1. Don McKellar was born on August 17,1963 and is a Canadian actor, writer, playwright, and filmmaker.
16 Facts About Don McKellar
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Don McKellar was part of a loosely-affiliated group of filmmakers to emerge from Toronto known as the Toronto New Wave.
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Don McKellar 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.
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Don McKellar is an eight-time nominee and two-time Genie Award winner.
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Don McKellar was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Marjorie Kay, a teacher, and John Duncan Don McKellar, a corporate lawyer.
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Don McKellar attended Glenview Senior Public School, Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute and later studied English at the University of Toronto's Victoria College.
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Don McKellar married his longtime partner, Canadian actress Tracy Wright, on January 3,2010.
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McKellar and McDonald spawned the cult classic television series Twitch City, in which McKellar starred as Curtis, a television addict and shut-in.
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Don McKellar appeared in Atom Egoyan's films The Adjuster and Exotica, the latter of which earned him the Genie for best supporting actor.
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McKellar collaborated with Francois Girard, authoring the screenplays for his films Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould and the Academy Award winning The Red Violin, in which McKellar starred alongside Samuel L Jackson.
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Don McKellar appeared alongside Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh in David Cronenberg's 1999 film eXistenZ.
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Don McKellar is a filmmaker in his own right; his directorial debut, Last Night, which he wrote and starred in, garnered impressive critical acclaim, winning the Prix de la Jeunesse at the Cannes Film Festival and the Claude Jutra Award at the Genies.
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On television, Don McKellar played Oliver Tapscrew in the 2001 TV children's drama series I Was a Rat.
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Don McKellar starred for four seasons in The Comedy Network animated sitcom Odd Job Jack as the titular hero Jack Ryder.
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Martin and Don McKellar cocreated the Canadian television sitcom Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays, which debuted on CBC Television in fall 2011.
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In 2016, Don McKellar was made a Member of the Order of Canada "for his contributions to Canadian culture as an actor, writer and director".