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Don McKellar

Don McKellar

Known for: Acting

Born 17/08/1963
Place of birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Filmography

Degrassi Series ★ 7,6

Degrassi

Keith

2001

Republic of Doyle Series ★ 7,0

Republic of Doyle

J.J. Murphy

2010

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent Series ★ 7,1

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent

Les Cake

2024

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Film ★ 7,5

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Director

2010

Once a Thief Series ★ 6,1

Once a Thief

1996

Twitch City Series ★ 8,5

Twitch City

Curtis

1998

Slings & Arrows Series ★ 7,3

Slings & Arrows

Darren Nichols

2003

Exotica Film ★ 6,6

Exotica

Thomas

1994

Odd Job Jack Series ★ 4,7

Odd Job Jack

Jack Ryder (voice)

2003

eXistenZ Film ★ 6,8

eXistenZ

Yevgeny Nourish

1999

Crimes of the Future Film ★ 6,0

Crimes of the Future

Wippet

2022

Blindness Film ★ 6,5

Blindness

Thief

2008

When Night Is Falling Film ★ 6,3

When Night Is Falling

Timothy

1995

The Red Violin Film ★ 7,3

The Red Violin

Evan Williams (Montréal)

1998

Hey Lady! Series ★ 1,0

Hey Lady!

Dr. Wolfe

2020

Treading Water Film ★ 5,2

Treading Water

Richard

2013

Last Night Film ★ 6,7

Last Night

Patrick Wheeler

1998

Zoom Film ★ 5,9

Zoom

Horowitz

2016

Redacted Film ★ 6,0

Redacted

Criminal Investigator (voice)

2007

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming Film ★ 6,7

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

Dietmar (voice)

2017

Where the Truth Lies Film ★ 6,1

Where the Truth Lies

Publishing Executive

2005

Camilla Film ★ 5,6

Camilla

Security Guard

1994

Trudeau Film ★ 8,4

Trudeau

Greenbaum

2002

American Woman Film ★ 4,9

American Woman

Newscaster 1 (voice)

2019

Trigger Film ★ 4,8

Trigger

Brian

2010

The Passion of Ayn Rand Film ★ 5,0

The Passion of Ayn Rand

Alfred

1999

Childstar Film ★ 5,2

Childstar

Rick Shille

2004

Target Number One Film ★ 6,2

Target Number One

Norm

2020

Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story Series ★ 5,8

Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

Clarence Fines

2006

Clean Film ★ 6,4

Clean

Vernon

2004

The Adjuster Film ★ 6,0

The Adjuster

Tyler, the young censor

1991

Sensitive Skin Series ★ 6,3

Sensitive Skin

Al

2014

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche Film ★ 6,0

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

Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad

2004

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Film ★ 7,0

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

Concert Promoter

1993

Nash the Slash Rises Again! Film

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)

2025

The Middle Man Film ★ 6,1

The Middle Man

Doctor

2021

Blood Honey Film ★ 4,7

Blood Honey

Dr. Bert Morrison

2017

I Was a Rat Film ★ 9,0

I Was a Rat

Oliver Tapscrew

2001

The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw Film ★ 5,4

The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

Bernard Buckley

2020

Meditation Park Film ★ 6,6

Meditation Park

Gabriel

2017

Through Black Spruce Film ★ 5,2

Through Black Spruce

Journalist

2019

Waydowntown Film ★ 5,7

Waydowntown

Brad

2002

Leslie, My Name Is Evil Film ★ 4,3

Leslie, My Name Is Evil

Prosecutor

2009

Rub & Tug Film ★ 4,6

Rub & Tug

Conrad

2002

In the Presence of Mine Enemies Film ★ 5,7

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

Paul Heller

1997

Sea People Film ★ 6,6

Sea People

Mr. Whittaker

1999

Highway 61 Film ★ 6,8

Highway 61

Pokey Jones

1991

Waiting for Ishtar Film

Waiting for Ishtar

Self

2017

Three Days in Havana Film ★ 4,5

Three Days in Havana

Pepe

2014

Film ★ 3,7

The Art of Woo

Nathan

2001

Joe's So Mean to Josephine Film ★ 5,6

Joe's So Mean to Josephine

Mike

1997

Elimination Dance Film ★ 7,0

Elimination Dance

Male Dance Partner

1998

Lolz-ita Film ★ 4,8

Lolz-ita

Eric

2017

The Haunted Season Series

The Haunted Season

Minturn

2024

Vinyl Film ★ 7,4

Vinyl

Himself

2000

Sarabande Film ★ 6,5

Sarabande

Max

1997

Never Met Picasso Film ★ 4,7

Never Met Picasso

Jerry

1997

Subconscious Password Film ★ 5,9

Subconscious Password

The Host (voice)

2013

Roadkill Film ★ 5,8

Roadkill

Russel, the Serial Killer

1989

The Event Film ★ 5,8

The Event

Matt Shapiro

2003

This Might Be Good Film ★ 6,5

This Might Be Good

2000

I'm Yours Film ★ 4,6

I'm Yours

Phil

2012

Giant Steps Film ★ 8,0

Giant Steps

Real Estate Hucker

1992

Cooking With Stella Film ★ 3,6

Cooking With Stella

Michael Laffont

2010

Public Domain Film ★ 4,3

Public Domain

Host

2003

Your Mother and I Film ★ 5,8

Your Mother and I

Father

2016

The Occupant of the Room Film

The Occupant of the Room

Minturn

2025

Arrowhead Film ★ 9,0

Arrowhead

Ray Bud

1994

Green Door Film

Green Door

Ron

2008

My Niagara Film ★ 6,7

My Niagara

Cabel

1992

Monkey Warfare Film ★ 4,4

Monkey Warfare

Dan

2006