Dustin Milligan

Dustin Wallace Milligan (born July 28, 1985) is a Canadian actor, known for his role as Ethan Ward on the teen drama television series 90210 from 2008 until 2009, Tom Cummings in the Canadian spy thriller television series X Company from 2015 until 2016, Ted Mullens on the Canadian television comedy series Schitt's Creek from 2015 until 2020, and Josh Carter on American television comedy series Rutherford Falls from 2021 until 2022. He has also appeared in a number of films.

Dustin Milligan
Milligan in 2021
Born
Dustin Wallace Milligan

(1985-07-28) July 28, 1985
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present
PartnerAmanda Crew (2010–present)[1]
Websitedustinmilligan.com

Personal life

Milligan was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, the son of Jean Wallace, a former Yellowknife city councillor, and Brian Milligan.[2] Since October 2010, he has been in a relationship with actress Amanda Crew.[1]

Career

Milligan is known for playing the role of Ted Mullens on Schitt’s Creek and Ethan Ward in The CW's 90210, a spin-off of the 1990s primetime drama Beverly Hills, 90210. He was written out of the show at the end of the first season.[3]

His film credits include Final Destination 3 (2006), Slither (2006), The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006), In the Land of Women (2007), Butterfly on a Wheel (2007), The Messengers (2007), and Extract (2009).[4]

Milligan starred in the short-lived primetime suspense drama Runaway, picked up by The CW for its inaugural season in September 2006, but cancelled in October after only three of nine episodes completed had been aired.[5]

He starred in the Canadian network CTV's made-for-TV film Eight Days to Live playing The O.C. star Kelly Rowan's missing son.[6] He has also had minor roles in the television series The Days, Andromeda, The Dead Zone, Alice, I Think, Supernatural and the CBC's Da Vinci's City Hall.

Milligan in 2011

In 2010, he played Kyle Halsted in the indie action crime drama film Repeaters, co-starring Amanda Crew.[7] In 2011, he starred as Nick in the horror thriller shark movie Shark Night 3D.[8] In 2011, he played Nick Nader in the suspense thriller The Entitled and Rory in the indie film Sisters & Brothers.[9][10] In 2012, he starred as Sam Reed in the Lifetime Original Movie Love at the Christmas Table co-starring Danica McKellar.[11] He appeared in the Funny or Die video Post Apocalypse News with Elisabeth Hower.[12] In 2013, he played Callum Beck in the indie thriller Ferocious.[13]

In 2014, Milligan starred as Detective Reverend Grizzly Night-Bear in a vintage 1970s "buddy cop" movie Bad City.[14] He played the role of John in the James Wan produced horror film Demonic.[15] In 2015, he landed the main role in the spy thriller TV show X Company, where he played Tom Cummings.[16] He appeared in all six seasons of Schitt's Creek, playing the role of veterinarian Ted Mullens. He had a guest spot as Blaine in the TV show Silicon Valley.[17] Later in 2015, he had a lead role as Ogden in the indie drama Sequoia co-starring Aly Michalka.[18][19]

In 2016, he starred as Cory in the indie comedy film Me Him Her.[20] The movie was written and directed by Max Landis. He starred as Nicholas Gray in the indie mystery thriller film Primary.[21] He is set to star in the film A Family Man.[22] He plays the role of aggressive young recruiter at Blackridge who is training under Butler's character. He played the role of Sgt. Hugo Friedkin, a dimwitted government agent working with Riggins, in the BBC America series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.[23]

In 2020, Milligan was a contestant on RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race. After winning the mini-challenge, he selected Nina West as his drag mentor. He competed against Alex Newell and Matt Iseman and raised $20,000 for the charity Project HEAL.[24][25]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2005 The Long Weekend Ed – 14 and 15 years old
2006 Man About Town Young Dooley
Final Destination 3 Marcus
Slither Drawing boy
Nostalgia Boy Nostalgia Boy Short film
The Butterfly Effect 2 Trevor Eastman Direct-to-DVD
2007 Wannabe Macks CJ
The Messengers Bobby
In the Land of Women Eric Watts
Butterfly on a Wheel Matt Ryan
2009 Extract Brad Chavez
2010 Tossers Jimmy "The Lace" Santino Short film
Eva Lucien
Gunless Corporal Jonathan Kent
Repeaters Kyle Halsted
2011 Shark Night Nick LaDuca
Sisters & Brothers Rory
The Entitled Nick Nader
2012 The Campaign College frat guy Uncredited
2013 Ferocious Callum Bec
The Legend of Sarila Markussi Voice
No Clue Danny
2014 Sequoia Ogden Clarke
Bad City Detective Reverend Grizzly Night-Bear
2015 Demonic John
Milwaukee Ugly Lamp Guy
2016 Me Him Her Cory
Primary Nicholas
A Family Man Sumner
2018 A Simple Favor Chris
2022 Mack & Rita Jack
The People We Hate at the Wedding Dennis
Milligan at the 90210 premiere party in Malibu on August 23, 2008

