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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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