Portrait of Don McKellar

Acting

Don McKellar

Career

Active from 1989 to 2025, busiest in 1997 and 1998 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
22
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Highway 61
Highway 61
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 44 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Don McKellar Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.8, average 4.8
  • Historical
    1.7, average 2.6
  • Wholesome
    2.6, average 3.4
  • Wonder
    2.7, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Character Study 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Psychological Horror 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2
  • Dialogue-Driven 2
  • Melancholy Tone 2
  • Crime 2
  • True Crime Drama 2
  • Psychological Exploration 2
  • Unconventional 2
  • Suspenseful 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

76
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 67
No Other Choice
No Other Choice (2025)
GoodWatch score 85

Screenplay

The Occupant of the Room
The Occupant of the Room (2025)

as Minturn

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (2024)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Les Cake

The Haunted Season
The Haunted Season (2024)

TV show · as Minturn

Crimes of the Future
Crimes of the Future (2022)
GoodWatch score 65

as Wippet

The Middle Man
The Middle Man (2021)
GoodWatch score 60

as Doctor

Target Number One
Target Number One (2020)
GoodWatch score 61

as Norm

The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw
The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw (2020)
GoodWatch score 56

as Bernard Buckley

Hey Lady!
Hey Lady! (2020)

TV show · as Dr. Wolfe

2010s

21 titles · average score 61
Through Black Spruce
Through Black Spruce (2019)
GoodWatch score 52

as Journalist

Your Mother and I
Your Mother and I (2016)

as Father

Zoom
Zoom (2016)
GoodWatch score 56

as Horowitz

The Grand Seduction
The Grand Seduction (2014)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Sensitive Skin
Sensitive Skin (2014)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Al

Treading Water
Treading Water (2013)
GoodWatch score 44

as Richard

Subconscious Password
Subconscious Password (2013)
GoodWatch score 63

as The Host (voice)

I'm Yours
I'm Yours (2012)

as Phil

Trigger
Trigger (2010)
GoodWatch score 72

as Brian

This Movie Is Broken
This Movie Is Broken (2010)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer, Idea

Cooking With Stella
Cooking With Stella (2010)
GoodWatch score 39

as Michael Laffont

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
GoodWatch score 77

as Director

2000s

22 titles · average score 61
Leslie, My Name Is Evil
Leslie, My Name Is Evil (2009)
GoodWatch score 50

as Prosecutor

Blindness
Blindness (2008)
GoodWatch score 52

as Thief

Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara
Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Ankara (2007)

Director, Writer

Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul
Phone Call From Imaginary Girlfriends: Istanbul (2007)

Director, Writer

Monkey Warfare
Monkey Warfare (2006)
GoodWatch score 63

as Dan

Clean
Clean (2004)
GoodWatch score 62

as Vernon

Childstar
Childstar (2004)
GoodWatch score 64

as Rick Shille

Odd Job Jack
Odd Job Jack (2003)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show · as Jack Ryder (voice)

Waydowntown
Waydowntown (2002)
GoodWatch score 65

as Brad

Rub & Tug
Rub & Tug (2002)
GoodWatch score 47

as Conrad

The Art of Woo
The Art of Woo (2001)

as Nathan

Degrassi
Degrassi (2001)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Keith

1990s

23 titles · average score 68
eXistenZ
eXistenZ (1999)
GoodWatch score 71

as Yevgeny Nourish

The Red Violin
The Red Violin (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

as Evan Williams (Montréal)

Twitch City
Twitch City (1998)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Curtis

Last Night
Last Night (1998)
GoodWatch score 73

as Patrick Wheeler

Joe's So Mean to Josephine
Joe's So Mean to Josephine (1997)
GoodWatch score 59

as Mike

Dance Me Outside
Dance Me Outside (1995)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer

When Night Is Falling
When Night Is Falling (1995)
GoodWatch score 62

as Timothy

Exotica
Exotica (1994)
GoodWatch score 77

as Thomas

Arrowhead
Arrowhead (1994)

as Ray Bud

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
GoodWatch score 71

as Concert Promoter

Blue
Blue (1992)

Writer, Director

Highway 61
Highway 61 (1991)
GoodWatch score 87

as Pokey Jones

1980s

1 title · average score 68
Roadkill
Roadkill (1989)
GoodWatch score 68

as Russel, the Serial Killer