Throughout his career, Glen Powell has proven to be a versatile actor, capable of playing a wide range of roles with ease, from drama to romantic comedy, especially due to his charisma, talent and dedication.
Each of his attributes has made him one of the most prominent figures of his generation in Hollywood, also establishing himself as one of the wealthiest among his peers and young stars in the industry.
His best works have ranged from “Anyone But You” with Sydney Sweeney to the box office hit “Top Gun: Maverick“. It doesn’t matter if his roles have been small or large; he has managed to shine in each one of them…
What are Glen Powell’s best works?
Movies
- Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.
Cast | Blake Jenner, Tyler Hoechlin, Ryan Guzman, Zoey Deutch, Juston Street, Wyatt Russell, Glen Powell, Temple Baker, Taylor Murphy, J. Quinton Johnson, Will Brittain, Sophia Ali and more.
Available on Paramount+, Prime Video, Fubo and MGM+.
- Hidden Figures (2016)
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
Cast | Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell, Kimberly Quinn, Olek Krupa, Kurt Krause, Donna Biscoe and more.
Available on Disney+, Fubo and FXNow.
- Set It Up (2018)
Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other.
Cast | Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Lucy Liu, Taye Diggs, Meredith Hagner, Joan Smalls, Jon Rudnitsky, Pete Davidson, Tituss Burgess, Jake Robinson, Aaron Costa Ganis and more.
Available on Netflix.
- Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
Cast | Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Val Kilmer, Bashir Salahuddin, Jon Hamm, Charles Parnell, Monica Barbaro, Lewis Pullman, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Glen Powell, Jack Schumacher, Kara Wang and more.
Available on Prime Video, Paramount+ and MGM+.
- Devotion (2022)
The harrowing true story of two elite US Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War. Their heroic sacrifices would ultimately make them the Navy’s most celebrated wingmen.
Cast | Jonathan Majors, Glen Powell, Thomas Sadoski, Joe Jonas, Christina Jackson, Daren Kagasoff, Spencer Neville, Nick Hargrove, Boone Platt, Dean Denton, Thad Luckinbill, Serinda Swan, Joseph Cross and more.
Available on Prime Video, Fubo and Paramount+.
- Anyone But You (2023)
After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice cold — until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.
Cast | Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Alexandra Shipp, Mia Artemis, Nat Buchanan, Josh Bonello, Gata, Hadley Robinson, Rachel Griffiths, Dermot Mulroney, Charlee Fraser, Deborah Faye Lee, Lance Kerfuffle and more.
Available on Netflix.
- Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Carmen’s caught in a virtual reality game designed by the Kids’ new nemesis, the Toymaker. It’s up to Juni to save his sister, and ultimately the world.
Cast | Daryl Sabara, Alexa PenaVega, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Ricardo Montalban, Holland Taylor, Sylvester Stallone, Mike Judge, Salma Hayek, Emily Osment, Danny Trejo, Glen Powell, Cheech Marin, Alan Cumming and more.
Available on Paramount+, Prime Video and Peacock.
- The Expendables 3 (2014)
Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought.
Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables — but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet.
Cast | Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Antonio Banderas, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Glen Powell, Mel Gibson, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Wesley Snipes, Ronda Rousey, Kellan Lutz and more.
Available on Max.
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
Cast | Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay, Michiel Huisman, Jack Morris, Katherine Parkinson, Matthew Goode, Lily James, Glen Powell, Clive Merrison, Penelope Wilton, Alexa Povah, Bernice Stegers and more.
Available on Netflix.
- Hit Man (2024)
A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake contract killer sparks a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a client.
Cast | Adria Arjona, Glen Powell, Retta, Austin Amelio, Molly Bernard, Mike Markoff, Roxy Rivera, Beth Bartley, Julia Holt, Evan Holtzman, Richard Robichaux, Sanjay Rao, Kate Adair, Morgana Shaw and more.
Coming to Netflix on June 7, 2024.
TV Shows
- Scream Queens (2015 – 2016)
The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast. It follows a sorority, Kappa Kappa Tau (KKT), which is targeted by a serial killer using the university’s Red Devil mascot as a disguise.
Cast | Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Billie Lourd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Riley Schmidt, Glen Powell, Oliver Hudson, Niecy Nash, Skyler Samuels, Diego Boneta, Lucien Laviscount, Taylor Lautner, John Stamos and more.
Available on Hulu.
