Stephen Lobo stars in the anticipated feature film \u201cAfghan Luke\u201d directed by Mike Clattenburg of \u201cTrailer Park","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["News"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":127,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":4,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"medium":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg",113,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"Admin","author_link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?author=1"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/53e6cdc30765aade0129f85e5aeb50124b1d3f5bb9a70373be31e4eb328371e0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-1\">News<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}