Don McKellar
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Don McKellar, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
as Director
Crimes of the Future (2022)
as Wippet
eXistenZ (1999)
as Yevgeny Nourish
Blindness (2008)
as Thief
Exotica (1994)
as Thomas
Target Number One (2020)
as Norm
Where the Truth Lies (2005)
as Publishing Executive
The Red Violin (1998)
as Evan Williams (Montréal)
Redacted (2007)
as Criminal Investigator (voice)
Treading Water (2013)
as Richard
The Middle Man (2021)
as Doctor
Last Night (1998)
as Patrick Wheeler
Zoom (2016)
as Horowitz
When Night Is Falling (1995)
as Timothy
The Passion of Ayn Rand (1999)
as Alfred
The Adjuster (1991)
as Tyler, the young censor
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
as Concert Promoter
Nash the Slash Rises Again! (2025)
as Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)
Clean (2004)
as Vernon
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw (2020)
as Bernard Buckley
My Niagara (1992)
as Cabel
Camilla (1994)
as Security Guard
Through Black Spruce (2019)
as Journalist
Leslie, My Name Is Evil (2009)
as Prosecutor
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming (2017)
as Dietmar (voice)
Meditation Park (2017)
as Gabriel
Lolz-ita (2017)
as Eric
Trigger (2010)
as Brian
Three Days in Havana (2014)
as Pepe
Childstar (2004)
as Rick Shille
American Woman (2019)
as Newscaster 1 (voice)
Trudeau (2002)
as Greenbaum
I'm Yours (2012)
as Phil
Never Met Picasso (1997)
as Jerry
Blood Honey (2017)
as Dr. Bert Morrison
The Art of Woo (2001)
as Nathan
Roadkill (1989)
as Russel, the Serial Killer
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
as Paul Heller
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004)
as Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
Sea People (1999)
as Mr. Whittaker
Rub & Tug (2002)
as Conrad
The Event (2003)
as Matt Shapiro
Highway 61 (1991)
as Pokey Jones
I Was a Rat (2001)
as Oliver Tapscrew
Monkey Warfare (2006)
as Dan
Your Mother and I (2016)
as Father
Giant Steps (1992)
as Real Estate Hucker
Subconscious Password (2013)
as The Host (voice)
Public Domain (2003)
as Host
Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1997)
as Mike
Waydowntown (2002)
as Brad
Arrowhead (1994)
as Ray Bud
Green Door (2008)
as Ron
Cooking With Stella (2010)
as Michael Laffont
Elimination Dance (1998)
as Male Dance Partner
Sarabande (1997)
as Max
The Occupant of the Room (2025)
as Minturn
This Might Be Good (2000)
Actor
Waiting for Ishtar (2017)
as Self
Vinyl (2000)
as Himself