2022
Top Gun: Maverick
Jake ‘Hangman’ Seresin
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POWELL
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From fighter pilot to screenwriter and producer
The actor behind Hangman in Top Gun: Maverick and Fox McCloud in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.
Austin, Texas, USA
A career across action, comedy and animation
Glen Powell is an American actor, writer and producer from Austin, Texas. His screen work ranges from ensemble dramas to action, romantic comedy and animation.
In Hidden Figures (2016), Powell plays astronaut John Glenn. He later appeared as pilot Jake ‘Hangman’ Seresin in Top Gun: Maverick (2022), joining the new generation of aviators alongside Tom Cruise.
For Hit Man (2024), he starred as Gary Johnson and co-wrote the screenplay with director Richard Linklater; he also served as a producer. The comedy follows a man who poses as a contract killer for police operations.
Powell voices Fox McCloud in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026), bringing the Star Fox character into the animated adventure.
The list below shows films currently available on FLM.RED, not his complete filmography.
Selected performances
2024
Hit Man
Gary Johnson
2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Fox McCloud (voice)
Performance readings are FLM.RED editorial interpretation.
Films in FLM.RED
Titles in this collection; not a complete filmography.
Sources & image notes
- Golden Globes — career
- Festival de Cannes — production notes
- Associated Press — Hit Man
- Rotten Tomatoes — voice cast
Portrait illustration: FLM.RED.