Don McKellar

Q: Has Don McKellar won any awards?

Yes, Don McKellar has received several awards, including Genie Awards for his work in film and contributions to Canadian cinema.

Q: What was Don McKellar's first film?

Don McKellar's first film role was in the 1991 movie 'The Adjuster', directed by Atom Egoyan, marking the beginning of his prominent career in film.

Q: What is Don McKellar's estimated net worth?

Don McKellar's estimated net worth is around 2 million USD, reflecting his successful career in acting, writing, and directing.

Q: Is Don McKellar involved in television?

Yes, Don McKellar has appeared in various television series, including 'Twitch City' and 'The Newsroom', showcasing his versatility as an actor.

Q: What is a defining characteristic of Don McKellar's acting style?

Don McKellar is known for his subtle and nuanced performances, often bringing depth to complex characters, which has earned him critical acclaim.

Q: Has Don McKellar worked behind the camera?

Yes, Don McKellar has directed and written several films and plays, demonstrating his talent beyond acting and contributing to the Canadian film industry.

Q: What themes are common in Don McKellar's work?

Common themes in Don McKellar's work include existentialism, human relationships, and the passage of time, often explored through unique narratives and character studies.

Known for

Crimes of the Future (2022)

IMDb 5.8 / 10

2022 / Horror, Sci-Fi / 103mins

Humans adapt to a synthetic environment, with new transformations and mutations. With his partner Caprice, Saul Tenser, celebrity performance artist, publicly showcases the metamorphosis...

Name

Don McKellar

Height

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

Born

17 April 1963, Allanwater, Ontario, Canada

Spouses

Rebecca Jenkins (1995–2006)

