Don McKellar
Known for Acting · 71 credits
- Born
- 1963-08-17 (age 62)
- 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.
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
TV Shows (11)
Degrassi
2001
as Keith
Republic of Doyle
2010
as J.J. Murphy
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
2024
as Les Cake
Once a Thief
1996
Twitch City
1998
as Curtis
Slings & Arrows
2003
as Darren Nichols
Odd Job Jack
2003
as Jack Ryder (voice)
Hey Lady!
2020
as Dr. Wolfe
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
2006
as Clarence Fines
Sensitive Skin
2014
as Al
The Haunted Season
2024
as Minturn
Movies (60)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010
as Director
Crimes of the Future
2022
as Wippet
eXistenZ
1999
as Yevgeny Nourish
Exotica
1994
as Thomas
Blindness
2008
as Thief
The Red Violin
1998
as Evan Williams (Montréal)
When Night Is Falling
1995
as Timothy
Zoom
2016
as Horowitz
Where the Truth Lies
2005
as Publishing Executive
Last Night
1998
as Patrick Wheeler
Redacted
2007
as Criminal Investigator (voice)
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
as Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
Childstar
2004
as Rick Shille
Clean
2004
as Vernon
The Adjuster
1991
as Tyler, the young censor
Camilla
1994
as Security Guard
I Was a Rat
2001
as Oliver Tapscrew
Treading Water
2013
as Richard
Target Number One
2020
as Norm
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
1993
as Concert Promoter
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017
as Dietmar (voice)
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
2020
as Bernard Buckley
Trudeau
2002
as Greenbaum
Meditation Park
2017
as Gabriel
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
as Paul Heller
The Middle Man
2021
as Doctor
Blood Honey
2017
as Dr. Bert Morrison
American Woman
2019
as Newscaster 1 (voice)
The Passion of Ayn Rand
1999
as Alfred
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
2009
as Prosecutor
Waydowntown
2002
as Brad
Rub & Tug
2002
as Conrad
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025
as Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)
Through Black Spruce
2019
as Journalist
Cooking With Stella
2010
as Michael Laffont
Waiting for Ishtar
2017
as Self
Three Days in Havana
2014
as Pepe
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
1997
as Mike
Trigger
2010
as Brian
Never Met Picasso
1997
as Jerry
Lolz-ita
2017
as Eric
Your Mother and I
2016
as Father
The Art of Woo
2001
as Nathan
Sarabande
1997
as Max
Roadkill
1989
as Russel, the Serial Killer
Highway 61
1991
as Pokey Jones
Sea People
1999
as Mr. Whittaker
This Might Be Good
2000
Giant Steps
1992
as Real Estate Hucker
Public Domain
2003
as Host
The Event
2003
as Matt Shapiro
Green Door
2008
as Ron
Subconscious Password
2013
as The Host (voice)
Elimination Dance
1998
as Male Dance Partner
The Occupant of the Room
2025
as Minturn
Vinyl
2000
as Himself
Monkey Warfare
2006
as Dan
Arrowhead
1994
as Ray Bud
I'm Yours
2012
as Phil
My Niagara
1992
as Cabel
About Don McKellar
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 Da… With 71 credits spanning from 1989 to 2025, Don McKellar has appeared in 60 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Don McKellar Movies
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) — as Director
- Crimes of the Future (2022) — as Wippet
- eXistenZ (1999) — as Yevgeny Nourish
- Exotica (1994) — as Thomas
- Blindness (2008) — as Thief
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