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2004 Perfect Romance Rapper Television film
The Days Steve Colter 2 episodes
Dead Like Me Joey Episode: "Death Defying"
Andromeda Lon Episode: "So Burn the Untamed Lands"
2005 Hush Billy Television film
Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution Grocery clerk Uncredited; television film
A Perfect Note Ripper Television film
Da Vinci's City Hall Chad Markowitz Episode: "Isn't Very Pretty But You Can Smoke It"
2006 Eight Days to Live Joe Spring Television film
The Dead Zone Randy Episode: "Panic"
Alice, I Think Mark Conners Episode: "What Would Jesus Do?"
Runaway Henry Rader/Jason Holland Main cast; 9 episodes
2007 Reaper Sam
2008 About a Girl Stan Episode: "About a Homecoming"
Supernatural Alan J. Corbett Episode: "Ghostfacers"
2008–2009 90210 Ethan Ward Main cast (season 1); 24 episodes
2009 The Assistants Himself Episode: "The Pen"
2012 Call Me Fitz Barry O'Neil Episode: "Semen-Gate"
Love at the Christmas Table Sam Reed Television film
2013 Motive Felix Hausman Episode: "Fallen Angel"
2015–2020 Schitt's Creek Ted Mullens Series regular; 42 episodes
2015–2016 X Company Tom Cummings Main Role (2 seasons), 18 episodes
2015 Silicon Valley Blaine Episode: "Homicide"
2016–2017 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Sgt. Hugo Friedkin Series regular
2018 Blindspot Lincoln Episode: "The Quantico Affair"
2019 Into the Dark Gavin Episode: "A Nasty Piece of Work"
2020 RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race Himself / Rachel McAdamsapple Episode: "Secret Celebrity Edition #103"; Winner
2021–2022 Rutherford Falls Josh Carter Main cast
2023 FUBAR Kyle Episode: Here Today, Gone To-Marrow

Web
Year Title Role Notes
2011 Marcy Perry Episode: "Marcy Does Yoga"
2014 Math Bites Various 3 episodes

Music videos
Year Title Artist Role Ref.
2011 "Shark Bite Rap" Cast of Shark Night Himself [26]
2013 "Made in the USA" Demi Lovato The Boy [27]
2014 "Friday Night" Godson featuring Jessa Garcia Himself [28]

References
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  2. Johnson, Adam (May 26, 2006). "Dustin's big break". Northern News Services. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  3. Ausiello, Michael (March 30, 2009). "90210 shocker: Leading man Milligan to exit". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  4. "Dustin Milligan Biography". www.buddytv.com. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  5. Runaway: Complete Series, 2009-03-24, retrieved 2015-09-17
  6. "Eight Days To Live". myLifetime.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  7. Roberts, Becky. "Repeaters - HorrorTalk". www.horrortalk.com. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  8. "'Shark Night 3D': All the Gory Details From Stars Dustin Milligan and Sara Paxton". The Moviefone Blog. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  9. "'The Entitled' Thrills Us with Fighting Fathers, Fleeing Progeny and Psychotic Pursuers". Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  10. Noble, Barnes &. "Sisters & Brothers". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  11. "Love at the Christmas Table - myLifetime.com". myLifetime.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  12. "Post Apocalypse News". Funny Or Die. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  13. Cuffley, Robert (2013-10-01), Ferocious, MTI HOME VIDEO, retrieved 2016-04-02
  14. "BAD CITY screening + Q&A with Filmmaker Carl Bessai | Edmonton". Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  15. Smith, Kat. "Exclusive interview with Dustin Milligan for Demonic [Frightfest 2015]". The Hollywood News. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  16. "Yellowknife's Dustin Milligan to star in CBC-TV's X Company". Retrieved 2015-07-26.
  17. "Silicon Valley: Read every card on the 'Let Blaine Die' board". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  18. Leydon, Joe. "Film Review: 'Sequoia'". Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  19. "Yellowknife's Dustin Milligan appears in new film". Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  20. "'Chronicle's Max Landis Casts Up-and-Coming Trio in Directorial Debut 'Me Him Her' (Exclusive)". TheWrap. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  21. "PRIMARY THE MOVIE". PRIMARY THE MOVIE. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
  22. "Dustin Milligan Joins Gerard Butler in 'Headhunter's Calling'". Variety. Retrieved 2015-11-12.
  23. "'Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency': A Guide to All the Crazy Characters". Entertainment Weekly. 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  24. Weaver, Hilary (May 9, 2020). "Schitt's Creek Actor Dustin Milligan Debuted His Drag Queen Look on Secret Celebrity Drag Race". Elle. Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  25. Nolfi, Joey (May 6, 2020). "See every star's RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race makeover". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  26. "The Cast of Shark Night 3D – Shark Bite Rap". YouTube. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  27. Demi Lovato – Made in the USA. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved September 19, 2018 – via YouTube.
  28. "Godson featuring Jessa Garcia – Friday Night". YouTube. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
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