Glen Powell

Biography

Glen Thomas Powell Jr. (born October 21, 1988) is an American actor. He began his career with minor roles on television and in films such as Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) and Fast Food Nation (2006). Powell acted in the action film The Expendables 3 (2014), the comedy-horror anthology series Scream Queens (2015–2016), the teen comedy Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), the historical romance The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018), 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's roles in the action film Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and the romantic comedy Anyone but You (2023) catapulted him to blockbuster stardom. 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). His performance in the former earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. Further, Powell starred in Edgar Wright's The Running Man (2025), based on the 1987 Stephen King novella of the same name; How to Make a Killing (2026), a remake of the 1949 film Kind Hearts and Coronets; and had his first major voice performance in a feature film as Fox McCloud (aka Star Fox) in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026), a role he personally sought Nintendo for. Description above from the Wikipedia article Glen Powell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

NCIS

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

Rick and Morty

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Kelly Clarkson Show

CSI: Miami

All Movies (47)

• The Comeback King2027 · as Aubrey King
• The Great Beyond2026
• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie2026 · as Fox McCloud (voice)
• How to Make a Killing2026 · as Becket Redfellow
• The Running Man2025 · as Ben Richards
• Twisters2024 · as Tyler
• Hit Man2024 · as Gary Johnson
• Anyone But You2023 · as Ben
• Devotion2022 · as Thomas J. Hudner Jr.
• Top Gun: Maverick2022 · as Lt. Jake 'Hangman' Seresin
• Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood2022 · as Bostick
• Set It Up2018 · as Charlie Young
• The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society2018 · as Mark Reynolds
• The Bad Guys2018 · as Whit
• Sand Castle2017 · as Sergeant Dylan Chutsky
• Hidden Figures2016 · as John Glenn
• Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny2016 · as Self (uncredited)
• Everybody Wants Some!!2016 · as Finnegan
• Misconduct2016 · as Doug Fields
• Ride Along 22016 · as Troy
• Wind Walkers2015 · as Sonny Childe
• The Making of The Expendables 32014 · as Self
• Sex Ed2014 · as JT
• The Expendables 32014 · as Thorn
• April Apocalypse2013 · as Dickie
• Red Wing2013 · as Francis Riley
• Stuck in Love2013 · as Good Looking Frat Guy
• Best Friends Forever2013 · as Nick
• The Dark Knight Rises2012 · as Trader #1
• The Vibrator2012 · as Tad
• Barrio Tales2012 · as Jack
• J.A.W.2011 · as Aiden
• The Great Debaters2007 · as Harvard Debater #1
• The Hottest State2007 · as John Jagerman
• Fast Food Nation2006 · as Steve
• The Safe Side: Internet Safety2006 · as Danger Dude
• Jumping Off Bridges2006 · as Eric Turner
• The Wendell Baker Story2005 · as Paper Boy
• Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over2003 · as Long-fingered Boy
• Heaven Can Wait—
• Homewreckers—
• The Natural Order—
• Untitled Firefighter Film—
• The Fuckboat—
• Tesseract—
• The Alters—
• Them!—

All TV Shows (39)

• Chad Powers2025 · as Russ Holliday / Chad Powers
• Hot Ones Versus2024 · as Self
• Phoning It In2024 · as Self (voice)
• On the Go with Gabe2024 · as Self
• Therapuss2024 · as Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
• Snacked2021 · as Self
• Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous2020 · as Dave (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• All Hail King Julien: Exiled2017 · as Trent (voice)
• Quotidien2016 · as Self - Guest
• Scream Queens2015 · as Chad Radwell
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• All Hail King Julien2014 · as Trent (voice)
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self - Guest
• Rick and Morty2013 · as Kwyatt (voice)
• Rizzoli & Isles2010 · as Graham Randall
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Into the West2005 · as Jackson Wheeler
• NCIS2003 · as Evan Westcott
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• The Bachelorette2003 · as Self
• Without a Trace2002 · as Brett Farnsworth
• CSI: Miami2002 · as Logan Crawford
• The Challenge1998 · as Self - Guest
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Grand Prix Sunday— · as Self