Rob Stefaniuk

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|name = Rob Stefaniuk

|image = Rob Stefaniuk.jpg

|caption = Stefaniuk at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Suck

|birth_name = Robert Stefaniuk

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1971}}

|birth_place = Ontario, Canada

|nationality = Canadian

|occupation = Comedian, actor, writer

|spouse = {{marriage|Barbara Mamabolo|2016}}

|children = 1

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Robert Stefaniuk (born 1971) is a Canadian comedian, actor and writer who has worked in numerous television shows and films as both guest actor and series regular. His feature-film acting credits include the Saturday Night Live-inspired Superstar (1999) and Phil the Alien (2004).

Early life

Stefaniuk was born in Ontario to Shirley and Ronald Stefaniuk.{{cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/thestar/name/ronald-stefaniuk-obituary?id=45448709 | title=Ronald Stefaniuk Obituary | website=Legacy.com | publisher=Cardinal Funeral Home | access-date=May 18, 2025}}

Career

Stefaniuk first appeared during the ill-fated second season of Catwalk replacing Johnny Camden as guitarist. He also appeared in the 1995 short film Love Child which also starred fellow former Catwalk star Neve Campbell.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7fbdb07b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716040641/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7fbdb07b|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2019|title=Lovechild (1995)|publisher=British Film Institute|accessdate=July 16, 2019}} Stefaniuk's first screenplay, The Size of Watermelons, was produced as an independent feature in 1996. In 2003, he was story editor and line producer, and did additional editing, for the independent feature Public Domain, directed by Kris Lefcoe.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/profile-rob-stefaniuk/article18217854/|title=Profile: Rob Stefaniuk|work=The Globe and Mail|author=Guy Dixon|date=March 11, 2005|accessdate=July 16, 2019}} Shortly thereafter he made his directorial debut with the short comedy film Waiting for the Man, which was an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005.{{cite news|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/600104554/05-Sundance-Film-Festival-Short-Film-program.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923190750/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/600104554/05-Sundance-Film-Festival-Short-Film-program.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 23, 2018|title='05 Sundance Film Festival Short Film program|work=Deseret News|date=January 13, 2005|accessdate=July 16, 2019}} He subsequently wrote and directed his first feature-length film, Phil the Alien.{{cite web|url=http://collider.com/rob-stefaniuks-suck-and-sook-yin-lees-year-of-the-carnivore-reviews-tiff-09/|author=Monika Bartyzel|title=Rob Stefaniuk's SUCK and Sook-Yin Lee's YEAR OF THE CARNIVORE Reviews – TIFF '09|website=Collider|date=September 22, 2009|accessdate=July 16, 2019}}

From 2004 to 2006 he voiced the character of "Buzz" Sawchuck in Gene Simmons' animated television show My Dad the Rock Star on NickToons.

Stefaniuk's latest work is the movie Suck, a vampire rock and roll comedy released in 2009 at the Toronto International Film Festival and on DVD in 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/16175/sxsw-10-suck-on-this-trailer/|title=SXSW '10: Suck On This Trailer|author=Barton, Steve|website=Dread Central|date=March 10, 2010|accessdate=July 16, 2019}} Stefaniuk writes, directs and stars in the film alongside Dimitri Coats, Jessica Paré, Malcolm McDowell, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Moby, Dave Foley and Henry Rollins.

Personal life

Stefaniuk married Barbara Mamabolo in 2016 where they have one child.{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CDCgcTjAJz5/ | title=Barbara Refilwe Mamabolo on Instagram: "Welcome to the world, Babybolo! Aka Lena Sefura Stefaniuk Mamabolo. Born Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 9:59am." }}