Don McKellar

Don McKellar

Born 1963-08-17 (age 62) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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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
Exotica
Exotica

1994

as Thomas

eXistenZ
eXistenZ

1999

as Yevgeny Nourish

Blindness
Blindness

2008

as Thief

Crimes of the Future
Crimes of the Future

2022

as Wippet

The Red Violin
The Red Violin

1998

as Evan Williams (Montréal)

Redacted
Redacted

2007

as Criminal Investigator (voice)

The Passion of Ayn Rand
Treading Water
Treading Water

2013

as Richard

Target Number One
Target Number One

2020

as Norm

Trigger
Trigger

2010

as Brian

Where the Truth Lies
Where the Truth Lies

2005

as Publishing Executive

Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Nash the Slash Rises Again!

2025

as Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)

When Night Is Falling
When Night Is Falling

1995

as Timothy

Zoom
Zoom

2016

as Horowitz

Lolz-ita
Lolz-ita

2017

as Eric

Last Night
Last Night

1998

as Patrick Wheeler

My Niagara
My Niagara

1992

as Cabel

The Adjuster
The Adjuster

1991

as Tyler, the young censor