Don McKellarNationality:
Canadian Birthdate:
08/17/1963 Birthplace:
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biography
Virtually ubiquitous in Canadian film, actor-director-screenwriter Don McKellar has established recurring creative partnerships with famed fellow countrymen Francois Girard, Atom Egoyan, Bruce McDonald and David Cronenberg. McKellar first gained notice on the big screen with "Roadkill", McDonald's 1989 rowdy road comedy about a woman on the trail of a missing rock band. In addition to writing the dryly humorous screenplay, McKellar played Russel, a thoughtful serial killer who sees crime as a valid career option. He teamed up with McDonald frequently, also penning and appearing in the
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Milestone
Co-founded Child's Play Theatre, a Toronto touring company, and the Augusta Theatre Company, taking lead in the latter's productions of "Red Tape" and "Measure for Measure"
1989
Scripted and starred as an earnest serial killer in Bruce McDonald's rock road movie "Roadkill"
1992
Reteamed with McDonald as screenwriter and co-star of another rock'n'roll road picture "Highway 61"
1992
Featured as a young film censor in Atom Egoyan's "The Adjuster"
1993
His ambitious short films "Blue" and "The Bloody Nose" were screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival ("Blue" additionally screened at Sundance Film Festival and Berlin International Film Festival)
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