Don McKellar
Born: 1963-08-17 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- No Other Choice ... (Writer)
- The Occupant of the Room
2024
- The Sympathizer ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Crimes of the Future as Wippet
2021
- The Middle Man as Doctor
2020
- The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw as Bernard Buckley
- Target Number One as Norm
- Hey Lady! as Dr. Wolfe
2019
- American Woman as Newscaster 1 (voice)
- Through Black Spruce as Journalist
2017
- Meditation Park as Gabriel
- Waiting for Ishtar as Self
- Lolz-ita as Eric
- Window Horses as Dietmar (voice)
- Michael: Every Day ... (Executive Producer)
- Blood Honey as Dr. Bert Morrison
2016
- Closet Monster ... (Story Editor)
- Zoom as Horowitz
- Your Mother and I as Father
2015
- It's Not You ... (Writer)
2014
- The Grand Seduction ... (Director)
- Three Days in Havana as Pepe
- Sensitive Skin as Al
2013
- Treading Water as Richard
- Subconscious Password as The Host (voice)
2012
- I'm Yours as Phil
2010
- Republic of Doyle as J.J. Murphy
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World as Director
- Cooking With Stella as Michael Laffont
- This Movie Is Broken ... (Idea)
- Trigger as Brian
2009
- Leslie, My Name Is Evil as Prosecutor
2008
- Blindness as Thief
- Green Door as Ron
2007
- Redacted as Criminal Investigator (voice)
- Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara ... (Writer)
- Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul ... (Director)
2006
- Monkey Warfare as Dan
- Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story as Clarence Fines
2005
- Where the Truth Lies as Publishing Executive
2004
- Clean as Vernon
- Childstar as Rick Shille
- Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche as Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
2003
- The Event as Matt Shapiro
- Public Domain as Host
- Slings & Arrows as Darren Nichols
- Odd Job Jack as Jack Ryder (voice)
2002
- Waydowntown as Brad
- Trudeau as Greenbaum
- Rub & Tug as Conrad
2001
- Degrassi as Keith
- The Art of Woo as Nathan
- I Was a Rat as Oliver Tapscrew
2000
- Preludes ... (Director)
- Vinyl as Himself
- This Might Be Good
- A Word from the Management ... (Director)
1999
- eXistenZ as Yevgeny Nourish
- Sea People as Mr. Whittaker
- The Passion of Ayn Rand as Alfred
1998
- The Red Violin as Evan Williams (Montréal)
- Last Night as Patrick Wheeler
- Elimination Dance as Male Dance Partner
- Twitch City as Curtis
1997
- Sarabande as Max
- In the Presence of Mine Enemies as Paul Heller
- Joe's So Mean to Josephine as Mike
1996
- Once a Thief
- Never Met Picasso as Jerry
1995
- When Night Is Falling as Timothy
- Dance Me Outside ... (Writer)
1993
- Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould as Concert Promoter
1992
- Giant Steps as Real Estate Hucker
- Blue ... (Writer)
- My Niagara as Cabel
1991
- The Adjuster as Tyler, the young censor
- Highway 61 as Pokey Jones
1989
- Roadkill as Russel, the Serial Killer