Don McKellar
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
Republic of Doyle
Degrassi
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Once a Thief
Exotica
Twitch City
Slings & Arrows
All Movies (60)
- Nash the Slash Rises Again!2025 · as Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)
- The Occupant of the Room2025 · as Minturn
- Crimes of the Future2022 · as Wippet
- The Middle Man2021 · as Doctor
- The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw2020 · as Bernard Buckley
- Target Number One2020 · as Norm
- American Woman2019 · as Newscaster 1 (voice)
- Through Black Spruce2019 · as Journalist
- Waiting for Ishtar2017 · as Self
- Meditation Park2017 · as Gabriel
- Blood Honey2017 · as Dr. Bert Morrison
- Lolz-ita2017 · as Eric
- Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming2017 · as Dietmar (voice)
- Your Mother and I2016 · as Father
- Zoom2016 · as Horowitz
- Three Days in Havana2014 · as Pepe
- Treading Water2013 · as Richard
- Subconscious Password2013 · as The Host (voice)
- I'm Yours2012 · as Phil
- Trigger2010 · as Brian
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World2010 · as Director
- Cooking With Stella2010 · as Michael Laffont
- Leslie, My Name Is Evil2009 · as Prosecutor
- Green Door2008 · as Ron
- Blindness2008 · as Thief
- Redacted2007 · as Criminal Investigator (voice)
- Monkey Warfare2006 · as Dan
- Where the Truth Lies2005 · as Publishing Executive
- Childstar2004 · as Rick Shille
- Clean2004 · as Vernon
- Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche2004 · as Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
- The Event2003 · as Matt Shapiro
- Public Domain2003 · as Host
- Rub & Tug2002 · as Conrad
- Trudeau2002 · as Greenbaum
- Waydowntown2002 · as Brad
- I Was a Rat2001 · as Oliver Tapscrew
- The Art of Woo2001 · as Nathan
- This Might Be Good2000
- Vinyl2000 · as Himself
- Sea People1999 · as Mr. Whittaker
- eXistenZ1999 · as Yevgeny Nourish
- The Passion of Ayn Rand1999 · as Alfred
- The Red Violin1998 · as Evan Williams (Montréal)
- Last Night1998 · as Patrick Wheeler
- Elimination Dance1998 · as Male Dance Partner
- Never Met Picasso1997 · as Jerry
- Sarabande1997 · as Max
- In the Presence of Mine Enemies1997 · as Paul Heller
- Joe's So Mean to Josephine1997 · as Mike
- When Night Is Falling1995 · as Timothy
- Camilla1994 · as Security Guard
- Exotica1994 · as Thomas
- Arrowhead1994 · as Ray Bud
- Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould1993 · as Concert Promoter
- Giant Steps1992 · as Real Estate Hucker
- My Niagara1992 · as Cabel
- The Adjuster1991 · as Tyler, the young censor
- Highway 611991 · as Pokey Jones
- Roadkill1989 · as Russel, the Serial Killer
All TV Shows (11)
- The Haunted Season2024 · as Minturn
- Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent2024 · as Les Cake
- Hey Lady!2020 · as Dr. Wolfe
- Sensitive Skin2014 · as Al
- Republic of Doyle2010 · as J.J. Murphy
- Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story2006 · as Clarence Fines
- Slings & Arrows2003 · as Darren Nichols
- Odd Job Jack2003 · as Jack Ryder (voice)
- Degrassi2001 · as Keith
- Twitch City1998 · as Curtis
- Once a Thief1996