Don McKellar

Don McKellar

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.

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Filmography

2025

The Occupant of the Room
The Occupant of the Room
Movie - Released: 10/24/2025

2022

Crimes of the Future
Crimes of the Future
as Wippet
Movie - Released: 5/25/2022

2021

The Middle Man
The Middle Man
as Doctor
Movie - Released: 9/17/2021

2020

The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
as Bernard Buckley
Movie - Released: 9/30/2020
Target Number One
Target Number One
as Norm
Movie - Released: 7/10/2020
Hey Lady!
Hey Lady!
as Dr. Wolfe
TV - Released: 1/14/2020

2019

Through Black Spruce
Through Black Spruce
as Journalist
Movie - Released: 3/29/2019
American Woman
American Woman
as Newscaster 1 (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/12/2019

2017

Waiting for Ishtar
Waiting for Ishtar
as Self
Movie - Released: 12/14/2017
Window Horses
Window Horses
as Dietmar (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/10/2017
Lolz-ita
Lolz-ita
as Eric
Movie - Released: 8/30/2017
Meditation Park
Meditation Park
as Gabriel
Movie - Released: 9/8/2017
Blood Honey
Blood Honey
as Dr. Bert Morrison
Movie - Released: 9/1/2017

2016

Zoom
Zoom
as Horowitz
Movie - Released: 3/31/2016
Your Mother and I
Your Mother and I
as Father
Movie - Released: 9/14/2016

2014

Three Days in Havana
Three Days in Havana
as Pepe
Movie - Released: 3/28/2014
Sensitive Skin
Sensitive Skin
as Al
TV - Released: 7/20/2014

2013

Treading Water
Treading Water
as Richard
Movie - Released: 9/13/2013
Subconscious Password
Subconscious Password
as The Host (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/10/2013

2012

I'm Yours
I'm Yours
as Phil
Movie - Released: 4/20/2012

2010

Cooking With Stella
Cooking With Stella
as Michael Laffont
Movie - Released: 3/19/2010
Trigger
Trigger
as Brian
Movie - Released: 9/12/2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
as Director
Movie - Released: 8/12/2010
Republic of Doyle
Republic of Doyle
as J.J. Murphy
TV - Released: 1/6/2010

2009

Leslie, My Name Is Evil
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
as Prosecutor
Movie - Released: 9/14/2009

2008

Blindness
Blindness
as Thief
Movie - Released: 5/14/2008
Green Door
Green Door
as Ron
Movie - Released: 9/7/2008

2007

Redacted
Redacted
as Criminal Investigator (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/16/2007

2006

Monkey Warfare
Monkey Warfare
as Dan
Movie - Released: 9/10/2006
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
as Clarence Fines
TV - Released: 3/12/2006

2005

Where the Truth Lies
Where the Truth Lies
as Publishing Executive
Movie - Released: 10/7/2005

2004

Childstar
Childstar
as Rick Shille
Movie - Released: 9/10/2004
Clean
Clean
as Vernon
Movie - Released: 9/1/2004
Movie
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
as Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
Movie - Released: 1/1/2004

2003

The Event
The Event
as Matt Shapiro
Movie - Released: 1/1/2003
Public Domain
Public Domain
as Host
Movie - Released: 1/1/2003
Odd Job Jack
Odd Job Jack
as Jack Ryder (voice)
TV - Released: 3/5/2003
Slings & Arrows
Slings & Arrows
as Darren Nichols
TV - Released: 11/3/2003

2002

Waydowntown
Waydowntown
as Brad
Movie - Released: 1/25/2002
Rub & Tug
Rub & Tug
as Conrad
Movie - Released: 9/10/2002
Trudeau
Trudeau
as Greenbaum
Movie - Released: 3/31/2002

2001

I Was a Rat
I Was a Rat
as Oliver Tapscrew
Movie - Released: 12/9/2001
Movie
The Art of Woo
as Nathan
Movie - Released: 9/9/2001
Degrassi
Degrassi
as Keith
TV - Released: 10/14/2001

2000

Vinyl
Vinyl
as Himself
Movie - Released: 8/1/2000
This Might Be Good
This Might Be Good
Movie - Released: 9/7/2000

1999

eXistenZ
eXistenZ
as Yevgeny Nourish
Movie - Released: 4/14/1999
The Passion of Ayn Rand
The Passion of Ayn Rand
as Alfred
Movie - Released: 1/27/1999
Sea People
Sea People
as Mr. Whittaker
Movie - Released: 6/21/1999

1998

The Red Violin
The Red Violin
as Evan Williams (Montréal)
Movie - Released: 11/13/1998
Last Night
Last Night
as Patrick Wheeler
Movie - Released: 10/23/1998
Elimination Dance
Elimination Dance
as Male Dance Partner
Movie - Released: 9/12/1998
Twitch City
Twitch City
as Curtis
TV - Released: 1/19/1998

1997

Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
as Mike
Movie - Released: 1/18/1997
Sarabande
Sarabande
as Max
Movie - Released: 10/24/1997
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Paul Heller
Movie - Released: 4/20/1997

1996

Never Met Picasso
Never Met Picasso
as Jerry
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996
Once a Thief
Once a Thief
TV - Released: 9/29/1996

1995

When Night Is Falling
When Night Is Falling
as Timothy
Movie - Released: 2/1/1995

1994

Exotica
Exotica
as Thomas
Movie - Released: 9/29/1994
Camilla
Camilla
as Security Guard
Movie - Released: 11/25/1994
Arrowhead
Arrowhead
as Ray Bud
Movie - Released: 1/1/1994

1993

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
as Concert Promoter
Movie - Released: 11/26/1993

1992

Giant Steps
Giant Steps
as Real Estate Hucker
Movie - Released: 9/12/1992
My Niagara
My Niagara
as Cabel
Movie - Released: 9/12/1992

1991

Highway 61
Highway 61
as Pokey Jones
Movie - Released: 9/5/1991
The Adjuster
The Adjuster
as Tyler, the young censor
Movie - Released: 11/27/1991

1989

Roadkill
Roadkill
as Russel, the Serial Killer
Movie - Released: 9/16/1989