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9 Roles You’d Probably Forgotten Glen Powell Played Before The Running Man

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10.11.2025

Glen Powell in The Running Man

Glen Powell is the leading man dominating Hollywood right now.

After a string of high-profile performances in Top Gun: Maverick, Anyone But You andHit Man – not to mention his latest offering The Running Man – it seems we’re truly reaching peak Glen popularity.

But while the actor has only been able to show off his leading star charisma in the last few years, he’s actually been on the acting scene longer than you might realise.

Here are nine roles you’d probably forgotten seeing him in…

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)

Glen Powell in the third Spy Kids movie

Watching the Spy Kids films is a core childhood memory for many of us, so it’s no surprise we all lost our minds after finding out that Meghan Trainor was married to an all grown up star Daryl Sabara. But did you remember that Glen Powell was also part of the franchise?

That’s right, Glen actually landed his first film role at the age of 13 playing “Long-Fingered Boy” in the hit kids’ franchise. He once told The Hollywood Reporter that shooting for the film was “one of the best days of my whole life”.

Fast Food Nation (2006)

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Glen was still a teenager when he appeared briefly in Richard Linklater’s satirical mockumentary about the fast food industry, which featured an impressive cast of Bruce Willis, Greg Kinnear and Paul Dano.

While he only played a minor........

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