Don McMillan
{{Short description|American comedian}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2019}}
Don McMillan is an American comedian and former engineer based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Education
McMillan earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Lehigh University and a Master of Science in electrical engineering from Stanford University.{{Cite web |last=Nave |first=Howie |title=Don McMillan and Sandy Danto perform this week at Tahoe's South Shore |url=https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/don-mcmillan-and-sandy-danto-perform-this-week-at-tahoes-south-shore/ |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=www.tahoedailytribune.com |date=27 May 2016 |language=en-US}}
Career
McMillan worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, where he was a part of the team that designed the world's first 32-bit microprocessor. He then moved to the Silicon Valley, where he worked at VLSI Technology as a computer chip designer. During his six years at VLSI, he designed more than 50 standard and ASIC designs, many of which are still in use.{{Cite web|url=https://premierespeakers.com/don-mcmillan/bio|title=Don McMillan {{!}} Bio {{!}} Premiere Speakers Bureau|website=premierespeakers.com|access-date=2019-10-06}}
His comedy is stand-up based on technical comedy and corporate comedy.{{Cite web |date=2019-08-14 |title=Friday Funny: Don McMillan Continues the Tradition of Engineers Doing Stand-up Comedy |url=https://www.designnews.com/automation-motion-control/friday-funny-don-mcmillan-continues-tradition-engineers-doing-stand-comedy |access-date=2022-07-02 |website=designnews.com |language=en}} One of his popular shows is Life After Death by PowerPoint which has been popular on YouTube and for live events.{{Cite web |date=2019-10-18 |title=Friday Funny: Life After Death by PowerPoint |url=https://www.designnews.com/automation-motion-control/friday-funny-life-after-death-powerpoint |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=designnews.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Holwager |first=Rylee |date=2022-08-05 |title=Local comedian Don McMillan competes on 'America's Got Talent' |url=https://signalscv.com/2022/08/local-comedian-don-mcmillan-competes-on-americas-got-talent/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=Santa Clarita Valley Signal |language=en-US}}
He has also acted in and/or written episodes on Star Trek: Voyager, Babylon 5 and multiple other movies. He has also starred as a guest on talk shows.{{cite web |title=Biography Don McMillan |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0573270/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm |website=www.imdb.com |publisher=IMDb.com, Inc |access-date=14 March 2024}}
In 2022, McMillan competed on the television show America's Got Talent, where he advanced to the live shows as one of the top 55 qualifiers.{{Cite web |last=Swift|first=Andy|date=2022-07-26|title=AGT's Latest Comedy Act Takes a Dark Turn as Season 17 Auditions Wind Down|url=https://tvline.com/2022/07/26/agt-don-mcmillan-audition-season-17-episode-9-video/|access-date=2022-07-26 |website=TVLine}} He was third in his group of eleven qualifiers and was eliminated, as only the top two of the group advanced to the finale.Cohn, Paulette. [https://parade.com/tv/americas-got-talent-2022-results-live-shows-eliminations-night-one "Find Out Who Went Home on America’s Got Talent and Who Made the Finale!"], Parade, August 10, 2022
Filmography
= Film =
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|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1997
|Jerry | |
| 1997
|Macon County Jail |Clerk | |
| 1998
|The Party Crashers |Bouncer | |
| 2000
|Webster | |
| 2002
|Michael | |
| 2003
|Don: Plain & Tall |Don |Also writer and producer |
| 2009
|Homewrecker |Bar Patron | |
= Television =
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!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 1991
|{{N/a}} |Episode: "The Evil Dead/The Unholy" |
| 1991–1994
|{{N/a}} |3 episodes |
| 1996
|Joe |Episode: "What's Wrong with This Picture?" |
| 1998
|Bartender |Episode: "The Corps Is Mother, the Corps Is Father" |
| 2000
|Exterminator |Episode: "Harlem Honey" |
| 2000
|Hirogen #3 |Episode: "Flesh and Blood" |
| 2022
|Himself, performer | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0573270}}
- {{Official website|http://www.technicallyfunny.com}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/user/donmcmillancomedy YouTube Channel]
- [http://premierespeakers.com/don_mcmillan/bio Bio of Don McMillan on premierespeakers.com]
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Videos
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nb57fOW8ois Mathematical pi sequence ]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8zvQCKPP4w AGT first appearance Season 17, episode 9]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly-l4OQTJR8 AGT second appearance with slideshow presentation]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M038yHBb_TQ AGT third appearance with Roast of Simon Cowell presented in statistical graphs and charts]
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American stand-up comedians
Category:America's Got Talent contestants
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:Scientists from California
Category:American electrical engineers
Category:Engineers from California