Don McKellar
Acting
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
Acting71
movieNash the Slash Rises Again!
2025
Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)
tvThe Haunted Season
2024
Minturn
movieThe Middle Man
2021
Doctor
movieThe Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
2020
Bernard Buckley
tvHey Lady!
2020
Dr. Wolfe
movieAmerican Woman
2019
Newscaster 1 (voice)
movieThrough Black Spruce
2019
Journalist
movieMeditation Park
2017
Gabriel
movieBlood Honey
2017
Dr. Bert Morrison
movieZoom
2016
Horowitz
movieTreading Water
2013
Richard
movieSubconscious Password
2013
The Host (voice)
movieTrigger
2010
Brian
movieCooking With Stella
2010
Michael Laffont
tvRepublic of Doyle
2010
J.J. Murphy
movieLeslie, My Name Is Evil
2009
Prosecutor
movieBlindness
2008
Thief
movieRedacted
2007
Criminal Investigator (voice)
tvPrairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
2006
Clarence Fines
movieWhere the Truth Lies
2005
Publishing Executive
movieChildstar
2004
Rick Shille
movieClean
2004
Vernon
movieWeird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
tvSlings & Arrows
2003
Darren Nichols
tvOdd Job Jack
2003
Jack Ryder (voice)
movieThe Event
2003
Matt Shapiro
movieRub & Tug
2002
Conrad
movieTrudeau
2002
Greenbaum
movieI Was a Rat
2001
Oliver Tapscrew
tvDegrassi
2001
Keith
movieVinyl
2000
Himself
movieSea People
1999
Mr. Whittaker
movieeXistenZ
1999
Yevgeny Nourish
movieThe Red Violin
1998
Evan Williams (Montréal)
movieLast Night
1998
Patrick Wheeler
movieElimination Dance
1998
Male Dance Partner
tvTwitch City
1998
Curtis
movieIn the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
Paul Heller
movieCamilla
1994
Security Guard
movieExotica
1994
Thomas
movieArrowhead
1994
Ray Bud
movieThirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
1993
Concert Promoter
movieGiant Steps
1992
Real Estate Hucker
movieMy Niagara
1992
Cabel
movieThe Adjuster
1991
Tyler, the young censor
movieHighway 61
1991
Pokey Jones
movieRoadkill
1989
Russel, the Serial Killer
Writing19
movieNo Other Choice
2025
Screenplay
tvThe Sympathizer
2024
Writer
movieCloset Monster
2016
Story Editor
movieIt's Not You
2015
Writer
movieThis Movie Is Broken
2010
Idea, Writer
movieBlindness
2008
Screenplay
movieChildstar
2004
Writer
movieThe Red Violin
1998
Screenplay
movieLast Night
1998
Writer
tvTwitch City
1998
Teleplay, Writer, Story
movieBlue
1992
Writer
movieHighway 61
1991
Story, Screenplay
movieRoadkill
1989
Screenplay
Directing11
movieThrough Black Spruce
2019
Director
movieIt's Not You
2015
Director
movieThe Grand Seduction
2014
Director
movieChildstar
2004
Director
moviePreludes
2000
Director
movieLast Night
1998
Director
movieElimination Dance
1998
Director
movieBlue
1992
Director
Production3
tvThe Sympathizer
2024
Executive Producer
tvMichael: Every Day
2017
Executive Producer
tvSensitive Skin
2014
Executive Producer
Creator2
tvThe Sympathizer
2024
Creator
tvTwitch City
1998
Creator