Don McKellar

Don McKellar

🎂 17th August 1963 (62 yrs) 📍 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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Don McKellar

🎬 Movies Featuring Don McKellar

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

Nash the Slash Rises Again! (2025)

as Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)
The Occupant of the Room

The Occupant of the Room (2025)

Crimes of the Future

Crimes of the Future (2022)

as Wippet
The Middle Man

The Middle Man (2021)

as Doctor
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw (2020)

as Bernard Buckley
Target Number One

Target Number One (2020)

as Norm
American Woman

American Woman (2019)

as Newscaster 1 (voice)
Through Black Spruce

Through Black Spruce (2019)

as Journalist
Waiting for Ishtar

Waiting for Ishtar (2017)

as Self
Meditation Park

Meditation Park (2017)

as Gabriel
Blood Honey

Blood Honey (2017)

as Dr. Bert Morrison
Lolz-ita

Lolz-ita (2017)

as Eric
Window Horses

Window Horses (2017)

as Dietmar (voice)
Your Mother and I

Your Mother and I (2016)

as Father
Zoom

Zoom (2016)

as Horowitz
Three Days in Havana

Three Days in Havana (2014)

as Pepe
Treading Water

Treading Water (2013)

as Richard
Subconscious Password

Subconscious Password (2013)

as The Host (voice)
I'm Yours

I'm Yours (2012)

as Phil
Trigger

Trigger (2010)

as Brian
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)

as Director
Cooking With Stella

Cooking With Stella (2010)

as Michael Laffont
Leslie, My Name Is Evil

Leslie, My Name Is Evil (2009)

as Prosecutor
Green Door

Green Door (2008)

as Ron
Blindness

Blindness (2008)

as Thief
Redacted

Redacted (2007)

as Criminal Investigator (voice)
Monkey Warfare

Monkey Warfare (2006)

as Dan
Where the Truth Lies

Where the Truth Lies (2005)

as Publishing Executive
Childstar

Childstar (2004)

as Rick Shille
Clean

Clean (2004)

as Vernon
No Image

Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)

as Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
The Event

The Event (2003)

as Matt Shapiro
Public Domain

Public Domain (2003)

as Host
Rub & Tug

Rub & Tug (2002)

as Conrad
Trudeau

Trudeau (2002)

as Greenbaum
Waydowntown

Waydowntown (2002)

as Brad
I Was a Rat

I Was a Rat (2001)

as Oliver Tapscrew
No Image

The Art of Woo (2001)

as Nathan
This Might Be Good

This Might Be Good (2000)

Vinyl

Vinyl (2000)

as Himself
Sea People

Sea People (1999)

as Mr. Whittaker
eXistenZ

eXistenZ (1999)

as Yevgeny Nourish
The Passion of Ayn Rand

The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)

as Alfred
The Red Violin

The Red Violin (1998)

as Evan Williams (Montréal)
Last Night

Last Night (1998)

as Patrick Wheeler
Elimination Dance

Elimination Dance (1998)

as Male Dance Partner
Never Met Picasso

Never Met Picasso (1997)

as Jerry
Sarabande

Sarabande (1997)

as Max
In the Presence of Mine Enemies

In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)

as Paul Heller
Joe's So Mean to Josephine

Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1997)

as Mike
When Night Is Falling

When Night Is Falling (1995)

as Timothy
Camilla

Camilla (1994)

as Security Guard
Exotica

Exotica (1994)

as Thomas
Arrowhead

Arrowhead (1994)

as Ray Bud
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)

as Concert Promoter
Giant Steps

Giant Steps (1992)

as Real Estate Hucker
My Niagara

My Niagara (1992)

as Cabel
The Adjuster

The Adjuster (1991)

as Tyler, the young censor
Highway 61

Highway 61 (1991)

as Pokey Jones
Roadkill

Roadkill (1989)

as Russel, the Serial Killer