Actor, screenwriter, and director Don McKellar is one of the most prolific and well-respected members of the Canadian film industry. During the 1990s, he frequently collaborated with such directors as Atom Egoyan, Bruce McDonald, David Cronenberg, and François Girard, and he did a substantial amount of work for television and the stage. In 1998, McKellar stepped behind the camera to make Last Night, which he also wrote and starred in. The film—a comedy-drama about the last night of the world—was enthusiastically received at both the Cannes and Toronto Film Festivals, further establishing McKellar as a dynamic personality in both Canadian and world cinema.

McKellar was born in Toronto on August 17, 1963. After earning a BA in English and Theatre from the University of Toronto, he made both his screenwriting and acting debut in 1989's Roadkill, a Bruce McDonald film that cast him as a serial killer. He won Genie nominations for his performance and screenplay, and he went on to collaborate with McDonald two years later on Highway 61. McKellar reprised his actor-writer role for the film, starring as the lead character, a barber who finds a corpse. That same year, the he appeared in The Adjuster, his first screen collaboration with Atom Egoyan. After making his directorial debut with the 1992 …  » Read more