Don McKellar

Acting

Don McKellar

Born August 17, 1963Toronto, Ontario, Canada82 credits

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

Filmography

Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025Nash the Slash Rises Again!
as Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)Movie
The Sympathizer
2024The Sympathizer
Executive ProducerTV
The Middle Man
2021The Middle Man
as DoctorMovie
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
2020The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
as Bernard BuckleyMovie
Hey Lady!
2020Hey Lady!
as Dr. WolfeTV
American Woman
2019American Woman
as Newscaster 1 (voice)Movie
Through Black Spruce
2019Through Black Spruce
as JournalistMovie
Meditation Park
2017Meditation Park
as GabrielMovie
Blood Honey
2017Blood Honey
as Dr. Bert MorrisonMovie
Lolz-ita
2017Lolz-ita
as EricMovie
Michael: Every Day
2017Michael: Every Day
Executive ProducerTV
Your Mother and I
2016Your Mother and I
as FatherMovie
Zoom
2016Zoom
as HorowitzMovie
It's Not You
2015It's Not You
WriterMovie
Treading Water
2013Treading Water
as RichardMovie
Subconscious Password
2013Subconscious Password
as The Host (voice)Movie
I'm Yours
2012I'm Yours
as PhilMovie
Trigger
2010Trigger
as BrianMovie
Cooking With Stella
2010Cooking With Stella
as Michael LaffontMovie
Republic of Doyle
2010Republic of Doyle
as J.J. MurphyTV
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
2009Leslie, My Name Is Evil
as ProsecutorMovie
Green Door
2008Green Door
as RonMovie
Blindness
2008Blindness
as ThiefMovie
Redacted
2007Redacted
as Criminal Investigator (voice)Movie
Where the Truth Lies
2005Where the Truth Lies
as Publishing ExecutiveMovie
Childstar
2004Childstar
as Rick ShilleMovie
Clean
2004Clean
as VernonMovie
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / BradMovie
Slings & Arrows
2003Slings & Arrows
as Darren NicholsTV
Odd Job Jack
2003Odd Job Jack
as Jack Ryder (voice)TV
The Event
2003The Event
as Matt ShapiroMovie
Public Domain
2003Public Domain
as HostMovie
Rub & Tug
2002Rub & Tug
as ConradMovie
Trudeau
2002Trudeau
as GreenbaumMovie
Waydowntown
2002Waydowntown
as BradMovie
I Was a Rat
2001I Was a Rat
as Oliver TapscrewMovie
Degrassi
2001Degrassi
as KeithTV
T
2001The Art of Woo
as NathanMovie
Preludes
2000Preludes
DirectorMovie
Vinyl
2000Vinyl
as HimselfMovie
Sea People
1999Sea People
as Mr. WhittakerMovie
eXistenZ
1999eXistenZ
as Yevgeny NourishMovie
The Red Violin
1998The Red Violin
as Evan Williams (Montréal)Movie
Last Night
1998Last Night
as Patrick WheelerMovie
Elimination Dance
1998Elimination Dance
as Male Dance PartnerMovie
Twitch City
1998Twitch City
as CurtisTV
Sarabande
1997Sarabande
as MaxMovie
Camilla
1994Camilla
as Security GuardMovie
Exotica
1994Exotica
as ThomasMovie
Arrowhead
1994Arrowhead
as Ray BudMovie
Giant Steps
1992Giant Steps
as Real Estate HuckerMovie
My Niagara
1992My Niagara
as CabelMovie
Blue
1992Blue
WriterMovie
The Adjuster
1991The Adjuster
as Tyler, the young censorMovie
Highway 61
1991Highway 61
as Pokey JonesMovie
Roadkill
1989Roadkill
as Russel, the Serial KillerMovie