He started his acting training at age 21 through the Arts Club Theatre school in Vancouver and performed in small theatre plays throughout Vancouver with productions of Macbeth for Firehall Theatre and Witness for the Prosecution and Mr Roberts at the Metro Theatre Centre.He continued his acting training through the Alex Bruhanski Studio in Vancouver and after training there for a year Stephen successfully auditioned for the Vancouver Playhouse Acting School for the 1985 season.A bit part in Disney's Danger Bay and a small part on Stingray (Stephen J Cannell Productions) led him forward in his career until personal circumstances forced him to take a lengthy hiatus.In 2009 he played Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost for SOP Theatre. Once his daughters finished high school he returned to full time acting in March 2019. Intensive training since then at AMAW Vancouver, Haven Studios with Nelson Wong, Identity School of Acting(UK) and On The Mic have Stephen firing on twelve cylinders to drive his career forward.