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![]() Powell in 2015
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Born |
Glen Thomas Powell, Jr. October 21, 1988 Austin, Texas, United States |
Residence | Los Angeles, California |
Education | University of Texas at Austin |
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Years active | 2003–present |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Glen Thomas Powell, Jr. (born October 21, 1988) is an American actor, writer, and producer. He has played Chad Radwell in the television series Scream Queens (2015–16), Finnegan in Richard Linklater's coming-of-age comedy Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), and the astronaut John Glenn in Hidden Figures (2016).
Powell was born in Austin, Texas. He was an All-State Lacrosse player in Texas. He started by working with Antonio Banderas and Sylvester Stallone in 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 series such as: Scream Queens, Into the West, Jack & Bobby, CSI: Miami, NCIS, Without a Trace, Rizzoli & Isles, and The Lying Game, along with feature films including: The Expendables 3, Ride Along 2, Sex Ed, Stuck in Love, and The Dark Knight Rises.