Glen Thomas Powell Jr. (born October 21, 1988)^[2] is an American actor. He began his career with small roles on television and in films such as Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003) and Fast Food Nation (2006). Powell had roles in the comedy-horror series Scream Queens (2015–2016), the teen comedy Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), and the romantic comedy Set It Up (2018). He also portrayed astronaut John Glenn in Hidden Figures (2016) and aviator Tom Hudner in Devotion (2022).

 

Powell attained wider prominence for starring in the action film Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and the romantic comedy Anyone but You (2023).^[3][4] He has since starred in the dark comedy Hit Man (2023), which he also co-wrote and produced, and in the disaster film Twisters (2024).

 

 

Glen Thomas Powell Jr. was raised in Austin, Texas, along with two sisters.^[5] He is the son of Glen Powell Sr., an executive coach, and Cyndy, a homemaker.^[6] He has paternal Lipka Tatar ancestry, from a great-great-grandfather Mustapha (a.k.a. Stephen) Chutsky.^[7] Powell graduated from Westwood High School in northwest Austin in 2007, where he played high school football and lacrosse.^[8][9] He attended the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas at Austin but left before finishing his degree. He initially expected to complete the requirements in spring 2024, but after his career limited his time commitments, he moved his goal to 2025.

 

 

 

 

It would work perfectly since he's as bland and uninspiring as an actor as Cruise these days @Lilja K

 

Glen Powell to Replace Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible' Franchise?

12 hours ago, Jade Bahr said:

It would work perfectly since he's as bland and uninspiring as an actor as Cruise these days @Lilja K

 

Glen Powell to Replace Tom Cruise in ‘Mission: Impossible' Franchise?

 

Couldn't care less lol