Stephen Lack
Biography
Stephen Lack, a Canadian painter, actor and screenwriter, is best known on screen for the lead in David Cronenberg's Scanners and for Allan Moyle's The Rubber Gun, which he co-wrote and for which he earned two Genie Award nominations, for performance and screenplay. Born in Montreal, he studied psychology at McGill University before earning a master's degree in sculpture in Mexico, and painting remains his main medium, with awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Canada Council for the Arts and residencies at arts institutions. His other screen credits include Montreal Main, Head On, Perfect Strangers (1984), Dead Ringers (1988) and All the Vermeers in New York (1992), along with cameo parts and independent productions.
80years old
Turns 81 on January 1in 80 days
- Born Montreal
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 43 years1981 to 2024
Every film, newest first
- 2024Between the TemplesIMDb rating 6.2
- 1992All the Vermeers in New YorkIMDb rating 6.4
- 1988Dead RingersIMDb rating 7.2
- 1984Perfect StrangersIMDb rating 5.4
- 1981ScannersIMDb rating 6.7
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Behind the camera
Stephen Lack co-wrote The Rubber Gun with director Allan Moyle and earned Genie Award nominations for both his lead performance and his screenplay.
A change of course
Stephen Lack received a psychology bachelor's degree from McGill University in 1967. He went on to get a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Universidad de Guanajuato in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in 1969.
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Worked with
Stephen Lack made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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