Children

1 child, name not publicly known

Parents

Robert McKellar, Patricia McKellar

Estimated Net Worth

2 million USD

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Nash the Slash Rises Again! Nash The Slash was deliciously surreal, verging on demented. A mummy wrapped in surgical bandages, an invisible man in full...	Self - Russell the Serial Killer/Self - Pokey Jones(archive footage)	Not rated
2025	Movie The Occupant of the Room Based on the short ghost story of the same name by Algernon Blackwood from 1909, The Occupant of the Room...	Minturn	Not rated
2024	TV The Haunted Season From Severin Films and Kier-La Janisse, a new series of chilling short form horror in the tradition of telling ghost...	Minturn	Not rated
2024	TV Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent An elite squad of detectives investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto.	Les Cake	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2022	Movie Crimes of the Future With his partner Caprice, celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. An...	Wippet	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2021	Movie The Middle Man Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in...	Doctor	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2020	Movie The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw A devout community suffering from a plague is torn apart by a beautiful young woman and the forces of witchcraft,...	Bernard Buckley	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2020	Movie Target Number One Ex heroin junkie, Daniel Léger, gets involved in a drug deal with the wrong people for the wrong reasons. When...	Norm	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2020	TV Hey Lady! Nothing is safe when fearlessly off-the-charts senior citizen Lady and her chain-smoking best friend embark on a rampage of urban...	Dr. Wolfe	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2019	Movie American Woman A political activist helps take care of a group of America’s most wanted fugitives, including a well-known, recently radicalized heiress.	Newscaster 1 (voice)	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2019	Movie Through Black Spruce The disappearance of a young Cree woman in Toronto traumatizes her Northern Ontario family, and sends her twin sister on...	Journalist	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2017	Movie Waiting for Ishtar A conversation about guilty pleasures turns into one man's quest to find others on a library waiting list, while simultaneously...	Self	Not rated
2017	Movie Meditation Park A devoted wife and mother is forced to reassess her reverence for her husband after she finds another woman’s thong...	Gabriel	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2017	Movie Blood Honey Tortured by the memory of a childhood trauma, a woman returns after a decade to her family's fly-in hunting lodge...	Dr. Bert Morrison	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2017	Movie Lolz-ita A naïve but internet savvy 22 year old navigates the reality of her boring, small town Canadian life juxtaposed with...	Eric	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2017	Movie Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming Rosie Ming, a young Canadian poet, is invited to perform at a Poetry Festival in Shiraz, Iran, but she’d rather...	Dietmar (voice)	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2016	Movie Your Mother and I Johnna's dad changed the world. Or so he says. Whilst Johnna and her dad are talking, they can't seem to...	Father	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2016	Movie Zoom A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality...	Horowitz	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2014	TV Sensitive Skin Davina and her husband Al try to revamp their lives as they struggle with the uncertainties of middle age.	Al	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2014	Movie Three Days in Havana A businessman gets caught up in an assassination plot when he travels to Cuba.	Pepe	TMDB 4.5 / 10
2013	Movie Treading Water Mica is born smelling of fish that soap and doctors can't remove. Problems increase starting school as no one'll be...	Richard	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2013	Movie Subconscious Password In this short animation, Oscar®-winning director Chris Landreth uses a common social gaffe - forgetting somebody's name - as the...	The Host (voice)	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2012	Movie I'm Yours A road movie romance that conjures a heady concoction of free love and end of the world conspiracy.	Phil	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2010	Movie Trigger Ten years after ending their partnership as rock musicians, two women become re-acquainted in the course of one night.	Brian	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2010	Movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is...	Director	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2010	Movie Cooking With Stella Inside the Canadian diplomatic compound in New Delhi, a mischievous cook affects the lives of her employers and fellow staff.	Michael Laffont	TMDB 3.6 / 10
2010	TV Republic of Doyle Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing...	J.J. Murphy	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2009	Movie Leslie, My Name Is Evil A young jury member becomes infatuated with Leslie, a troubled teenager and former homecoming princess, who became a follower of...	Prosecutor	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2008	Movie Green Door	Ron	Not rated
2008	Movie Blindness When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome...	Thief	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie Redacted A fictional documentary discusses the effects the Iraq war has had on soldiers and local people through interviews with members...	Criminal Investigator (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2006	Movie Monkey Warfare Two ex-revolutionaries living underground have their lives turned upside down by a sexy young radical who goes from smashing SUVs...	Dan	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2006	TV Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story In 1930s Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, a small town pastor, sees the poverty and injustice around him which seem beyond his...	Clarence Fines	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2005	Movie Where the Truth Lies An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.	Publishing Executive	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2004	Movie Childstar An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.	