Glenn McMillan

{{short description|Australian actor}}

{{Portuguese name|Aguiar|McMillan}}

{{EngvarB|date=October 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox person

| image = Glenn McMillan at Aria Music Awards 2014.jpg

| alt =

| caption = McMillan at the 2014 Aria Music Awards

| name = Glenn McMillan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1984|10|5}}

| birth_place = São João da Boa Vista, São Paulo, Brazil

| nationality = Brazilian
Australian

| occupation = Actor, lawyer

| years_active = 1999
2003–2004
2011–2015

| spouse = Julia Alonso (2016–present)

| notable_works = Power Rangers Ninja Storm

}}

Glenn Aguiar McMillan (born 5 October 1984){{cite news|newspaper=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide|date=20 September 2002|title=Superhero takes on his biggest challenge |page=9}} 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

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|date=April 2022}}

McMillan is a property sales consultant with TOOP+TOOP Real Estate in Hyde Park, Adelaide.{{cite web |title=Our People |url=https://www.toop.com.au/our-people |website=toop.com.au |accessdate=30 August 2021 |archive-date=29 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829225315/https://www.toop.com.au/our-people |url-status=live }}

Career

=Acting career=

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 to 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

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

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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes

rowspan="2"|1999Sally Marshall Is Not an AlienBen HandlemanMain Role{{Cite web|url=http://thecia.com.au/reviews/s/sally-marshall-is-not-an-alien.shtml|title=Sally Marshall is not an alien – CIA|access-date=24 March 2010|archive-date=11 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011114635/http://thecia.com.au/reviews/s/sally-marshall-is-not-an-alien.shtml|url-status=live}}
Chuck FinnTheodore "Tiny" Maloney26 episodes
2003Power Rangers Ninja StormDustin Brooks / Yellow Wind RangerMain Role{{cite web|url=http://www.rangercentral.com/cst-prns.htm|title=Power Rangers Ninja Storm|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121035209/http://www.rangercentral.com/cst-prns.htm|archivedate=21 January 2010}}
rowspan="3"| 2004Zenon: Z3Bronley Halemade for television (Disney Channel)
Strange Days at Blake Holsey HighGuy in the Cinema1 episode
Power Rangers Dino ThunderDustin Brooks / Yellow Wind Ranger"Thunder Storm" Pt. 1 and 2 (PRDT/PRNS crossover)
2011SwerveSaxophone PlayerUncredited
2012Mrs BiggsAdauto Agallo
2013–15WonderlandCarlos dos Santos

References