7.5
Movie
Acting
Don McKellar
- Born
- (age 63)
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Credits
- 85 titles
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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Signature work
Known For
7.5
Movie
6.8
Movie
eXistenZ
6.5
Movie
Blindness
6.0
Movie
Crimes of the Future
7.5
Movie
No Other Choice
7.3
Movie
The Red Violin
6.6
Movie
Exotica
6.7
Movie
The Grand Seduction
6.2
Movie
Where the Truth Lies
7.0
Movie
Closet Monster
5.9
Movie
Redacted
6.6
Movie
Last Night
6.2
Movie
Target Number One
6.9
TV
The Sympathizer
7.6
TV
Degrassi
5.8
Movie
Zoom
6.3
Movie
When Night Is Falling
6.0
Movie
The Adjuster
Acting credits 72
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Collectors Film | |
| 2025 | Nash the Slash Rises Again! Film | Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage) |
| 2025 | The Occupant of the Room Film | Minturn |
| 2024 | The Haunted Season TV | Minturn (1 ep) |
| 2024 | Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent TV | Les Cake (1 ep) |
| 2022 | Crimes of the Future Film | Wippet |
| 2021 | The Middle Man Film | Doctor |
| 2020 | The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw Film | Bernard Buckley |
| 2020 | Target Number One Film | Norm |
| 2020 | Hey Lady! TV | Dr. Wolfe (5 ep) |
| 2019 | American Woman Film | Newscaster 1 (voice) |
| 2019 | Through Black Spruce Film | Journalist |
| 2017 | Waiting for Ishtar Film | Self |
| 2017 | Meditation Park Film | Gabriel |
| 2017 | Blood Honey Film | Dr. Bert Morrison |
| 2017 | Lolz-ita Film | Eric |
| 2017 | Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming Film | Dietmar (voice) |
| 2016 | Your Mother and I Film | Father |
| 2016 | Zoom Film | Horowitz |
| 2014 | Sensitive Skin TV | Al (12 ep) |
| 2014 | Three Days in Havana Film | Pepe |
| 2013 | Treading Water Film | Richard |
| 2013 | Subconscious Password Film | The Host (voice) |
| 2012 | I'm Yours Film | Phil |
| 2010 | Trigger Film | Brian |
| 2010 | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Film | Director |
| 2010 | Cooking With Stella Film | Michael Laffont |
| 2010 | Republic of Doyle TV | JJ Murphy (1 ep) |
| 2009 | Leslie, My Name Is Evil Film | Prosecutor |
| 2008 | Green Door Film | Ron |
| 2008 | Blindness Film | Thief |
| 2007 | Redacted Film | Criminal Investigator (voice) |
| 2006 | Monkey Warfare Film | Dan |
| 2006 | Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story TV | Clarence Fines (2 ep) |
| 2005 | Where the Truth Lies Film | Publishing Executive |
| 2004 | Childstar Film | Rick Shille |
| 2004 | Clean Film | Vernon |
| 2004 | Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche Film | Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad |
| 2003 | Slings & Arrows TV | Darren Nichols (18 ep) |
| 2003 | Odd Job Jack TV | Jack Ryder (voice) (52 ep) |
| 2003 | The Event Film | Matt Shapiro |
| 2003 | Public Domain Film | Host |
| 2002 | Rub & Tug Film | Conrad |
| 2002 | Trudeau Film | Greenbaum |
| 2002 | Waydowntown Film | Brad |
| 2001 | I Was a Rat Film | Oliver Tapscrew |
| 2001 | Degrassi TV | Keith (2 ep) |
| 2001 | The Art of Woo Film | Nathan |
| 2000 | This Might Be Good Film | |
| 2000 | Vinyl Film | Himself |
| 1999 | Sea People Film | Mr. Whittaker |
| 1999 | eXistenZ Film | Yevgeny Nourish |
| 1999 | The Passion of Ayn Rand Film | Alfred |
| 1998 | The Red Violin Film | Evan Williams (Montréal) |
| 1998 | Last Night Film | Patrick Wheeler |
| 1998 | Elimination Dance Film | Male Dance Partner |
| 1998 | Twitch City TV | Curtis (13 ep) |
| 1997 | Never Met Picasso Film | Jerry |
| 1997 | Sarabande Film | Max |
| 1997 | In the Presence of Mine Enemies Film | Paul Heller |
Crew credits 24
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | No Other Choice Film | Screenplay |
| 2024 | The Sympathizer TV | Executive Producer, Writer, Creator (7 ep) |
| 2019 | Through Black Spruce Film | Director |
| 2017 | Michael: Every Day TV | Executive Producer (6 ep) |
| 2016 | Closet Monster Film | Story Editor |
| 2015 | It's Not You Film | Director, Writer |
| 2014 | Sensitive Skin TV | Executive Producer (12 ep) |
| 2014 | The Grand Seduction Film | Director |
| 2010 | This Movie Is Broken Film | Idea, Writer |
| 2008 | Blindness Film | Screenplay |
| 2007 | Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul Film | Director, Writer |
| 2007 | Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara Film | Director, Writer |
| 2004 | Childstar Film | Director, Writer |
| 2000 | Preludes Film | Director |
| 2000 | A Word from the Management Film | Director, Writer |
| 1998 | The Red Violin Film | Screenplay |
| 1998 | Last Night Film | Director, Writer |
| 1998 | Elimination Dance Film | Writer, Director |
| 1998 | Twitch City TV | Writer, Teleplay, Story, Creator (6 ep) |
| 1995 | Dance Me Outside Film | Writer |
| 1993 | Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Film | Screenplay |
| 1992 | Blue Film | Writer, Director |
| 1991 | Highway 61 Film | Story, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Roadkill Film | Screenplay |