Rick Shille	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2004	Movie Clean After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former...	Vernon	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2004	Movie Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche This compelling documentary explores Canadian film culture and tries to discover what defines Canadian film through interviews with notable filmmakers.	Self / Pokey Jones / Patrick Wheeler / Matt Shapiro / Brad	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	TV Slings & Arrows This darkly comic Canadian series follows the fortunes of a dysfunctional Shakespearean theatre troupe at the fictional New Burbage Festival,...	Darren Nichols	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2003	TV Odd Job Jack Odd Job Jack was a Canadian animated comedy television show featuring Don McKellar, about one man's misadventures in temporary employment....	Jack Ryder (voice)	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2003	Movie The Event Manhattan prosecutor Nick is charged with looking into the untimely death of city resident Matt, a musician who had AIDS....	Matt Shapiro	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2003	Movie Public Domain A dark, wryly funny film about a game show run by smug pseudo-intellectuals that awards money to the contestant with...	Host	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2002	Movie Rub & Tug The new manager of a full-body massage parlor must make sure his employees do not grant sexual favors to clients.	Conrad	TMDB 4.6 / 10
2002	Movie Trudeau This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most...	Greenbaum	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2002	Movie Waydowntown Four young office workers have a bet going to see who can last the longest without going outside. In the...	Brad	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2001	Movie I Was a Rat A little boy found wandering the streets is taken in by Bob and Joan, a kindly couple. The boy is...	Oliver Tapscrew	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2001	TV Degrassi The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.	Keith	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2001	Movie The Art of Woo Alessa Woo (Lee) is an ambitious art dealer who meets her match in gifted painter Ben Crowchild (Beach) in this...	Nathan	TMDB 3.7 / 10
2000	Movie This Might Be Good A festival is a concentration of hope. Audiences hungering for something startingly new, famously familiar or just plain "good". Actors...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2000	Movie Vinyl Toronto filmmaker Alan Zweig analyzes the phenomenon of record collecting.	Himself	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1999	Movie Sea People At 14, Amanda is a perfect swimmer and a great student. When the factory where his father works closes and...	Mr. Whittaker	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1999	Movie eXistenZ A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to...	Yevgeny Nourish	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1999	Movie The Passion of Ayn Rand Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.	Alfred	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1998	Movie The Red Violin 300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has...	Evan Williams (Montréal)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1998	Movie Last Night Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on...	Patrick Wheeler	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1998	Movie Elimination Dance Ever more bizarre criteria are used to eliminate couples from a secret dance event.	Male Dance Partner	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1998	TV Twitch City Twitch City is a surreal sitcom set in the Toronto, Ontario neighbourhood of Kensington Market, and follows Curtis, a television...	Curtis	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1997	Movie Never Met Picasso Still living at home with his avant-garde actress mother, constantly rejected by art schools, and without a lover, aspiring painter...	Jerry	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1997	Movie Sarabande The film explores the relationships that a limousine driver, a doctor, and a real estate agent have amongst each other...	Max	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1997	Movie In the Presence of Mine Enemies In the Warsau ghetto of 1943, one man's struggle to keep his family together leads him to the ultimate crisis...	Paul Heller	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1997	Movie Joe's So Mean to Josephine Josephine has her eye on Joe, a hot-headed, petty criminal who taps phones for a living. When she finally worms...	Mike	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1996	TV Once a Thief Once a Thief is a 1997 Canadian television show inspired by the 1996 film of the same name.	Unknown character	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1995	Movie When Night Is Falling Camille is a professor at a Protestant college and is in a long-term relationship with Martin, a respected minister and...	Timothy	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1994	Movie Camilla Freda Lopez, an aspiring musician, travels with her husband to the beautiful beaches of Georgia where she befriends Camilla, an...	Security Guard	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1994	Movie Exotica In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor....	Thomas	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1994	Movie Arrowhead A man claims to have found a dinosaur skeleton in a vacant lot next to his apartment building.	Ray Bud	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1993	Movie Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.	Concert Promoter	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1992	Movie Giant Steps A boy with an alcoholic father befriends a jazz musician.	Real Estate Hucker	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1992	Movie My Niagara Shadowed by the death of her mother, Julie Kumagai's life with her widower father is marked by pained, turbulent exchanges....	Cabel	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1991	Movie The Adjuster An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.	Tyler, the young censor	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1991	Movie Highway 61 A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to...	Pokey Jones	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1989	Movie Roadkill A music promoter sends a young woman on a road trip in search of a band who hasn't been showing...	Russel, the Serial Killer	TMDB 5.8 / 10

