Glen Powell

Glen Powell
Born Austin, Texas, U.S.
Education University of Texas at Austin
Occupation Actor, writer and producer
Years active 2003-present

Glen Thomas Powell Jr. is an American actor, writer, producer and stuntman.

Personal life

Powell was born and raised in Austin, Texas by Glen Thomas Powel Sr. and Cyndy Powell. He has one older sister, Lauren Powell, who lives in Houston, Texas. His younger sister, Leslie Powell, is a singer.

Before moving to Los Angeles, Glen became an active member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity and attended The University of Texas at Austin, majoring in Radio, Television and Film.

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]

Career

Glen started by working with Antonio Banderas and Sylvester Stallone in Spy Kids 3-D:Game Over.[2] 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 shows such as: Into the West, Jack & Bobby, CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, Rizzoli & Isles and The Lying Game along with feature films including: The Hottest State, Fast Food Nation, Jumping Off Bridges, The Safe Side, The Wendell Baker Story and The Dark Knight Rises.

Most recently, he filmed the independent feature Stuck in Love.[3][4] In 2013, Powell was cast in a role in The Expendables 3.[5]

Filmography

Actor
Year Film Role Episodes
2016 Ride Along 2 Filming
2014 Sex Ed JT
2014 The Expendables 3 Thorn
2012 The Dark Knight Rises trader #1
2012 The Lying Game Gavin Turner No Country For Young Love
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
2005 Into the West TV mini-series Jackson Wheeler.
2004 Jack & Bobby TV series Rich Wolf Pilot
2003 Endurance TV series Himself Mexico
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over The Long-Fingered Boy

References

  1. ↑ "Glen Powell". Internet Movie Database He ican be seen this summer in Batman, The Dark Knight Rises. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
  2. ↑ "GLEN POWELL: THE NEXT ACTION HERO".
  3. ↑ Holloway, Diane (October 12, 2007). "Austin teens compete on 'Endurance: Fiji’". Austin360.com. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
  4. ↑ Barnes, Michael (December 24, 2007). "Glen Powell Jr. picks up debate tips from Denzel Washington". Austin360.com. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
  5. ↑ Glen Powell Joins 'Expendables 3'

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