| Intro | American actor, writer, and producer | ||
| A.K.A. | Glen Thomas Powell Jr., Glen Thomas Powell, Jr. | ||
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Actor Film producer Television actor Writer |
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| From | United States of America | ||
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Film, TV, Stage & Radio Literature |
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| Gender | male | ||
| Birth | 21 October 1988, Austin | ||
| Age: | 31 years | ||
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Glen Thomas Powell, Jr. (born October 21, 1988) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Chad Radwell in the television series Scream Queens and Finnegan in Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age comedy Everybody Wants Some!! (2016). He portrays astronaut John Glenn in Hidden Figures (2017).
Life and career
Powell was born in Austin, Texas. He was an All-State Lacrosse player in Texas. He started by working with Antonio Banderas and Sylvester Stallone in 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 series such as: Scream Queens, Into the West, Jack & Bobby, CSI: Miami, NCIS, Without a Trace, Rizzoli & Isles and The Lying Game, along with feature films including: The Expendables 3, Ride Along 2, Sex Ed, Stuck in Love, and The Dark Knight Rises.
Most recently, he co-starred as Finnegan in Everybody Wants Some!!, Richard Linklater’s spiritual sequel to Dazed & Confused, which was filmed in Austin and released by Paramount on March 30, 2016.
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | The Long-Fingered Boy | |
| 2005 | The Wendell Baker Story | Travis | |
| 2007 | The Great Debaters | Preston Whittington | |
| 2009 | Jumping Off Bridges | Eric Turner | |
| The Hottest State | John Jaegerman | ||
| 2012 | J.A.W. | Aiden | |
| The Dark Knight Rises | Trader #1 | ||
| 2013 | Red Wing | Francis | |
| 2014 | The Expendables 3 | Thorn | |
| Sex Ed | JT | ||
| 2016 | Beyond Deceit | Doug | |
| Ride Along 2 | Troy | ||
| Everybody Wants Some!! | Finnegan | ||
| Hidden Figures | John Glenn | Palm Springs International Film Festival Ensemble Performance Award Pending – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
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| 2017 | Sand Castle | Sergeant Falvy |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2003 | Endurance | Himself | Episode: “Mexico” |
| 2004 | Jack & Bobby | Rich Wolf | Episode: “Pilot” |
| 2005 | Into the West | Jackson Wheeler | Miniseries |
| 2008 | Without a Trace | Brett Farnsworth | Episode: “True/False” |
| 2009 | CSI: Miami | Logan Crawford | Episode: “Head Case” |
| 2011 | Rizzoli & Isles | Graham Randall | Episode: “Remember Me” |
| 2012 | The Lying Game | Gavin Turner | Episode: “No Country for Young Love” |
| NCIS | Marine Sergeant Evan Westcott | 2 episodes | |
| 2015–2016 | Scream Queens | Chad Radwell | Main role (season 1) Recurring role (season 2) |