Don McKellar

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

69

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-08-17 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Don McKellar

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don McKellar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Degrassi

    Degrassi

  • Blindness

    Blindness

  • Sea People

    Sea People

  • Republic of Doyle

    Republic of Doyle

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

  • Vinyl

    Vinyl

  • Childstar

    Childstar

  • Treading Water

    Treading Water

  • Giant Steps

    Giant Steps

  • Waydowntown

    Waydowntown

  • Rub & Tug

    Rub & Tug

  • eXistenZ

    eXistenZ

  • The Red Violin

    The Red Violin

  • Exotica

    Exotica

  • Zoom

    Zoom

  • Last Night

    Last Night

  • Public Domain

    Public Domain

  • Redacted

    Redacted

  • Camilla

    Camilla

  • I Was a Rat

    I Was a Rat

  • Trigger

    Trigger

  • Once a Thief

    Once a Thief

  • My Niagara

    My Niagara

  • Trudeau

    Trudeau

  • Roadkill

    Roadkill

  • Never Met Picasso

    Never Met Picasso

  • Crimes of the Future

    Crimes of the Future

  • Clean

    Clean

  • Slings & Arrows

    Slings & Arrows

  • Your Mother and I

    Your Mother and I

  • Twitch City

    Twitch City

  • When Night Is Falling

    When Night Is Falling

  • Where the Truth Lies

    Where the Truth Lies

  • Hey Lady!

    Hey Lady!

  • The Middle Man

    The Middle Man

  • Lolz-ita

    Lolz-ita

  • Odd Job Jack

    Odd Job Jack

  • Target Number One

    Target Number One

  • Sensitive Skin

    Sensitive Skin

  • Window Horses

    Window Horses

  • The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

    The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

  • The Passion of Ayn Rand

    The Passion of Ayn Rand

  • I'm Yours

    I'm Yours

  • The Adjuster

    The Adjuster

  • Three Days in Havana

    Three Days in Havana

  • Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

    Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche

  • Highway 61

    Highway 61

  • Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

    Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

  • Meditation Park

    Meditation Park

  • In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    In the Presence of Mine Enemies

  • Sarabande

    Sarabande

  • Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

    Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

  • Leslie, My Name Is Evil

    Leslie, My Name Is Evil

  • American Woman

    American Woman

  • Blood Honey

    Blood Honey

  • The Event

    The Event

  • Through Black Spruce

    Through Black Spruce

  • Joe's So Mean to Josephine

    Joe's So Mean to Josephine

  • Nash the Slash Rises Again!

    Nash the Slash Rises Again!

  • Subconscious Password

    Subconscious Password

  • Cooking With Stella

    Cooking With Stella

  • The Occupant of the Room

    The Occupant of the Room

  • The Art of Woo

    The Art of Woo

  • Green Door

    Green Door

  • This Might Be Good

    This Might Be Good

  • Waiting for Ishtar

    Waiting for Ishtar

  • Monkey Warfare

    Monkey Warfare

  • Arrowhead

    Arrowhead

  • Elimination Dance

    Elimination Dance