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

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

    Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

  • Republic of Doyle

    Republic of Doyle

  • eXistenZ

    eXistenZ

  • Clean

    Clean

  • Vinyl

    Vinyl

  • Blindness

    Blindness

  • Giant Steps

    Giant Steps

  • The Adjuster

    The Adjuster

  • Green Door

    Green Door

  • Waydowntown

    Waydowntown

  • Monkey Warfare

    Monkey Warfare

  • Sarabande

    Sarabande

  • Exotica

    Exotica

  • Crimes of the Future

    Crimes of the Future

  • Last Night

    Last Night

  • Treading Water

    Treading Water

  • Meditation Park

    Meditation Park

  • Camilla

    Camilla

  • The Event

    The Event

  • American Woman

    American Woman

  • Highway 61

    Highway 61

  • The Red Violin

    The Red Violin

  • Childstar

    Childstar

  • Trudeau

    Trudeau

  • Zoom

    Zoom

  • When Night Is Falling

    When Night Is Falling

  • Subconscious Password

    Subconscious Password

  • Once a Thief

    Once a Thief

  • Elimination Dance

    Elimination Dance

  • Rub & Tug

    Rub & Tug

  • Redacted

    Redacted

  • Sea People

    Sea People

  • Through Black Spruce

    Through Black Spruce

  • The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

    The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

  • Target Number One

    Target Number One

  • Where the Truth Lies

    Where the Truth Lies

  • Slings & Arrows

    Slings & Arrows

  • The Passion of Ayn Rand

    The Passion of Ayn Rand

  • The Middle Man

    The Middle Man

  • Public Domain

    Public Domain

  • Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

    Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

  • Cooking With Stella

    Cooking With Stella

  • Waiting for Ishtar

    Waiting for Ishtar

  • Odd Job Jack

    Odd Job Jack

  • I Was a Rat

    I Was a Rat

  • In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    In the Presence of Mine Enemies

  • Roadkill

    Roadkill

  • Hey Lady!

    Hey Lady!

  • Three Days in Havana

    Three Days in Havana

  • Twitch City

    Twitch City

  • The Art of Woo

    The Art of Woo

  • This Might Be Good

    This Might Be Good

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

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

  • Your Mother and I

    Your Mother and I

  • Never Met Picasso

    Never Met Picasso

  • Trigger

    Trigger

  • Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

    Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

  • Sensitive Skin

    Sensitive Skin

  • Window Horses

    Window Horses

  • Lolz-ita

    Lolz-ita

  • Leslie, My Name Is Evil

    Leslie, My Name Is Evil

  • Blood Honey

    Blood Honey

  • Joe's So Mean to Josephine

    Joe's So Mean to Josephine

  • I'm Yours

    I'm Yours

  • Arrowhead

    Arrowhead

  • The Occupant of the Room

    The Occupant of the Room

  • Nash the Slash Rises Again!

    Nash the Slash Rises Again!

  • My Niagara

    My Niagara