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Don McKellar

Don McKellar

Acting1963Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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Acting History

2025
No Other Choice
Screenplay
2024
The Sympathizer
TVExecutive Producer7 eps
The Sympathizer
TVWriter7 eps
2021
2019
American Woman
as Newscaster 1 (voice)
2016
Zoom
as Horowitz
Closet Monster
Story Editor
2015
2013
Treading Water
as Richard
Subconscious Password
as The Host (voice)
2012
I'm Yours
as Phil
2011
Republic of Doyle
TVas J.J. Murphy1 eps
2010
Cooking With Stella
as Michael Laffont
Trigger
as Brian
2009
2008
Blindness
as Thief
Blindness
Screenplay
2007
Redacted
as Criminal Investigator (voice)
2006
2005
Where the Truth Lies
as Publishing Executive
2004
Clean
as Vernon
Childstar
as Rick Shille
Childstar
Director
Childstar
Writer
2003
The Event
as Matt Shapiro
Slings & Arrows
TVas Darren Nichols
2002
Rub & Tug
as Conrad
2001
Degrassi
TVas Keith2 eps
2000
Vinyl
as Himself
Preludes
Director
1999
Sea People
as Mr. Whittaker
eXistenZ
as Yevgeny Nourish
1998
Last Night
as Patrick Wheeler
Elimination Dance
as Male Dance Partner
The Red Violin
as Evan Williams (Montréal)
Last Night
Director
The Red Violin
Screenplay
1994
Exotica
as Thomas
Camilla
as Security Guard
1992
Giant Steps
as Real Estate Hucker
Blue
Writer
Blue
Director
1991
Highway 61
as Pokey Jones
The Adjuster
as Tyler, the young censor
Highway 61
Screenplay
1989
Roadkill
as Russel, the Serial Killer
Roadkill
Screenplay

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/17/1963(62 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada