Glen Powell | |
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![]() Powell in 2016 | |
Born | Glen Thomas Powell Jr. October 21, 1988 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Education | University of Texas at Austin (in progress)[1] |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2003–present |
Glen Thomas Powell Jr. (born October 21, 1988)[2] is an American actor. He began his career with small roles on television and in films such as Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) and Fast Food Nation (2006). Powell had roles in the comedy-horror series Scream Queens (2015–2016), the teen comedy Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), and the romantic comedy Set It Up (2018). He also portrayed astronaut John Glenn in Hidden Figures (2016) and aviator Tom Hudner in Devotion (2022).
Powell attained wider prominence for starring in the action film Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and the romantic comedy Anyone but You (2023).[3][4] He has since starred in the dark comedy Hit Man (2023), which he also co-wrote and produced, and in the disaster film Twisters (2024).