Don McKellar
Age: N/A | From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Movie Involvements: 65
TV Involvements: 11
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Degrassi
(2001) Keith
Crimes of the Future
(2022) Wippet
Target Number One
(2020) Norm
The Red Violin
(1998) Evan Williams (Montréal)
The Passion of Ayn Rand
(1999) Alfred
When Night Is Falling
(1995) Timothy
Where the Truth Lies
(2005) Publishing Executive
Redacted
(2007) Criminal Investigator (voice)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Wippet | |
| 2021 | Doctor | |
| 2020 | Bernard Buckley | |
| Norm | ||
| Dr. Wolfe | ||
| 2019 | Newscaster 1 (voice) | |
| Journalist | ||
| 2017 | Self | |
| Gabriel | ||
| Dr. Bert Morrison | ||
| Eric | ||
| 2016 | Father | |
| Dietmar | ||
| 2015 | Horowitz | |
| 2014 | Al | |
| Pepe | ||
| 2013 | Richard | |
| The Host (voice) | ||
| 2012 | Phil | |
| 2010 | Brian | |
| Director | ||
| Michael Laffont | ||
| J.J. Murphy | ||
| 2009 | Prosecutor | |
| 2008 | Ron | |
| Thief | ||
| 2007 | Criminal Investigator (voice) | |
| 2006 | Dan | |
| Clarence Fines | ||
| N/A | ||
| 2005 | Publishing Executive | |
| 2004 | Rick Shille | |
| Vernon | ||
| Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad | ||
| 2003 | Darren Nichols | |
| Jack Ryder (voice) | ||
| Matt Shapiro | ||
| Host | ||
| 2002 | Conrad | |
| Greenbaum | ||
| Brad | ||
| 2001 | Oliver Tapscrew | |
| Keith | ||
| Nathan | ||
| 2000 | N/A | |
| Himself | ||
| 1999 | Mr. Whittaker | |
| Yevgeny Nourish | ||
| Alfred | ||
| 1998 | Patrick Wheeler | |
| Male Dance Partner | ||
| Evan Williams (Montréal) | ||
| Curtis | ||
| 1997 | Max | |
| Paul Heller | ||
| Mike | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| Jerry | ||
| 1995 | Timothy | |
| 1994 | Thomas | |
| Security Guard | ||
| Ray Bud | ||
| 1993 | Concert Promoter | |
| 1992 | Cabel | |
| Real Estate Hucker | ||
| 1991 | Tyler, the young censor | |
| Pokey Jones | ||
| 1989 | Russel, the Serial Killer | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Executive Producer | |
| 2017 | Executive Producer | |
| 2014 | Executive Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Writer | |
| 2016 | Story Editor | |
| 2015 | Writer | |
| 2010 | Writer | |
| Idea | ||
| 2008 | Screenplay | |
| 2007 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| 2004 | Writer | |
| 2000 | Writer | |
| 1998 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| Writer | ||
| Writer | ||
| Teleplay | ||
| Story | ||
| 1995 | Writer | |
| 1993 | Screenplay | |
| 1992 | Writer | |
| 1991 | Story | |
| Screenplay | ||
| 1989 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Creator
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Creator | |
| 1998 | Creator | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Director | |
| 2015 | Director | |
| 2014 | Director | |
| 2007 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 2004 | Director | |
| 2000 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1998 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1992 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