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2025	Movie No Other Choice After being laid off and humiliated by a ruthless job market, a veteran paper mill manager descends into violence in...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2024	TV The Sympathizer Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2024	TV The Sympathizer Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the...	Creator Creator	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2024	TV The Sympathizer Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2019	Movie Through Black Spruce The disappearance of a young Cree woman in Toronto traumatizes her Northern Ontario family, and sends her twin sister on...	Director Directing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2017	TV Michael: Every Day Every Day picks up five years after Micheal: Tuesdays & Thursdays, with Michael well established in his new city, and...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2016	Movie Closet Monster A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.	Story Editor Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2015	Movie It's Not You Relationships can be an endless cycle of breakups.	Director Directing	Not rated
2015	Movie It's Not You Relationships can be an endless cycle of breakups.	Writer Writing	Not rated
2014	TV Sensitive Skin Davina and her husband Al try to revamp their lives as they struggle with the uncertainties of middle age.	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2014	Movie The Grand Seduction A small fishing village must procure a local doctor to secure a lucrative business contract. When unlikely candidate and big...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2010	Movie This Movie Is Broken Bruno wakes up in bed next to Caroline, his long time crush. But tomorrow she's off for school in France,...	Idea Writing	TMDB 3.6 / 10
2010	Movie This Movie Is Broken Bruno wakes up in bed next to Caroline, his long time crush. But tomorrow she's off for school in France,...	Writer Writing	TMDB 3.6 / 10
2008	Movie Blindness When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2007	Movie Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul A filmic love letter. One out of two. Premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival; Screened at the 2007...	Director Directing	Not rated
2007	Movie Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul A filmic love letter. One out of two. Premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival; Screened at the 2007...	Writer Writing	Not rated
2007	Movie Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara A filmic love letter. One out of the two. Premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival; Screened at the...	Writer Writing	Not rated
2007	Movie Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara A filmic love letter. One out of the two. Premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival; Screened at the...	Director Directing	Not rated
2004	Movie Childstar An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.	Writer Writing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2004	Movie Childstar An experimental filmmaker takes a job as a driver for a foul-mouthed child actor and his ambitious stage mother.	Director Directing	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2000	Movie Preludes Commissioned by the Toronto International Film Festival to mark the event's 25th anniversary in September 2000, the "Preludes" program consisted...	Director Directing	Not rated
2000	Movie A Word from the Management Don McKellar’s autobiographical, wryly comic short looks at Toronto International Film Festival–goers’ fierce desire to get into a screening.	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2000	Movie A Word from the Management Don McKellar’s autobiographical, wryly comic short looks at Toronto International Film Festival–goers’ fierce desire to get into a screening.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1998	Movie The Red Violin 300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1998	Movie Last Night Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1998	Movie Last Night Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on...	Director Directing	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1998	Movie Elimination Dance Ever more bizarre criteria are used to eliminate couples from a secret dance event.	Director Directing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1998	Movie Elimination Dance Ever more bizarre criteria are used to eliminate couples from a secret dance event.	Writer Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1998	TV Twitch City Twitch City is a surreal sitcom set in the Toronto, Ontario neighbourhood of Kensington Market, and follows Curtis, a television...	Writer Writing	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1998	TV Twitch City Twitch City is a surreal sitcom set in the Toronto, Ontario neighbourhood of Kensington Market, and follows Curtis, a television...	Teleplay Writing	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1998	TV Twitch City Twitch City is a surreal sitcom set in the Toronto, Ontario neighbourhood of Kensington Market, and follows Curtis, a television...	Story Writing	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1998	TV Twitch City Twitch City is a surreal sitcom set in the Toronto, Ontario neighbourhood of Kensington Market, and follows Curtis, a television...	Creator Creator	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1995	Movie Dance Me Outside Explores the sensitive, and tense, relationship between life on an First Nations reservation and life in the outside world. When...	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1993	Movie Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1992	Movie Blue New carpet factory footage intercut with old porn creates a brief but telling glimpse into the human psyche.	Director Directing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1992	Movie Blue New carpet factory footage intercut with old porn creates a brief but telling glimpse into the human psyche.	Writer Writing	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1991	Movie Highway 61 A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1991	Movie Highway 61 A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to...	Story Writing	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1989	Movie Roadkill A music promoter sends a young woman on a road trip in search of a band who hasn't been showing...	Screenplay Writing	TMDB 5.8 / 10

Nash the Slash Rises Again!

2025

The Occupant of the Room

2025

Crimes of the Future

2022 / TMDB 6.0

The Middle Man

2021 / TMDB 6.1

The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw

2020 / TMDB 5.4

Target Number One

2020 / TMDB 6.2

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Crimes of the Future (2022)

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