Glen Powell | |
Powell at the 2016 SXSW Festival | |
Biographical Information | |
Date of Birth: | October 21, 1988 (age 36) |
Origin: | Austin, Texas |
Years active: | 2003-present |
Date of Death | - |
Show Information | |
Character(s): | Chad Radwell |
Season(s): | Season One • Two |
Show Status: | Recurring |
- “There’s at least two takes I know are going to be thrown away right off the bat because we can’t get through it. It’s always so damn funny.”
- —Glen Powell about filming comedic scenes on the Scream Queens set[src]
Glen Thomas Powell Jr. is an American actor, writer, producer and stuntman. Powell co-starred in The Expendables 3. He recently completed filming on Richard Linklater's That's What I'm Talking About for Paramount as well as Beyond Deceit for Lionsgate opposite Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino and Josh Duhamel.
He starred as Chad Radwell on Season One and Two of Scream Queens.
Early 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 series 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.
Career[]
Glen started by working with Antonio Banderas and Sylvester Stallone in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. In 2007, before his first year of college at the University of Texas at Austin, Glen landed a role in The Great Debaters, which is directed by and starred Denzel Washington.
Since moving to Los Angeles, he has starred in television series 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, in 2014, Powell was cast in a role in The Expendables 3. At that same year, he also appeared in the comedy film, Sex Ed, starring Haley Joel Osment. Glen currently has two films in post-production, Everybody Wants Some and Ride Along 2.
In 2015, Powell starred as Chad Radwell on Season One of Fox's horror-comedy TV series Scream Queens.
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Long-fingered Boy | |
2005 | The Wendell Baker Story | Paper Boy | |
2006 | Jumping Off Bridges | Eric Turner | |
2006 | Fast Food Nation | Steve | |
2006 | The Hottest State | John Jaegerman | |
2006 | The Safe Side: Internet Safety | Danger Dude | Short film |
2006 | Hidden Places | Luke | Short film |
2007 | The Great Debaters | Harvard Debater #1 | |
2011 | J.A.W. | Aiden | Short film; writer; producer |
2012 | Barrio Tales | Jack | |
2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Trader #1 | |
2012 | Stuck in Love | Good Looking Frat Guy | |
2012 | Mother Hen | Jay | Short film; producer |
2013 | Best Friends Forever | Nick | |
2013 | Red Wing | Francis Riley | |
2013 | April Apocalypse | Dickie | |
2014 | The Expendables 3 | Thorn | |
2014 | Sex Ed | JT | |
2014 | The Bad Guys | Whit | |
2015 | Wind Walkers | Sonny Childe | |
2015 | Everybody Wants Some | Finnegan | Post-production |
2016 | Ride Along 2 | Troy | Post-production |
2016 | Beyond Deceit | Doug | Filming |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
2003 | Endurance 2 | Contestant | Episode: "Mexico" |
2004 | Jack & Bobby | Rich Wolf | Episode: "Pilot" |
2005 | Into the West | Jackson Wheeler | Episode: "Hell on Wheels"; mini-series |
2005 | Into the West | Jackson Wheeler | Episode: "Hell on Wheels"; mini-series |
2008 | Without a Trace | Brett Farnsworth | Episode: "True/False" |
2009 | CSI:Miami | Logan Crawford | Episode: "Head Case" |
2011 | Rizzoli & Isles | Graham Randall | Episode: "Remember Me" |
2012 | The Lying Game | Gavin Turner | Episode: "No Country for Young Love" |
2012 | NCIS | Marine Sergeant Evan Westcott | Episode: "Shell Shock: Part I" & "Shell Shock: Part II" |
2015 - 2016 | Scream Queens | Chad Radwell | Main cast |