Mullan grew up in Montreal and attended Children's Theatre in the West End of Montreal. Later he did the theatre program at John Abbott College and then Ryerson University for their Theatre program.[1]
Career
After completing university, he moved to Ottawa and worked at the Oddyssey Theatre developing skills in mask and puppet movement theatre.[citation needed]
Mullan moved to the UK on a whim after going there on vacation. He immediately started touring with theatre companies all over Europe, the Middle East, and Asia doing musical productions of David Copperfield, Gulliver's Travels, and Sherlock Holmes. He later transitioned to television doing puppet for a show called Dinotopia, the effects department wanted someone to animate this dinosaur and make it emote like a person.[citation needed]
Ross also played Orsino in l, Bath Theatre Royal's production of Twelfth Night, the title role of the Selfish Giant for Leicester Haymarket Theatre and brought the critically acclaimed play Thick from the Edinburgh festival to New York City with sold-out performances.
Ross played the role of the 'Numbertaker' in the children's show, Numberjacks. The Numbertaker is a live-action character, with an exaggerated top hat and a white robe, who removes numbers, or numbers of things.[2]