Glen Powell


Glen Thomas Powell Jr. is an American actor, writer, and producer. He began his career with guest roles on television and small roles in films such as The Dark Knight Rises and The Expendables 3 before making his breakthrough performance as Chad Radwell in the Fox comedy-horror series Scream Queens. He has since starred as Finnegan in the coming-of-age comedy Everybody Wants Some!!, astronaut John Glenn in the drama Hidden Figures, and Charlie Young in Set It Up.

Life and career

Powell was born in Austin, Texas. He is a graduate of Westwood High School in northwest Austin, part of the Round Rock Independent School District. He started by working with Antonio Banderas and Sylvester Stallone in '. In 2007, before his first year of college, Powell 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,
', NCIS, Without a Trace, Rizzoli & Isles, and The Lying Game, along with the feature films The Expendables 3, Ride Along 2, Sex Ed, Stuck in Love, and The Dark Knight Rises.
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. He starred opposite Zoey Deutch in Set It Up, a romantic comedy on Netflix.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003'Long-Fingered Boy
2005The Wendell Baker StoryPaper Boy Travis
2006Fast Food NationSteve
2007The Great DebatersPreston Whittington
2009Jumping Off BridgesEric Turner
2009The Hottest StateJohn Jaegerman
2012J.A.W.Aiden
2012The Dark Knight RisesTrader #1
2012Stuck in LoveGood Looking Frat Guy
2013Red WingFrancis Riley
2014The Expendables 3Thorn
2014Sex EdJT
2015Wind WalkersSonny Childe
2016MisconductDoug Fields
2016Ride Along 2Troy
2016Everybody Wants Some!!Finnegan
2016Hidden FiguresJohn GlennPalm Springs International Film Festival Ensemble Performance Award
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2017Sand CastleSergeant Dylan Chutsky
2018The Bad GuysWhit
2018The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie SocietyMark Reynolds
2018Set It UpCharlie Young
2021'HangmanPost-production
TBAApollo 10½Post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003EnduranceHimself / ContestantEpisode: "Drop-Out"
2004Jack & BobbyRich WolfEpisode: "Pilot"
2005Into the WestJackson WheelerEpisode: "Hell on Wheels"
2008Without a TraceBrett FarnsworthEpisode: "True/False"
2009'Logan CrawfordEpisode: "Head Case"
2011Rizzoli & IslesGraham RandallEpisode: "Remember Me"
2012The Lying GameGavin TurnerEpisode: "No Country for Young Love"
2012NCISEvan Westcott2 episodes
2015–2016Scream QueensChad RadwellMain role ; recurring ; 16 episodes
2017'TrentVoice; 2 episodes
2017All Hail King JulienTrentVoice; Episode: "One More Cup, Part 2"
2020DaveVoice