Glen Powell

Glen Thomas Powell Jr (born October 21, 1988) is an American actor producer and writer.

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Career

Powell began performing in professional theatre with roles in The Music Man, Oliver, O. Henry, and The Sound of Music. He also was part of the award winning performance troupe, the "Broadway Texas Players" from 1999-2003. He has starred in television shows such as Into the West, Jack & Bobby, CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, along with feature films The Great Debaters, The Hottest State, Fast Food Nation, Jumping Off Bridges, The Safe Side, The Wendell Baker Story, and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over.[1]

Personal life

Powell was born in Austin, Texas to Glen Sr and Cyndy Powell, and was raised in Austin, Texas before moving to Bel Air, California.

He has two sisters, Lauren Powell, who is older and works in finance in Houston, Texas, and a younger sister, Leslie Powell, who has made a name for herself on the Texas music scene. Leslie is also known for her run as one of two members of the Green Team on hit Discovery Kids Channel show Endurance Fiji.[2] Powell lives in Bel Air working as a filmmaker.[3]. Glen recently finished production on a science fiction action movie that he produced with Nate Parker and starred in with Jesse Williams called J.A.W..

Filmography

Cinematographer
Year Film Role Episodes
2012 The Dark Knight Rises 2012 J.A.W. Aiden 2011 Rizzoli & Isles TV series Graham Randall Remember Me
2007 The Great Debaters Preston Whittington
2009 CSI: Miami TV series Logan Crawford Head Case
The Hottest State John Jaegerman
Jumping Off Bridges Eric Turner
2005 The Wendell Baker Story Travis
2008 Without a Trace TV series Brett Farnsworth True/False
2006 Into the West TV mini-series Jackson Wheeler.
Jack & Bobby TV series Rich Wolf Pilot
Endurance TV series Himself Mexico
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over The Long-Fingered Boy

References

  1. ^ "Glen Powell". Internet Movie Database He is currently filming the 2012 Batman, The Dark Night Rises.. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1412974/. Retrieved 2010-06-20. 
  2. ^ Holloway, Diane (2007-10-12). "Austin teens compete on ‘Endurance: Fiji’". Austin360.com. http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/tvblog/entries/2007/10/12/austin_teens_compete_on_endurance_fiji.html. Retrieved 2010-06-20. 
  3. ^ Barnes, Michael (2007-12-24). "Glen Powell Jr. picks up debate tips from Denzel Washington". Austin360.com. http://mo.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/outandabout/entries/2007/12/24/glen_powell_jr.html. Retrieved 2010-06-20. 

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