Don McKellar

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

August 17, 1963 (62 yrs)

place of birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

total credits

50 movies

Biography

Don McKellar CM (born August 17, 1963) is a Canadian actor, writer, playwright, and filmmaker. He was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave.

He is known for directing and writing the film Last Night, which won the Prix de la Jeunesse at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, as well as his screenplays for films such as Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, The Red Violin, and Blindness. McKellar frequently acts in his own projects, and has also appeared in Atom Egoyan's Exotica and David Cronenberg's eXistenZ and Crimes of the Future.

He is also known for being a fixture on Canadian television, with series including Twitch City, Odd Job Jack, and Slings & Arrows, as well as writing the book for the popular Tony Award-winning musical The Drowsy Chaperone. He is an eight-time nominee and two-time Genie Award winner.

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Known For

Filmography

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
7.5

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

2010as Director
eXistenZ
6.8

eXistenZ

1999as Yevgeny Nourish
Crimes of the Future
6.0

Crimes of the Future

2022as Wippet
Blindness
6.5

Blindness

2008as Thief
When Night Is Falling
6.3

When Night Is Falling

1995as Timothy
Exotica
6.6

Exotica

1994as Thomas
Last Night
6.7

Last Night

1998as Patrick Wheeler
The Red Violin
7.3

The Red Violin

1998as Evan Williams (Montréal)
Target Number One
6.2

Target Number One

2020as Norm
Where the Truth Lies
6.1

Where the Truth Lies

2005as Publishing Executive
Zoom
5.9

Zoom

2016as Horowitz
Clean
6.4

Clean

2004as Vernon
The Adjuster
6.0

The Adjuster

1991as Tyler, the young censor
Redacted
6.0

Redacted

2007as Criminal Investigator (voice)
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
6.7

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

2017as Dietmar (voice)
Camilla
5.6

Camilla

1994as Security Guard
Childstar
5.2

Childstar

2004as Rick Shille
Treading Water
5.2

Treading Water

2013as Richard
The Middle Man
6.1

The Middle Man

2021as Doctor
The Event
5.8

The Event

2003as Matt Shapiro
Rub & Tug
4.6

Rub & Tug

2002as Conrad
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
7.0

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

1993as Concert Promoter
American Woman
4.9

American Woman

2019as Newscaster 1 (voice)
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
4.3

Leslie, My Name Is Evil

2009as Prosecutor
Highway 61
6.8

Highway 61

1991as Pokey Jones
Meditation Park
6.6

Meditation Park

2017as Gabriel
Sea People
6.6

Sea People

1999as Mr. Whittaker
The Passion of Ayn Rand
5.0

The Passion of Ayn Rand

1999as Alfred
Nash the Slash Rises Again!

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

2025as Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)
Blood Honey
4.7

Blood Honey

2017as Dr. Bert Morrison
I Was a Rat
9.0

I Was a Rat

2001as Oliver Tapscrew
Lolz-ita
4.8

Lolz-ita

2017as Eric
Through Black Spruce
5.2

Through Black Spruce

2019as Journalist
Trigger
4.8

Trigger

2010as Brian
Three Days in Havana
4.5

Three Days in Havana

2014as Pepe
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
5.7

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

1997as Paul Heller
Giant Steps
8.0

Giant Steps

1992as Real Estate Hucker
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
6.0

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

2004as Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
5.4

The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

2020as Bernard Buckley
Subconscious Password
5.9

Subconscious Password

2013as The Host (voice)
Never Met Picasso
4.7

Never Met Picasso

1997as Jerry
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
5.6

Joe's So Mean to Josephine

1997as Mike
Roadkill
5.8

Roadkill

1989as Russel, the Serial Killer
This Might Be Good
6.5

This Might Be Good

2000
Green Door

Green Door

2008as Ron
Public Domain
4.3

Public Domain

2003as Host
Waiting for Ishtar

Waiting for Ishtar

2017as Self
Cooking With Stella
3.6

Cooking With Stella

2010as Michael Laffont
Your Mother and I
5.8

Your Mother and I

2016as Father
Elimination Dance
7.0

Elimination Dance

1998as Male Dance Partner