Glen Thomas Powell Jr. is an American actor. He began his career with guest roles on television and small roles in films such as The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and The Expendables 3 (2014)
He made his breakthrough performance as Chad Radwell in the Fox comedy-horror series Scream Queens (2015–2016).
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 the feature films like The Expendables 3, Ride Along 2, Sex Ed, Stuck in Love, The Dark Knight Rises, Hidden Figures, and Top Gun: Maverick.
He co-starred as Finnegan in Everybody Wants Some!!, Richard Linklater’s spiritual sequel to Dazed & Confused 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.
What is Glen Powell famous for?
Glen is famous for his breakthrough performance as Chad Radwell in the Fox comedy-horror series Scream Queens (2015-2016). He has been in the acting field since 2003 and has achieved great heights in his career.
He also played many remarkable roles such as “John Glenn” in the 2016 American biographical drama film titled “Hidden Figures” for which he won the “Ensemble Performance Award” and “Screen Actors Guild Award” for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
He has since starred as Finnegan in the coming-of-age comedy Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), astronaut John Glenn in the drama Hidden Figures (2016), Charlie Young in Set It Up (2018) and Lieutenant Jake “Hangman” Seresin in Top Gun: Maverick (2022).
In a very short time with this Texas native, it’s become obvious that everybody wants some. One example of his impressive rise in popular dudeness: When Powell lost out on the role of Goose’s son to Miles Teller in the “Top Gun” sequel, social media came to his defence.
He impressed not only them but also apparently Tom Cruise: Powell ended up getting a beefed-up role in “Maverick” anyway.