Glenn McMillan

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Glenn McMillan
Glenn McMillan at Aria Music Awards 2014.jpg
McMillan at the 2014 Aria Music Awards
Born (1984-10-05) 5 October 1984 (age 38)
NationalityBrazilian
Australian
Occupation(s)Actor, lawyer
Years active1999–present
Notable work Power Rangers Ninja Storm
Spouse
Julia Alonso
(m. 2016)

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.

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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 ]

McMillan is a property sales consultant with TOOP+TOOP Real Estate in Hyde Park, Adelaide. [2]

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 2002–2003, 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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1999 Sally Marshall Is Not an Alien [1] Ben HandlemanMain Role [3]
Chuck Finn [1] Theodore "Tiny" Maloney26 episodes
2003 Power Rangers Ninja Storm Dustin Brooks / Yellow Wind RangerMain Role [4]
2004 Zenon: Z3 Bronley Halemade for television (Disney Channel)
Strange Days at Blake Holsey High Guy in the Cinema1 episode
Power Rangers Dino Thunder Dustin Brooks / Yellow Wind Ranger"Thunder Storm" Pt. 1 and 2 (PRDT/PRNS crossover)
2011 Swerve Saxophone PlayerUncredited
2012 Mrs Biggs Adauto Agallo
2013–15 Wonderland Carlos dos Santos

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