Glenn McMillan
Glenn McMillan | |
|---|---|
 McMillan at the 2014 Aria Music Awards | |
| Born | 5 October 1984 São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian Australian |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, lawyer |
| Years active | 1999 2003–2004 2011–2015 |
| Notable work | Power Rangers Ninja Storm |
| Spouse | Julia Alonso (2016–present) |
Glenn Aguiar McMillan (born October 5, 1984)[1] is a Brazilian-Australian actor and lawyer best known internationally as Dustin, the Yellow Wind Ranger, on Power Rangers Ninja Storm. His father is Irish Australian and his mother is Brazilian.
Biography
[edit]McMillan was born in São João da Boa Vista, Brazil and was raised in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia from the age of three. He remains close to his Brazilian heritage, speaks fluent Portuguese and revisits his place of birth often.
Glenn holds a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of Adelaide Law School, one semester of which he took on exchange at Pace University School of Law, New York. He also holds a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice and a Master of Laws Majoring in Commercial Litigation from the College of Law, Sydney. He is admitted as a lawyer in Australia, England and Wales.[citation needed]
McMillan is a property sales consultant with TOOP+TOOP Real Estate in Hyde Park, Adelaide.[2]
Career
[edit]Acting career
[edit]McMillan's first professional acting role was at age 11 in a State Theatre Company of South Australia production of Six Characters in Search of an Author, by Luigi Pirandello, playing the role of the "Young Boy". In 1998, he played "Ben Handleman" in his first feature film, Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien, followed by the role of "Tiny Maloney" in the television series 'Chuck Finn' for Seven Network in 1999. He has performed in numerous theatre productions, including the role of "Jack" in Into the Woods by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim, and "Vyasa" in the Mahabharata. From 2002–2003, McMillan played the role of "Dustin Brooks" in Power Rangers Ninja Storm, filmed in New Zealand, then "Bronley Hale" in Zenon: Z3 for Disney Channel, shot on location in South Africa, and Power Rangers Dino Thunder. In 2012, McMillan appeared in the feature film Swerve, followed by the role of "Adauto Agallo" in the award-winning miniseries Mrs Biggs. From 2013 to 2015 he filmed the Australian television drama Wonderland for Network Ten, in which he played "Carlos dos Santos".
Personal life
[edit]In 2016, he married Julia Alonso, a Brazilian doctor.
He trains Brazilian jiu-jitsu and received his blue belt from multiple world champion, Roger Gracie, and his purple belt from Fabio Gurgel. He trains at Alliance Sydney.
During the start of COVID-19 quarantine, his wife gave birth to a child.
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien[1] | Ben Handleman | Main Role[3] |
| Chuck Finn[1] | Theodore "Tiny" Maloney | 26 episodes | |
| 2003 | Power Rangers Ninja Storm | Dustin Brooks / Yellow Wind Ranger | Main Role[4] |
| 2004 | Zenon: Z3 | Bronley Hale | made for television (Disney Channel) |
| Strange Days at Blake Holsey High | Guy in the Cinema | 1 episode | |
| Power Rangers Dino Thunder | Dustin Brooks / Yellow Wind Ranger | "Thunder Storm" Pt. 1 and 2 (PRDT/PRNS crossover) | |
| 2011 | Swerve | Saxophone Player | Uncredited |
| 2012 | Mrs Biggs | Adauto Agallo | |
| 2013–15 | Wonderland | Carlos dos Santos |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Superhero takes on his biggest challenge". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 20 September 2002. p. 9.
- ^ "Our People". toop.com.au. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- ^ "Sally Marshall is not an alien - CIA". Archived from the original on 11 October 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2010.
- ^ "Power Rangers Ninja Storm". Archived from the original on 21 January 2010.
- 1984 births
- Australian male film actors
- Australian male television actors
- Australian people of Brazilian descent
- Australian people of German descent
- Australian people of Irish descent
- Australian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
- Brazilian people of Australian descent
- Brazilian people of German descent
- Brazilian people of Irish descent
- Brazilian emigrants to Australia
- Living people
- Male actors from São Paulo (state)
- Pace University School of Law alumni
- People educated at Pembroke School, Adelaide
- Adelaide Law School alumni
- 20th-century Australian male actors
- 21st-century Australian male actors
- People from São João da Boa Vista