Don McKellar
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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
Credits
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
as Director
eXistenZ (1999)
as Yevgeny Nourish
Crimes of the Future (2022)
as Wippet
Blindness (2008)
as Thief
The Red Violin (1998)
as Evan Williams (Montréal)
Where the Truth Lies (2005)
as Publishing Executive
Target Number One (2020)
as Norm
Redacted (2007)
as Criminal Investigator (voice)
Exotica (1994)
as Thomas
Treading Water (2013)
as Richard
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming (2017)
as Dietmar (voice)
The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
as Alfred
Clean (2004)
as Vernon
When Night Is Falling (1995)
as Timothy
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw (2020)
as Bernard Buckley
Three Days in Havana (2014)
as Pepe
The Middle Man (2021)
as Doctor
Last Night (1998)
as Patrick Wheeler
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
as Concert Promoter
Nash the Slash Rises Again! (2025)
as Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)
My Niagara (1992)
as Cabel
Leslie, My Name Is Evil (2009)
as Prosecutor
Trigger (2010)
as Brian
Collectors (2026)
Actor
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
as Paul Heller
Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1997)
as Mike
The Adjuster (1991)
as Tyler, the young censor
Lolz-ita (2017)
as Eric
American Woman (2019)
as Newscaster 1 (voice)
Zoom (2016)
as Horowitz
The Art of Woo (2001)
as Nathan
Your Mother and I (2016)
as Father
Blood Honey (2017)
as Dr. Bert Morrison
Camilla (1994)
as Security Guard
I Was a Rat (2001)
as Oliver Tapscrew
The Event (2003)
as Matt Shapiro
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)
as Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
Sea People (1999)
as Mr. Whittaker
Childstar (2004)
as Rick Shille
Never Met Picasso (1997)
as Jerry
Meditation Park (2017)
as Gabriel
Through Black Spruce (2019)
as Journalist
Waiting for Ishtar (2017)
as Self
This Might Be Good (2000)
Actor
Monkey Warfare (2006)
as Dan
I'm Yours (2012)
as Phil
Highway 61 (1991)
as Pokey Jones
Giant Steps (1992)
as Real Estate Hucker
Waydowntown (2002)
as Brad
The Occupant of the Room (2025)
as Minturn
Rub & Tug (2002)
as Conrad
Trudeau (2002)
as Greenbaum
Arrowhead (1994)
as Ray Bud
Sarabande (1997)
as Max
Roadkill (1989)
as Russel, the Serial Killer
Cooking With Stella (2010)
as Michael Laffont
Green Door (2008)
as Ron
Public Domain (2003)
as Host
Elimination Dance (1998)
as Male Dance Partner
Subconscious Password (2013)
as The Host (voice)
Vinyl (2000)
as Himself