Glen Powell

Profile Overview

Glen Thomas Powell Jr. (born October 21, 1988) is an American actor, screenwriter, and producer. He began his career with small roles on television and in films including 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 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), which earned him an Actor Award, and aviator Tom Hudner in Devotion (2022).
Powell became widely known with his role in the action film Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and the romantic comedy Anyone but You (2023). He went on to star in the dark comedy Hit Man (2023), which he also co-wrote and produced, the disaster film Twisters (2024), the action film The Running Man (2025), and co-created, produced and starred in the comedy series Chad Powers (2025–present). For Hit Man and Chad Powers, he earned consecutive nominations at the Golden Globes.