Line #27 Creator/GlenPowell


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3	Glen Thomas Powell Jr. (b. October 21st 1988 in Austin, Texas) is an American actor.
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5	He has been acting since childhood, and has only started to gain real traction in TheNewTens. Early roles included bit parts in the ''Film/SpyKids'' franchise, episodes of ''Series/JackAndBobby'', ''Series/CSIMiami'' and ''{{Series/NCIS}}''. At the age of eighteen, he was filming ''The Great Debaters'' when a man came up to him and told him he resembled a young Creator/RichardGere. The man was Hollywood superagent Ed Liamato - who advised Glen to move to Los Angeles, which he did after his freshman year of college. He got a big boost by starring in ''Film/TheExpendables3'' as Thorn - and has started to gain more traction in movies. He's been lucky enough to collaborate twice with Creator/RichardLinklater - first on ''Fast Food Nation'' when he was just fifteen, and later on ''Film/EverybodyWantsSome''!! - the SpiritualSuccessor to ''Film/DazedAndConfused''.
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7	The role that a good amount of fans associate him with (though time will tell of course) is that of JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chad Radwell on Ryan Murphy's horror comedy show ''Series/ScreamQueens2015''. As Chad is considered to be the show's BreakoutCharacter, this naturally sent a lot of positive attention Glen's way.
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9	Apparently his parents work as extras on most of the films he stars in, his mother playing a bit of a prank on Creator/MelGibson on ''The Expendables 3''. Oh and he's also got Creator/DCComics cred via a small role getting choked to death by Bane in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises''.
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11	!! Selected Filmography:
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13	* ''Film/SpyKids 3D: Game Over'' (2003)
14	* ''Series/JackAndBobby'' (2004)
15	* ''Series/IntoTheWest'' (2006)
16	* ''Fast Food Nation'' (2006)
17	* ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' (2012)
18	* ''Series/TheLyingGame'' (2012)
19	* ''{{Series/NCIS}}'' (2012)
20	* ''Red Wing'' (2013)
21	* ''Film/SexEd'' (2014)
22	* ''Film/TheExpendables3'' (2014)
23	* ''[[{{Series/ScreamQueens2015}} Scream Queens]]'' (2015-2016)
24	* ''Beyond Deceit'' (2016)
25	* ''Film/RideAlong 2'' (2016)
26	* ''Film/EverybodyWantsSome'' (2016)
27	* ''Film/HiddenFigures'' (2016)
28	* ''Film/SetItUp'' (2018)
29	* ''Film/TheGuernseyLiteraryAndPotatoPeelPieSociety'' (2018)
30	* ''WesternAnimation/JurassicWorldCampCretaceous'' (2020-22)
31	* ''WesternAnimation/ApolloTenAndAHalfASpaceAgeChildhood'' (2022)
32	* ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' (2022)
33	* ''Film/{{Devotion\|2022}}'' (2022)
34	* ''Film/AnyoneButYou'' (2023)
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36	!!Tropes present in his body of work:
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38	* TheDanza: He plays UsefulNotes/JohnGlenn in ''Film/HiddenFigures''.
39	* DawsonCasting:
40	** Inverted. John Glenn was in his forties when he went into space at the time ''Film/HiddenFigures'' depicts. Glen was twenty-seven.
41	** He was also twenty-six playing a college freshman in ''Film/EverybodyWantsSome'' and ''Series/ScreamQueens2015''.
42	* DyeingForYourArt: He gained about 20 pounds in three weeks for ''Sand Castle''.
43	* EnforcedMethodActing: A scene in ''Everybody Wants Some'' where he hugs a girl goodbye was meant to look awkward. So the actress was not told Glen would be hugging her.
44	* MemeticMutation: He's now very used to people throwing Chad Radwell quotes at him in public.
45	* MrFanservice: In a few of his roles with the trailers for ''Film/TopGunMaverick'' even allowing him to appear shirtless in a recreation of the first film's famous volleyball scene.
46	* ProductionPosse: With Richard Linklater in ''Fast Food Nation'' and ''Film/EverybodyWantsSome''.
47	* RealLifeRelative: His mother usually gets to be a featured extra in the films he stars in.
48	* StarMakingRole: ''Series/ScreamQueens2015'' marked the transition between bit parts in ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' and ''Film/TheExpendables 3'' to ''Film/EverybodyWantsSome'' and ''Film/HiddenFigures''.
49	* ThrowItIn:
50	** He broke his arm shortly before ''Fast Food Nation'', but Richard Linklater suggested just putting the cast on, since it wouldn't be out of the ordinary for a high school student to be seen with one.
51	** Finnegan's "asshole crabs" comment in ''Everybody Wants Some'' was an ad-lib by him.
52	* ThoseTwoActors: Stars with Creator/ZoeyDeutch in ''Film/EverybodyWantsSome'' and ''Set It Up''.

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