Person Details

Birthday: 1988-10-21 03:24:07

Aliases: Glen Powell Jr.

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Austin, Texas, USA

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Movie Involvements: 28

TV Involvements: 6


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.[2][3] In 2013, Powell was cast in a role in The Expendables 3.

Most Famous Work

Rizzoli & Isles
Average
8

Rizzoli & Isles

(2010) graham randall
Without a Trace
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7

Without a Trace

(2002) Brett Farnsworth
Top Gun: Maverick
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8

Top Gun: Maverick

(2022) Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
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8

Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous

(2020) Dave (voice)
Into the West
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8

Into the West

(2005) Jackson Wheeler
The Dark Knight Rises
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8

The Dark Knight Rises

(2012) Trader #1
The Expendables 3
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6

The Expendables 3

(2014) Thorn
Hidden Figures
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8

Hidden Figures

(2016) John Glenn

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 N/A
Gary Johnson
2023 Ben
2022 Thomas J. Hudner Jr.
N/A
Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
Bostick
2020 Dave (voice)
2018 Charlie Young
Mark Reynolds
Whit
2017 Trent (voice)
Sergeant Dylan Chutsky
2016 John Glenn
Self (uncredited)
Finnegan
Doug Fields
Troy
2015 Sonny Childe
Chad Radwell
Self - Guest
2014 Trent (voice)
Self
JT
Thorn
Self
2013 Kwyatt (voice)
Dickie
Francis Riley
Good Looking Frat Guy
Nick
2012 Trader #1
Jack
2010 graham randall
2007 Harvard Debater #1
2006 Steve
John Jaegerman
Eric Turner
2005 Paper Boy
Jackson Wheeler
2003 Long-fingered Boy
2002 Brett Farnsworth
1997 Self - Guest
N/A
N/A
Sundance Kid
Joe Reynolds
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Producer
2022 Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Producer
Producer
Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2024 Writer
Writer
Idea
Year Role Movie/Tv

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