Don McKellar
Known for: Acting
Born: August 17, 1963
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
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Filmography
71 movies · 13 TV shows, newest first
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Nash the Slash Rises Again!
2025
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The Occupant of the Room
2025
7.5
No Other Choice
2025
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The Haunted Season
2024
6.9
The Sympathizer
2024
7.3
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
2024
6.0
Crimes of the Future
2022
6.1
The Middle Man
2021
5.4
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
2020
6.2
Target Number One
2020
1.0
Hey Lady!
2020
4.9
American Woman
2019
5.2
Through Black Spruce
2019
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Waiting for Ishtar
2017
6.6
Meditation Park
2017
4.7
Blood Honey
2017
4.8
Lolz-ita
2017
6.7
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
2017
6.0
Michael: Every Day
2017
5.6
Your Mother and I
2016
7.0
Closet Monster
2016
5.9
Zoom
2016
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It's Not You
2015
6.4
Sensitive Skin
2014
6.7
The Grand Seduction
2014
4.5
Three Days in Havana
2014
5.2
Treading Water
2013
5.8
Subconscious Password
2013
4.6
I'm Yours
2012
4.8
Trigger
2010
7.5
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
2010
3.6
This Movie Is Broken
2010
3.6
Cooking With Stella
2010
7.0
Republic of Doyle
2010
4.5
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
2009
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Green Door
2008
6.5
Blindness
2008
6.0
Redacted
2007
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Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul
2007
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Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara
2007
4.4
Monkey Warfare
2006
5.8
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
2006
6.2
Where the Truth Lies
2005
5.2
Childstar
2004
6.4
Clean
2004
6.0
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
2004
7.4
Slings & Arrows
2003
4.7
Odd Job Jack
2003
5.8
The Event
2003
4.3
Public Domain
2003
4.6
Rub & Tug
2002
8.2
Trudeau
2002
5.8
Waydowntown
2002
9.0
I Was a Rat
2001
7.6
Degrassi
20013.7
The Art of Woo
2001
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Preludes
2000
6.5
This Might Be Good
2000
7.0
A Word from the Management
2000
7.4
Vinyl
2000
6.6
Sea People
1999
6.8
eXistenZ
1999
5.0
The Passion of Ayn Rand
1999
7.3
The Red Violin
1998
6.7
Last Night
1998
7.0
Elimination Dance
1998
8.5
Twitch City
1998
4.9
Never Met Picasso
1997
6.5
Sarabande
1997
5.7
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1997
5.6
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
1997
6.1
Once a Thief
1996
6.6
Dance Me Outside
1995
6.3
When Night Is Falling
1995
5.6
Camilla
1994
6.6
Exotica
1994
9.0
Arrowhead
1994
7.0
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
1993
8.0
Giant Steps
1992
6.7
My Niagara
1992
6.0
Blue
1992
6.0
The Adjuster
1991
6.8
Highway 61
1991
6.0
Roadkill
1989