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Don McKellar

Don McKellar

Acting

Born: August 17, 1963Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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!

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

Minturn

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
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: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

Dietmar (voice)

2017
Your Mother and I

Your Mother and I

Father

2016
Zoom

Zoom

Horowitz

2016
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
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
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

Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad

2004
Public Domain

Public Domain

Host

2003
The Event

The Event

Matt Shapiro

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

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
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
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
My Niagara

My Niagara

Cabel

1992
Giant Steps

Giant Steps

Real Estate Hucker

1992
The Adjuster

The Adjuster

Tyler, the young censor

1991
Highway 61

Highway 61

Pokey Jones

1991
Roadkill

Roadkill

Russel, the Serial Killer

1989