Don McKellar

Don McKellar
McKellar at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	(1963-08-17) August 17, 1963 (age 61) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	University of Toronto
Occupation(s)	Actor, writer, filmmaker
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Tracy Wright ​ ​ (m. 2010; died 2010)​

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 like 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.