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Don McKellar

Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn August 17, 1963 (62 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • eXistenZ
  • Where the Truth Lies
  • Degrassi
  • Redacted
  • Saving Hope
  • Zoom
  • The Passion of Ayn Rand
  • The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
  • Blood Honey
  • The Event
  • Leslie, My Name Is Evil
  • Through Black Spruce
  • Treading Water
  • Sea People
  • In the Presence of Mine Enemies
  • 3 Days in Havana
  • Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

Known For

  • Blindness
  • The Red Violin
  • eXistenZ
  • Last Night
  • The Grand Seduction
  • Closet Monster
  • Crimes of the Future
  • Exotica
  • No Other Choice
  • Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
  • The Sympathizer
  • When Night Is Falling
  • Highway 61
  • Childstar
  • Sensitive Skin (CA)
  • Clean
  • Most Wanted
  • Waydowntown
  • Through Black Spruce
  • Rub & Tug
  • Monkey Warfare
  • Michael: Every Day
  • Twitch City
  • Zoom

Don McKellar Filmography

2022
2021
The Middle Man · as Doctor
2020
2020
Most Wanted · as Norm
2020
Hey Lady! (TV Series) · as Dr. Wolfe
2019
American Woman · as Newscaster 1 (voice)
2018
2017
Meditation Park · as Gabriel
2017
Blood Honey · as Dr. Bert Morrison
2017
Lolz-ita · as Eric
2016
Your Mother and I · as Father
2016
Window Horses · as Dietmar (voice)
2015
Zoom · as Horowitz
2014
Sensitive Skin (CA) (TV Series) · as Al
2013
2013
2013
Subconscious Password · as The Host (voice)
2012
Saving Hope (TV Series) · as Dr. Amos Carver
2011
I'm Yours · as Phil
2010
Trigger · as Brian
2010
2010
Republic of Doyle (TV Series) · as J.j. Murphy
2009
Cooking with Stella · as Michael Laffont
2009
2008
Blindness · as Thief
2008
The Englishman’s Boy (TV Series) · as Coster
2007
Redacted · as Criminal Investigator (voice)
2006
Monkey Warfare · as Dan
2006
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (TV Series) · as Clarence Fines
2006
At the Hotel (TV Series) · as Woody
2005
Where the Truth Lies · as Publishing Executive
2004
Childstar · as Rick Shille
2004
Clean · as Vernon
2004
Rick Mercer Report (TV Series) · as Food Court Patron
2003
Slings & Arrows (TV Series) · as Darren Nichols
2003
Odd Job Jack (TV Series) · as Jack Ryder (voice)
2003
The Event · as Matt Shapiro
2003
Public Domain · as Host
2002
Rub & Tug · as Conrad
2002
Trudeau · as Greenbaum
2001
I Was a Rat (TV Series) · as Oliver Tapscrew
2001
Degrassi (TV Series) · as Keith
2001
The Art of Woo · as Nathan
2000
Waydowntown · as Brad
1999
Sea People · as Mr. Whittaker
1999
eXistenZ · as Yevgeny Nourish
1999
1998
The Red Violin · as Evan Williams (montréal)
1998
Last Night · as Patrick Wheeler
1998
Made in Canada (TV Series) · as John Kalileah
1998
The Herd · as Cast
1998
Twitch City (TV Series) · as Curtis
1997
Yo-Yo Ma Inspired by Bach (TV Series) · as Max
1997
1997
1996
1996
Once a Thief (TV Series)
1996
Never Met Picasso · as Jerry
1995
When Night Is Falling · as Timothy
1994
Camilla · as Security Guard
1994
Exotica · as Thomas
1994
RoboCop: The Series (TV Series) · as Dr. Newlove
1993
1992
Giant Steps · as Real Estate Hucker
1991
The Adjuster · as Tyler, The Young Censor
1991
Highway 61 · as Pokey Jones
1989
Roadkill · as Russel, The Serial Killer

2025
2024
The Sympathizer (TV Series)
2008
Blindness · as Screenplay
2004
1998
1998
1998
1994
1993
1991
Highway 61 · as Screenplay
1989
Roadkill · as Screenplay

2024
The Sympathizer (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2014
Sensitive Skin (CA) (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2011
Michael: Every Day (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

2008
2008
2004
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self
2004
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche · as Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
2001
2000
Vinyl · as Himself
2000
The 2000 Canadian Comedy Awards · as Self (pretty Funny Director)
1997
The Mike Bullard Show (TV Series) · as Self
1993
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self
1976
Working in the Theatre (TV Series) · as Self - Book

2015
Closet Monster · as Story Editor
2010
1998
Twitch City (TV Series) · as Teleplay

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