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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.
The roles that explain the career.
42 credits across 4 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Sympathizer | Executive Producer | TV |
| 2022 | Crimes of the Future | Wippet | Film |
| 2014 | The Grand Seduction | Director | Film |
| 2013 | Treading Water | Richard | Film |
| 2013 | Subconscious Password | The Host (voice) | Film |
| 2012 | I'm Yours | Phil | Film |
| 2010 | Trigger | Brian | Film |
| 2010 | Cooking With Stella | Michael Laffont | Film |
| 2010 | This Movie Is Broken | Writer | Film |
| 2009 | Leslie, My Name Is Evil | Prosecutor | Film |
| 2008 | Blindness | Thief | Film |
| 2006 | Monkey Warfare | Dan | Film |
| 2005 | Where the Truth Lies | Publishing Executive | Film |
| 2004 | Childstar | Rick Shille | Film |
| 2004 | Childstar | Director | Film |
| 2004 | Childstar | Writer | Film |
| 2003 | The Event | Matt Shapiro | Film |
| 2003 | Slings & Arrows | Darren Nichols | TV |
| 2003 | Odd Job Jack | Jack Ryder (voice) | TV |
| 2002 | Waydowntown | Brad | Film |
| 2002 | Rub & Tug | Conrad | Film |
| 2001 | The Art of Woo | Nathan | Film |
| 2000 | Vinyl | Himself | Film |
| 1999 | eXistenZ | Yevgeny Nourish | Film |
| 1999 | The Passion of Ayn Rand | Alfred | Film |
| 1999 | Sea People | Mr. Whittaker | Film |
| 1998 | Last Night | Patrick Wheeler | Film |
| 1998 | Twitch City | Curtis | TV |
| 1998 | Last Night | Director | Film |
| 1998 | Last Night | Writer | Film |
| 1997 | Joe's So Mean to Josephine | Mike | Film |
| 1997 | In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Paul Heller | Film |
| 1995 | When Night Is Falling | Timothy | Film |
| 1995 | Dance Me Outside | Writer | Film |
| 1994 | Camilla | Security Guard | Film |
| 1994 | Exotica | Thomas | Film |
| 1993 | Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould | Concert Promoter | Film |
| 1992 | Blue | Director | Film |
| 1992 | Blue | Writer | Film |
| 1991 | The Adjuster | Tyler, the young censor | Film |
| 1991 | Highway 61 | Pokey Jones | Film |
| 1989 | Roadkill | Russel, the Serial Killer | Film |
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