Don McKellar
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Degrassi
Keith
2001
Series
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
Les Cake
2024
Series
Republic of Doyle
JJ Murphy
2010
Film
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Director
2010
Series
Slings & Arrows
Darren Nichols
2003
Series
Once a Thief
1996
Film
eXistenZ
Yevgeny Nourish
1999
Series
Twitch City
Curtis
1998
Film
Crimes of the Future
Wippet
2022
Series
Odd Job Jack
Jack Ryder (voice)
2003
Film
Clean
Vernon
2004
Film
Blindness
Thief
2008
Film
Redacted
Criminal Investigator (voice)
2007
Film
Where the Truth Lies
Publishing Executive
2005
Film
Exotica
Thomas
1994
Series
Hey Lady!
Dr. Wolfe
2020
Film
The Red Violin
Evan Williams (Montréal)
1998
Series
Sensitive Skin
Al
2014
Film
Target Number One
Norm
2020
Series
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
Clarence Fines
2006
Film
When Night Is Falling
Timothy
1995
Film
Treading Water
Richard
2013
Series
The Haunted Season
Minturn
2024
Film
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Dietmar (voice)
2017
Film
Trigger
Brian
2010
Film
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
Bernard Buckley
2020
Film
The Passion of Ayn Rand
Alfred
1999
Film
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
Prosecutor
2009
Film
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Concert Promoter
1993
Film
My Niagara
Cabel
1992
Film
I'm Yours
Phil
2012
Film
The Middle Man
Doctor
2021
Film
Last Night
Patrick Wheeler
1998
Film
Zoom
Horowitz
2016
Film
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)
2025
Film
Your Mother and I
Father
2016
Film
The Adjuster
Tyler, the young censor
1991
Film
Three Days in Havana
Pepe
2014
Film
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Paul Heller
1997
Film
Rub & Tug
Conrad
2002
Film
Lolz-ita
Eric
2017
Film
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
2004
Film
American Woman
Newscaster 1 (voice)
2019
Film
Childstar
Rick Shille
2004
Film
Meditation Park
Gabriel
2017
Film
Highway 61
Pokey Jones
1991
Film
Camilla
Security Guard
1994
Film
Blood Honey
Dr. Bert Morrison
2017
Film
The Event
Matt Shapiro
2003
Film
Through Black Spruce
Journalist
2019
The Art of Woo
Nathan
2001
Film
Never Met Picasso
Jerry
1997
Film
Sarabande
Max
1997
Film
The Occupant of the Room
Minturn
2025
Film
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Mike
1997
Film
Waydowntown
Brad
2002
Film
I Was a Rat
Oliver Tapscrew
2001
Film
Sea People
Mr. Whittaker
1999
Film
Trudeau
Greenbaum
2002
Film
Roadkill
Russel, the Serial Killer
1989
Film
Collectors
2026
Film
This Might Be Good
2000
Film
Cooking With Stella
Michael Laffont
2010
Film
Green Door
Ron
2008
Film
Arrowhead
Ray Bud
1994
Film
Waiting for Ishtar
Self
2017
Film
Public Domain
Host
2003
Film
Monkey Warfare
Dan
2006
Film
Subconscious Password
The Host (voice)
2013
Film
Giant Steps
Real Estate Hucker
1992
Film
Vinyl
Himself
2000
Film
Elimination Dance
Male Dance Partner
1998