Don McKellar
67 movies · 13 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 17, 1963 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
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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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Don McKellar: movies and TV shows
Acting (67)
- 2026
- 2025 The Occupant of the Room
as Minturn
- 2024
- 2024
- 2022 Crimes of the Future
as Wippet
- 2021 The Middle Man
as Doctor
- 2020 The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
as Bernard Buckley
- 2020 Target Number One
as Norm
- 2020
- 2019 American Woman
as Newscaster 1 (voice)
- 2019 Through Black Spruce
as Journalist
- 2017 Meditation Park
as Gabriel
- 2017 Blood Honey
as Dr. Bert Morrison
- 2017 Lolz-ita
as Eric
- 2017 Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
as Dietmar (voice)
- 2016 Your Mother and I
as Father
- 2016 Zoom
as Horowitz
- 2014
- 2014 Three Days in Havana
as Pepe
- 2013 Treading Water
as Richard
- 2013 Subconscious Password
as The Host (voice)
- 2012 I'm Yours
as Phil
- 2010 Trigger
as Brian
- 2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
as Director
- 2010 Cooking With Stella
as Michael Laffont
- 2010
- 2009 Leslie, My Name Is Evil
as Prosecutor
- 2008 Green Door
as Ron
- 2008 Blindness
as Thief
- 2007 Redacted
as Criminal Investigator (voice)
- 2006 Monkey Warfare
as Dan
- 2006
- 2005 Where the Truth Lies
as Publishing Executive
- 2004 Childstar
as Rick Shille
- 2004 Clean
as Vernon
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 The Event
as Matt Shapiro
- 2002 Rub & Tug
as Conrad
- 2002 Trudeau
as Greenbaum
- 2002 Waydowntown
as Brad
- 2001 I Was a Rat
as Oliver Tapscrew
- 2001
- 2001 The Art of Woo
as Nathan
- 2000
- 1999 Sea People
as Mr. Whittaker
- 1999 eXistenZ
as Yevgeny Nourish
- 1999 The Passion of Ayn Rand
as Alfred
- 1998 The Red Violin
as Evan Williams (Montréal)
- 1998 Last Night
as Patrick Wheeler
- 1998 Elimination Dance
as Male Dance Partner
- 1998
- 1997 Never Met Picasso
as Jerry
- 1997 Sarabande
as Max
- 1997 In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Paul Heller
- 1997 Joe's So Mean to Josephine
as Mike
- 1996
- 1995 When Night Is Falling
as Timothy
- 1994 Camilla
as Security Guard
- 1994 Exotica
as Thomas
- 1994 Arrowhead
as Ray Bud
- 1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
as Concert Promoter
- 1992 Giant Steps
as Real Estate Hucker
- 1992 My Niagara
as Cabel
- 1991 The Adjuster
as Tyler, the young censor
- 1991 Highway 61
as Pokey Jones
- 1989 Roadkill
as Russel, the Serial Killer
Behind the camera (24)
- 2025 No Other Choice
Screenplay
- 2024
- 2019 Through Black Spruce
Director
- 2017
- 2016 Closet Monster
Story Editor
- 2015 It's Not You
Writer, Director
- 2014
- 2014 The Grand Seduction
Director
- 2010 This Movie Is Broken
Idea, Writer
- 2008 Blindness
Screenplay
- 2007 Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul
Director, Writer
- 2007 Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara
Writer, Director
- 2004 Childstar
Director, Writer
- 2000 Preludes
Director
- 2000 A Word from the Management
Director, Writer
- 1998 The Red Violin
Screenplay
- 1998 Last Night
Director, Writer
- 1998 Elimination Dance
Writer, Director
- 1998
- 1995 Dance Me Outside
Writer
- 1993 Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Screenplay
- 1992 Blue
Writer, Director
- 1991 Highway 61
Screenplay, Story
- 1989 Roadkill
Screenplay
Talk shows and appearances (5)
- 2025
- 2017
- 2004
- 2003
- 2000