Canadian actor, screenwriter and director Don McKellar appears in and wrote the screenplay for the 2008 thriller film Blindness. His 1998 directorial debut Last Night, which he also scripted and starred in, received positive feedback at both the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.MTV Movies: Don McKellar Biography
Career
During a film career that has spanned nearly twenty years, Don McKellar has appeared in dozens of films and television series and worked with several high profile Canadian directors, including Atom Egoyan, David Cronenberg and Bruce McDonald. In addition to acting, McKellar has also scripted several successful Canadian films, including Last Night, The Red Violin, Dance Me Outside and Highway 61.Yahoo! Movies: Don McKellar Biography He has directed several short and feature-length films and provided the voice for the title character on The Comedy Network animated series Odd Job Jack, which ran from 2003-2007.
Notable Roles
- Russel in Roadkill (1989)
- Pokey Jones in Highway 61 (1991)
- Dr. Newlove in RoboCop (1994)
- Thomas Pinto in Exotica (1994)
- Timothy in When Night Is Falling (1995)
- Mike in Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1996)
- Jerry in Never Met Picasso (1996)
- Paul Heller in In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1997)
- Sam Francisco in Once a Thief (1997)
- Patrick Wheeler in Last Night (1998)
- Evan Williams in The Red Violin (1998)
- Curtis in Twitch City (2000)
- Brad in Waydowntown (2000)
- Nathan in The Art of Woo (2001)
- Oliver Tapscrew in I Was a Rat (2001)
- Greenbaum in Trudeau (2002)
- Conrad in Rub & Tug (2002)
- Matt in The Event (2003)
- Rick in Childstar (2004)
- Woody in At the Hotel (2006)
- Darren Nichols in Slings and Arrows (2006)
- Jack Ryder in Odd Job Jack (2007)
- Coster in The Englishman's Boy (2008)
- Thief in Blindness (2008)
Featured Video
Don McKellar Directing Timeline
Note: The IMDb links in this timeline have pop-ups.
1992: Blue - IMDb Listing
1992: The Bloody Nose - IMDb Listing
1998: Last Night - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2000: A Word from the Management - IMDb Listing
2004: Childstar - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2005: Phone Call from Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul - IMDb Listing
2005: Phone Call from Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara - IMDb Listing
References
Fast Facts
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Birth name
Donald McKellar
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Born
August 17, 1963
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His first film appearance was in the 1989 film Roadkill, for which he also wrote the screenplay
