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.
Series | Chad Powers | Russ Holliday / Chad Powers | 2025 |
Movie | Hit Man | Gary Johnson | 2024-05-16 |
Movie | Twisters | Tyler | 2024-07-10 |
Movie | Anyone But You | Ben | 2023-12-21 |
Movie | Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood | Bostick | 2022-03-24 |
Movie | Devotion | Thomas J. Hudner Jr. | 2022-11-23 |
Movie | Top Gun: Maverick | Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin | 2022-05-21 |
Series | Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | Dave (voice) | 2020-09-18 |
Movie | The Bad Guys | Whit | 2018-02-16 |
Movie | The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society | Mark Reynolds | 2018-04-19 |
Movie | Set It Up | Charlie Young | 2018-06-15 |
Movie | Sand Castle | Sergeant Dylan Chutsky | 2017-04-21 |
Movie | Ride Along 2 | Troy | 2016-01-14 |
Movie | Misconduct | Doug Fields | 2016-02-05 |
Movie | Hidden Figures | John Glenn | 2016-12-10 |
Movie | Everybody Wants Some!! | Finnegan | 2016-03-30 |
Movie | Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny | Self (uncredited) | 2016-08-05 |
Movie | Wind Walkers | Sonny Childe | 2015-10-16 |
Series | Scream Queens | Chad Radwell | 2015-09-22 |
Movie | The Expendables 3 | Thorn | 2014-08-07 |
Movie | The Making of The Expendables 3 | Self | 2014-11-25 |
Movie | Sex Ed | JT | 2014-11-07 |
Movie | April Apocalypse | Dickie | 2013-10-12 |
Movie | Best Friends Forever | Nick | 2013-01-19 |
Movie | Red Wing | Francis Riley | 2013-10-04 |
Movie | Stuck in Love | Good Looking Frat Guy | 2013-06-14 |
Movie | Barrio Tales | Jack | 2012-01-12 |
Movie | The Dark Knight Rises | Trader #1 | 2012-07-17 |
Movie | Pig | Johnny the Teacher | 2011-04-16 |
Series | Rizzoli & Isles | graham randall | 2010-07-12 |
Movie | The Great Debaters | Harvard Debater #1 | 2007-12-25 |
Movie | Fast Food Nation | Steve | 2006-11-17 |
Movie | The Hottest State | John Jagerman (as Glen Powell, Jr.) | 2006-09-02 |
Movie | Jumping Off Bridges | Eric Turner | 2006-03-10 |
Movie | The Wendell Baker Story | Paper Boy | 2005-08-03 |
Series | Into the West | Jackson Wheeler | 2005-06-10 |
Movie | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Long-fingered Boy | 2003-07-25 |