Don McKellar
Acting
Born: August 17, 1963 (age 63) · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Highest Rated
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don McKellar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010
eXistenZ
1999
Blindness
2008
Crimes of the Future
2022
No Other Choice
2025
The Red Violin
1998
Exotica
1994
The Grand Seduction
2014
Where the Truth Lies
2005
Closet Monster
2016
Redacted
2007
Last Night
1998
Photos (2)
Movies (55)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Director
eXistenZ
Yevgeny Nourish
Crimes of the Future
Wippet
Blindness
Thief
Exotica
Thomas
The Red Violin
Evan Williams (Montréal)
Redacted
Criminal Investigator (voice)
Target Number One
Norm
Where the Truth Lies
Publishing Executive
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Mike
The Middle Man
Doctor
When Night Is Falling
Timothy
Treading Water
Richard
Zoom
Horowitz
Clean
Vernon
Three Days in Havana
Pepe
Camilla
Security Guard
The Adjuster
Tyler, the young censor
Trigger
Brian
Last Night
Patrick Wheeler
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
Bernard Buckley
The Passion of Ayn Rand
Alfred
My Niagara
Cabel
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Dietmar (voice)
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Concert Promoter
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
Prosecutor
Blood Honey
Dr. Bert Morrison
Through Black Spruce
Journalist
Meditation Park
Gabriel
American Woman
Newscaster 1 (voice)
Trudeau
Greenbaum
Lolz-ita
Eric
Highway 61
Pokey Jones
I'm Yours
Phil
Never Met Picasso
Jerry
Giant Steps
Real Estate Hucker
Rub & Tug
Conrad
Public Domain
Host
Childstar
Rick Shille
Sea People
Mr. Whittaker
I Was a Rat
Oliver Tapscrew
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Paul Heller
This Might Be Good
2000
Arrowhead
Ray Bud
The Event
Matt Shapiro
Waydowntown
Brad
The Occupant of the Room
Minturn
Monkey Warfare
Dan
Sarabande
Max
Roadkill
Russel, the Serial Killer
Your Mother and I
Father
Elimination Dance
Male Dance Partner
Cooking With Stella
Michael Laffont
Subconscious Password
The Host (voice)
Green Door
Ron
TV Shows (11)
Degrassi
Keith · 2 eps
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
Les Cake · 1 eps
Republic of Doyle
J.J. Murphy · 1 eps
Once a Thief
1 eps
Twitch City
Curtis · 13 eps
Slings & Arrows
Darren Nichols · 18 eps
Odd Job Jack
Jack Ryder (voice) · 52 eps
Sensitive Skin
Al · 12 eps
Hey Lady!
Dr. Wolfe · 5 eps
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
Clarence Fines · 2 eps
The Haunted Season
Minturn · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (4)
Directing (11)
The Grand Seduction
Director
Last Night
Director
Through Black Spruce
Director
Preludes
Director
Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul
Director
Childstar
Director
Elimination Dance
Director
Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara
Director
Blue
Director
It's Not You
Director
A Word from the Management
Director
Writing (23)
No Other Choice
Screenplay
The Sympathizer
Writer
Blindness
Screenplay
Twitch City
Writer
Twitch City
Teleplay
Twitch City
Story
The Red Violin
Screenplay
Closet Monster
Story Editor
Last Night
Writer
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Screenplay
Dance Me Outside
Writer
Highway 61
Screenplay
Highway 61
Story
This Movie Is Broken
Idea
This Movie Is Broken
Writer
Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul
Writer
Childstar
Writer
Roadkill
Screenplay
Elimination Dance
Writer
Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara
Writer
Blue
Writer
It's Not You
Writer
A Word from the Management
Writer
