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Don McKellar

Actor

Don McKellar

Born August 17, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada57 films

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.

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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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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
eXistenZ poster6.8eXistenZ1999Blindness poster6.5Blindness2008The Red Violin poster7.3The Red Violin1998Crimes of the Future poster6.0Crimes of the Future2022Exotica poster6.6Exotica1994Where the Truth Lies poster6.2Where the Truth Lies2005Last Night poster6.7Last Night1998Redacted poster6.0Redacted2007

Filmography

57 films as actor
  1. 2026Collectors
  2. 2025The Occupant of the RoomMinturn
  3. 2022Crimes of the FutureWippet
  4. 2021The Middle ManDoctor
  5. 2020The Curse of Audrey EarnshawBernard Buckley
  6. 2020Target Number OneNorm
  7. 2019American WomanNewscaster 1 (voice)
  8. 2019Through Black SpruceJournalist
  9. 2017Meditation ParkGabriel
  10. 2017Blood HoneyDr. Bert Morrison
  11. 2017Lolz-itaEric
  12. 2017Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie MingDietmar (voice)
  13. 2016Your Mother and IFather
  14. 2016ZoomHorowitz
  15. 2014Three Days in HavanaPepe
  16. 2013Treading WaterRichard
  17. 2013Subconscious PasswordThe Host (voice)
  18. 2012I'm YoursPhil
  19. 2010TriggerBrian
  20. 2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldDirector
  21. 2010Cooking With StellaMichael Laffont
  22. 2009Leslie, My Name Is EvilProsecutor
  23. 2008Green DoorRon
  24. 2008BlindnessThief
  25. 2007RedactedCriminal Investigator (voice)
  26. 2006Monkey WarfareDan
  27. 2005Where the Truth LiesPublishing Executive
  28. 2004ChildstarRick Shille
  29. 2004CleanVernon
  30. 2003The EventMatt Shapiro
  31. 2003Public DomainHost
  32. 2002Rub & TugConrad
  33. 2002TrudeauGreenbaum
  34. 2002WaydowntownBrad
  35. 2001I Was a RatOliver Tapscrew
  36. 2001The Art of WooNathan
  37. 2000This Might Be Good
  38. 1999Sea PeopleMr. Whittaker
  39. 1999eXistenZYevgeny Nourish
  40. 1999The Passion of Ayn RandAlfred
  41. 1998The Red ViolinEvan Williams (Montréal)
  42. 1998Last NightPatrick Wheeler
  43. 1998Elimination DanceMale Dance Partner
  44. 1997Never Met PicassoJerry
  45. 1997SarabandeMax
  46. 1997In the Presence of Mine EnemiesPaul Heller
  47. 1997Joe's So Mean to JosephineMike
  48. 1995When Night Is FallingTimothy
  49. 1994CamillaSecurity Guard
  50. 1994ExoticaThomas
  51. 1994ArrowheadRay Bud
  52. 1993Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn GouldConcert Promoter
  53. 1992Giant StepsReal Estate Hucker
  54. 1992My NiagaraCabel
  55. 1991The AdjusterTyler, the young censor
  56. 1991Highway 61Pokey Jones
  57. 1989RoadkillRussel, the Serial Killer