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Glen Powell

Glen Powell

Birthday: 1988-10-21 | Place of Birth: Austin, Texas, USA

Glen Thomas Powell Jr. is an American actor, writer, and producer. Powell was born and raised in Austin, Texas by Glen Sr. and Cyndy Powell. He has one older sister, Lauren Powell, who lives in Houston, Texas. His younger sister, Leslie Powell, is a singer. Before moving to Los Angeles, Glen became an active member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity and attended The University of Texas at Austin, majoring in Radio, Television and Film. Powell began performing in professional theatre with roles in The Music Man, Oliver, O. Henry, and The Sound of Music. He also was part of the award winning performance troupe, the "Broadway Texas Players" from 1999–2003. He has starred in television shows such as Into the West, Jack & Bobby, CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, along with feature films The Great Debaters, The Hottest State, Fast Food Nation, Jumping Off Bridges, The Safe Side, The Wendell Baker Story, and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. In 2007, before his first year of college, Glen landed a role in The Great Debaters, directed by and starring Denzel Washington. Since moving to Los Angeles, he has starred in television shows such as: Into the West, Jack & Bobby, CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, Rizzoli & Isles and The Lying Game along with feature films including: The Hottest State, Fast Food Nation, Jumping Off Bridges, The Safe Side, The Wendell Baker Story and The Dark Knight Rises. Most recently, he filmed the independent feature Stuck in Love. In 2013, Powell was cast in a role in The Expendables 3.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
2022
Top Gun: Maverick

as    Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin

2020
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous

as    Dave (voice)

2018
Set It Up

as    Charlie Young

2017
Sand Castle

as    Sergeant Dylan Chutsky

2016
Misconduct

as    Doug Fields

2016
Everybody Wants Some!!

as    Finnegan

2016
Hidden Figures

as    John Glenn

2016
Ride Along 2

as    Troy

2015
Wind Walkers

as    Sonny Childe

2014
Sex Ed

as    JT

2012
Barrio Tales

as    Jack

2007
The Hottest State

as    John Jaegerman