Don McKellar
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.
Personal Details
Movies (42)
The Occupant of the Room
2025
No Other Choice
Writer (Writing)
2025
Crimes of the Future
as Wippet
2022
The Middle Man
as Doctor
2021
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
as Bernard Buckley
2020
Target Number One
as Norm
2020
American Woman
as Newscaster 1 (voice)
2019
Through Black Spruce
as Journalist
2019
Waiting for Ishtar
as Self
2017
Meditation Park
as Gabriel
2017
Blood Honey
as Dr. Bert Morrison
2017
Lolz-ita
as Eric
2017
Window Horses
as Dietmar (voice)
2017
Your Mother and I
as Father
2016
Closet Monster
Story Editor (Writing)
2016
Zoom
as Horowitz
2016
It's Not You
Writer (Writing)
2015
The Grand Seduction
Director (Directing)
2014
Three Days in Havana
as Pepe
2014
Treading Water
as Richard
2013
Subconscious Password
as The Host (voice)
2013
I'm Yours
as Phil
2012
Trigger
as Brian
2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
as Director
2010
This Movie Is Broken
Idea (Writing)
2010
Cooking With Stella
as Michael Laffont
2010
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
as Prosecutor
2009
Green Door
as Ron
2008
Blindness
as Thief
2008
Redacted
as Criminal Investigator (voice)
2007
Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul
Director (Directing)
2007
Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara
Director (Directing)
2007
Monkey Warfare
as Dan
2006
Where the Truth Lies
as Publishing Executive
2005
Childstar
as Rick Shille
2004
Clean
as Vernon
2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
2004
The Event
as Matt Shapiro
2003
Public Domain
as Host
2003
Rub & Tug
as Conrad
2002
Trudeau
as Greenbaum
2002
Waydowntown
as Brad
2002
TV Shows (8)
The Sympathizer
Executive Producer (Production)
2024
Hey Lady!
as Dr. Wolfe
2020
Michael: Every Day
Executive Producer (Production)
2017
Sensitive Skin
as Al
2014
Republic of Doyle
as J.J. Murphy
2010
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
as Clarence Fines
2006
Slings & Arrows
as Darren Nichols
2003
Odd Job Jack
as Jack Ryder (voice)
2003