Don McKellar

WriterActorProducerDirector Aug 17 (age 62) Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1989–2025 (36 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Director

Film

eXistenZ

Yevgeny Nourish

Film

No Other Choice

Screenplay

Film

Blindness

Thief

Film

The Red Violin

Evan Williams (Montréal)

Film

Crimes of the Future

Wippet

Film

Closet Monster

Story Editor

Film

Exotica

Thomas

Filmography

Acting (70)

Movies (60)

The Occupant of the Room

2025

as Minturn

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

2025

as Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)

Crimes of the Future

as Wippet

The Middle Man

as Doctor

Target Number One

as Norm

The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

2020

as Bernard Buckley

5.4

American Woman

2019

as Newscaster 1 (voice)

Through Black Spruce

as Journalist

Waiting for Ishtar

as Self

Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming

as Dietmar (voice)

Meditation Park

as Gabriel

Blood Honey

as Dr. Bert Morrison

Lolz-ita

as Eric

Zoom

as Horowitz

Your Mother and I

as Father

Three Days in Havana

as Pepe

Treading Water

as Richard

Subconscious Password

as The Host (voice)

I'm Yours

as Phil

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

as Director

Cooking With Stella

as Michael Laffont

Trigger

as Brian

Leslie, My Name Is Evil

as Prosecutor

Blindness

as Thief

Green Door

as Ron

Redacted

2007

as Criminal Investigator (voice)

Monkey Warfare

as Dan

Where the Truth Lies

as Publishing Executive

Clean

as Vernon

Childstar

as Rick Shille

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

2004

as Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad

Public Domain

as Host

The Event

as Matt Shapiro

Trudeau

as Greenbaum

Waydowntown

as Brad

Rub & Tug

as Conrad

I Was a Rat

as Oliver Tapscrew

The Art of Woo

as Nathan

This Might Be Good

Vinyl

as Himself

eXistenZ

as Yevgeny Nourish

Sea People

as Mr. Whittaker

The Passion of Ayn Rand

as Alfred

Last Night

as Patrick Wheeler

The Red Violin

as Evan Williams (Montréal)

7.4

Elimination Dance

1998

as Male Dance Partner

7.0

Sarabande

1997

as Max

6.5

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

as Paul Heller

Never Met Picasso

as Jerry

Joe's So Mean to Josephine

1997

as Mike

5.3

When Night Is Falling

as Timothy

Camilla

as Security Guard

Exotica

as Thomas

Arrowhead

as Ray Bud

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

as Concert Promoter

My Niagara

as Cabel

Giant Steps

as Real Estate Hucker

The Adjuster

1991

as Tyler, the young censor

Highway 61

as Pokey Jones

Roadkill

as Russel, the Serial Killer

5.6

Television (10)

The Haunted Season

2024

as Minturn

Hey Lady!

as Dr. Wolfe

Sensitive Skin

as Al

Republic of Doyle

as J.J. Murphy

Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story

as Clarence Fines

Slings & Arrows

as Darren Nichols

Odd Job Jack

as Jack Ryder (voice)

Degrassi

as Keith

Twitch City

as Curtis

Once a Thief

Crew (38)

Movies (31)

No Other Choice

Screenplay

Through Black Spruce

Director

Closet Monster

Story Editor

It's Not You

Director

It's Not You

2015

Writer

The Grand Seduction

Director

This Movie Is Broken

Idea

This Movie Is Broken

Writer

Blindness

Screenplay

Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara

2007

Director

Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara

2007

Writer

Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul

2007

Director

Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul

2007

Writer

Childstar

Director

Childstar

Writer

Preludes

Director

A Word from the Management

2000

Director

A Word from the Management

2000

Writer

Last Night

Director

Last Night

Writer

The Red Violin

Screenplay

The Red Violin

Writer

Elimination Dance

Director

Elimination Dance

Writer

Dance Me Outside

Writer

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

Screenplay

Blue

Director

Blue

Writer

Highway 61

Screenplay

Highway 61

Story

Roadkill

Screenplay

Television (7)

The Sympathizer

Executive Producer

The Sympathizer

Writer

Michael: Every Day

Executive Producer

Sensitive Skin

Executive Producer

Twitch City

Story

Twitch City

Teleplay

Twitch City

Writer