Glen Thomas Powell is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He played his first role during his school years in the movie "Spy Kids 3". Best known for TV series and films: "Scream Queens", "Naval Police: Special Department", "Hidden Figures", "Westward", "The Dark Knight: The Legend Rises."
Powell won the Actors Guild Award for Best Cast for his role in Hidden Figures. Today, Powell has more than fifty roles in film and television.
Biography facts
The future film actor was born in the fall of 1988 in the United States. Glen has Polish roots on his father's side, and English on his mother's side. The family brought up two more girls - Glen's sisters: Lauren and Leslie.
In childhood, Powell was no different from his peers. He was fond of sports, during his school years he devoted a lot of time to playing lacrosse.
At the age of ten, the boy began to take an interest in theatrical art and cinema.
Graduated from Westwood High School in Texas in 2007. Then he continued his education at college and at the University of Texas at Austin.
Film career
Already in his school years, Glen began acting in films. He got a small role in the movie "Spy Kids 3", where he appeared on the set with the famous actors A. Banderas and S. Stallone.
The next role was played in the youth comedy "The Wendell Story", and then appeared in the teenage drama "Jumping from bridges".
In 2006 he took part in the filming of the film "Fast Food Nation" and in the musical melodrama "The Hottest State".
In 2007 he starred in the biographical drama The Big Disputants.
After graduating from university, Powell moved to Los Angeles, where he continued his acting career.
Glen starred in television projects: "NCIS: Special Department", "Without a trace", "C. S. I.: Miami", "Jack and Bobby", "Companions", "Game of Lies".
Powell took part in the filming of Christopher Nolan's cult film "The Dark Knight Rises" about the superhero Batman in 2012. The film was nominated for awards: Actors Guild, Saturn, Georges, Golden Eagle, British Academy and MTV.
In the same year, Powell got a small role in the melodrama "Stuck in Love", which tells the story of the relationship of the writer Bill Borges with his ex-wife and children.
In the movie "The Expendables 3" Glen played the role of the computer genius Thorne. This is the third film in the series of adventures "The Expendables", in which the heroes face the former member of the team - Konrad Stonebanks, who became an arms dealer. He must be eliminated by Barney, who decided to invite experts on new technologies to the team.
In 2014, Glen began filming Scream Queens as Chad Redville. In total, two seasons of the series were released. The plot of the film focuses on the lives of students on a university campus, in which a series of mysterious murders takes place.
In 2016, Powell starred in the biographical drama Hidden Figures. The film is set in the United States, where a team of African American women must perform mathematical calculations to launch a NASA space mission.
The film was nominated three times for an Oscar and twice for a Golden Globe. The film also won the Actors Guild Award for Best Cast and the Saturn Award for Best Adventure Film.
Among the works of recent years, it is worth noting the roles of Glen in the projects: "Castle of Sand", "Club of Lovers of Books and Pies from Potato Peelings", "Podstava".
Personal life
There is not much information about the actor's personal life. It is known that for some time he met with actress Nina Dobrev.
In the summer of 2017, rumors about the relationship of Glen and Nina were confirmed on Twitter, where young people posted their romantic pictures. But in the fall of 2017, information appeared that the couple had decided to temporarily break up due to the busy filming schedule.
