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Don McKellar

Acting 62 years old Toronto, Ontario, Canada ★ 1.6
Born: August 17, 1963

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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Known For

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Director 2010
Where the Truth Lies
Where the Truth Lies Publishing Executive 2005
Cooking With Stella
Cooking With Stella Michael Laffont 2010
T
The Art of Woo Nathan 2001
Window Horses
Window Horses Dietmar (voice) 2017

Filmography

Acting Credits (69)

Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Nash the Slash Rises Again! Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage) 2025
The Occupant of the Room
The Occupant of the Room 2025
Crimes of the Future
Crimes of the Future Wippet 2022
The Middle Man
The Middle Man Doctor 2021
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw Bernard Buckley 2020
Target Number One
Target Number One Norm 2020
Hey Lady!
Hey Lady! Dr. Wolfe 2020
American Woman
American Woman Newscaster 1 (voice) 2019
Through Black Spruce
Through Black Spruce Journalist 2019
Waiting for Ishtar
Waiting for Ishtar Self 2017
Meditation Park
Meditation Park Gabriel 2017
Blood Honey
Blood Honey Dr. Bert Morrison 2017
Lolz-ita
Lolz-ita Eric 2017
Window Horses
Window Horses Dietmar (voice) 2017
Your Mother and I
Your Mother and I Father 2016
Zoom
Zoom Horowitz 2016
Sensitive Skin
Sensitive Skin Al 2014
Three Days in Havana
Three Days in Havana Pepe 2014
Treading Water
Treading Water Richard 2013
Subconscious Password
Subconscious Password The Host (voice) 2013
I'm Yours
I'm Yours Phil 2012
Trigger
Trigger Brian 2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Director 2010
Cooking With Stella
Cooking With Stella Michael Laffont 2010
Republic of Doyle
Republic of Doyle J.J. Murphy 2010
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
Leslie, My Name Is Evil Prosecutor 2009
Green Door
Green Door Ron 2008
Blindness
Blindness Thief 2008
Redacted
Redacted Criminal Investigator (voice) 2007
Monkey Warfare
Monkey Warfare Dan 2006
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story Clarence Fines 2006
Where the Truth Lies
Where the Truth Lies Publishing Executive 2005
Childstar
Childstar Rick Shille 2004
Clean
Clean Vernon 2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad 2004
Slings & Arrows
Slings & Arrows Darren Nichols 2003
Odd Job Jack
Odd Job Jack Jack Ryder (voice) 2003
The Event
The Event Matt Shapiro 2003
Public Domain
Public Domain Host 2003
Rub & Tug
Rub & Tug Conrad 2002
Trudeau
Trudeau Greenbaum 2002
Waydowntown
Waydowntown Brad 2002
I Was a Rat
I Was a Rat Oliver Tapscrew 2001
Degrassi
Degrassi Keith 2001
The Art of Woo
The Art of Woo Nathan 2001
This Might Be Good
This Might Be Good 2000
Vinyl
Vinyl Himself 2000
Sea People
Sea People Mr. Whittaker 1999
eXistenZ
eXistenZ Yevgeny Nourish 1999
The Passion of Ayn Rand
The Passion of Ayn Rand Alfred 1999
The Red Violin
The Red Violin Evan Williams (Montréal) 1998
Last Night
Last Night Patrick Wheeler 1998
Elimination Dance
Elimination Dance Male Dance Partner 1998
Twitch City
Twitch City Curtis 1998
Never Met Picasso
Never Met Picasso Jerry 1997
Sarabande
Sarabande Max 1997
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
In the Presence of Mine Enemies Paul Heller 1997
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Joe's So Mean to Josephine Mike 1997
Once a Thief
Once a Thief 1996
When Night Is Falling
When Night Is Falling Timothy 1995
Camilla
Camilla Security Guard 1994
Exotica
Exotica Thomas 1994
Arrowhead
Arrowhead Ray Bud 1994
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould Concert Promoter 1993
Giant Steps
Giant Steps Real Estate Hucker 1992
My Niagara
My Niagara Cabel 1992
The Adjuster
The Adjuster Tyler, the young censor 1991
Highway 61
Highway 61 Pokey Jones 1991
Roadkill
Roadkill Russel, the Serial Killer 1989

Directing Credits (11)

Writing Credits (23)

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