Cast & creator
Don McKellar
Best known for Degrassi, Republic of Doyle, Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
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.
91
film credits
20
television credits
72
1989–2026 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (111)
Showing 111 of 111 credits
Degrassi
Keith
2001
Republic of Doyle
JJ Murphy
2010
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
Les Cake
2024
The Sympathizer
Executive Producer
2024The Sympathizer
Writer
2024The Sympathizer
Creator
2024
No Other Choice
Screenplay
2025
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Director
2010
Once a Thief
1996
eXistenZ
Yevgeny Nourish
1999
Crimes of the Future
Wippet
2022
Slings & Arrows
Darren Nichols
2003
Twitch City
Curtis
1998Twitch City
Story
1998Twitch City
Teleplay
1998Twitch City
Writer
1998Twitch City
Creator
1998
Blindness
Thief
2008Blindness
Screenplay
2008
Where the Truth Lies
Publishing Executive
2005
The Red Violin
Evan Williams (Montréal)
1998The Red Violin
Screenplay
1998
Hey Lady!
Dr. Wolfe
2020
Target Number One
Norm
2020
Exotica
Thomas
1994
Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story
Clarence Fines
2006
Odd Job Jack
Jack Ryder (voice)
2003
The Grand Seduction
Director
2014
Redacted
Criminal Investigator (voice)
2007
Sensitive Skin
Al
2014Sensitive Skin
Executive Producer
2014
Treading Water
Richard
2013
When Night Is Falling
Timothy
1995
Closet Monster
Story Editor
2016
Clean
Vernon
2004
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
Bernard Buckley
2020
The Middle Man
Doctor
2021
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Concert Promoter
1993Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Screenplay
1993
The Passion of Ayn Rand
Alfred
1999
The Adjuster
Tyler, the young censor
1991
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming
Dietmar (voice)
2017
My Niagara
Cabel
1992
Three Days in Havana
Pepe
2014
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Paul Heller
1997
Zoom
Horowitz
2016
Lolz-ita
Eric
2017
Trigger
Brian
2010
Nash the Slash Rises Again!
Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)
2025
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
Prosecutor
2009
Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche
Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad
2004
Through Black Spruce
Journalist
2019Through Black Spruce
Director
2019
Last Night
Patrick Wheeler
1998Last Night
Director
1998Last Night
Writer
1998
Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Mike
1997
Blood Honey
Dr. Bert Morrison
2017
Sea People
Mr. Whittaker
1999
This Movie Is Broken
Idea
2010This Movie Is Broken
Writer
2010
The Haunted Season
Minturn
2024
Never Met Picasso
Jerry
1997
The Event
Matt Shapiro
2003
Your Mother and I
Father
2016
American Woman
Newscaster 1 (voice)
2019
Highway 61
Pokey Jones
1991Highway 61
Screenplay
1991Highway 61
Story
1991
Camilla
Security Guard
1994
I Was a Rat
Oliver Tapscrew
2001The Art of Woo
Nathan
2001
Meditation Park
Gabriel
2017
I'm Yours
Phil
2012
Preludes
Director
2000
The Occupant of the Room
Minturn
2025
Michael: Every Day
Executive Producer
2017
Dance Me Outside
Writer
1995
Collectors
2026
Childstar
Rick Shille
2004Childstar
Director
2004Childstar
Writer
2004
It's Not You
Writer
2015It's Not You
Director
2015
Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul
Director
2007Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul
Writer
2007
Public Domain
Host
2003
Waiting for Ishtar
Self
2017
Roadkill
Russel, the Serial Killer
1989Roadkill
Screenplay
1989
Sarabande
Max
1997
Trudeau
Greenbaum
2002
This Might Be Good
2000
Rub & Tug
Conrad
2002
Monkey Warfare
Dan
2006
Cooking With Stella
Michael Laffont
2010
Giant Steps
Real Estate Hucker
1992
Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara
Writer
2007Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara
Director
2007
Elimination Dance
Male Dance Partner
1998Elimination Dance
Writer
1998Elimination Dance
Director
1998
Arrowhead
Ray Bud
1994
A Word from the Management
Director
2000A Word from the Management
Writer
2000
Waydowntown
Brad
2002
Subconscious Password
The Host (voice)
2013
Blue
Writer
1992Blue
Director
1992
Vinyl
Himself
2000
Green Door
Ron
2008