Mike Lobel

Michael Ryan Lobel (born March 7, 1984) is a Canadian editor, director, actor and musician. He is best known for playing the role of Jay Hogart in the teen drama Degrassi: The Next Generation as well as his work as picture editor of the HBO Max series Detention Adventure.

Early life Lobel was born to parents of Polish and Ashkenazi Jewish descent in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where he also spent his early years. Lobel is the oldest of three siblings from the same parents. He has an older half-sister and older half-brother; they share the same father.

At a young age he began showing interest in music and visual arts which drew him to Etobicoke School of the Arts. He attended ESA from 1998 to 2003, first majoring in music (he studied percussion) then later switching to drama. While there, he formed several musical groups, including Civilian and the indie rock band Boys Who Say No. It was in his graduating year at ESA that he began working as an actor.

Career In 2003, Lobel made his film debut in an adaptation of Oliver Twist directed by Jacob Tierney entitled Twist, in which he played a small role as a street thug alongside actor Nick Stahl.

Lobel's most notable performance to date is his portrayal of Jay Hogart, a manipulative school bully on Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2003 to 2010.

In 2009, Lobel starred in Suck as Sam, the drummer of a touring rock & roll band besieged by vampires. He starred alongside rock & roll legends Alice Cooper, Henry Rollins and Iggy Pop. He has also appeared on television in Zixx: Level One and Sue Thomas F.B.Eye and has had starring roles in movies Selling Innocence, Booky Makes Her Mark and Degrassi Goes Hollywood. He made a guest appearance on a television series in 2007, The Best Years.

From 2011 to 2013, he played the role of DJ on the sitcom Really Me. In 2015, he played the small role of Marc in the Canadian TV movie The Music in Me.

In 2016 Lobel began working as a picture editor, which led to his involvement in the production of HBO Max's Detention Adventure as an editor and director. Mike has also been an editor and director of several music videos and documentaries.

Lobel’s work on Detention Adventure earned him a Canadian Screen Award nomination in 2023.

In 2025 he released Don't Come Upstairs, a mid-length documentary film exploring the impact of his childhood, as the son of a father who would never tell his kids what he did for a living, on his life. The film was broadcast by CBC Television as an episode of The Passionate Eye.

Personal life Mike Lobel married Canadian actress and writer Mika Collins in September 2022.

Filmography Actor

Seasons 3-4 (recurring)

Seasons 5-7 (regular)

Editor

Other Credits

The Nincompoops (Short) (2011) (composer) Distilled Love (Short) (2011) (composer) Frigid (Short) (2016) (composer) Must Kill Karl (Short) (2017) (composer) Detention Adventure (2022) (post production supervisor) Orphan Black: Echoes (2023) (trainee assistant editor)(post-production)