Glenn Howerton
Biography
Glenn Howerton is an American actor, writer and producer who was born in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and trained at the New World School of the Arts in Miami before earning a degree from Juilliard in 2000. He had early television work on That '80s Show and a guest spot on ER, and small film parts in Must Love Dogs (2005), Serenity (2005), Two Weeks (2006) and The Strangers (2008). He is best known as Dennis Reynolds on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which he co-created with Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day and also writes and executive produces. His other roles include Cliff Gilbert on The Mindy Project, Don Chumph on Fargo, Jack Griffin on A.P. Bio, and Jim Balsillie in BlackBerry (2023), a performance critics praised. He also co-hosted The Always Sunny Podcast.
50years old
Turns 51 on April 13in 165 days
- Born Japan
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Glenn Franklin Howerton III (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 18 years2005 to 2023
Genres
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Early training
Howerton trained at the Juilliard School's Drama Division, entering in 1996 and graduating with a BFA as a member of Group 29.
A first
Howerton's first lead role in a film came in 2013, when he played Will in the CollegeHumor comedy Coffee Town.
Behind the camera
In 2008, Howerton worked with Day, McElhenney and writing assistant Adam Stein to co-create the sci-fi comedy Boldly Going Nowhere, though the pilot was permanently shelved.
Glenn Howerton movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Glenn Howerton shares two films with Paul Scheer, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Paul Scheer's page
Christopher Plummer's page
Dermot Mulroney's page
John Cusack's page
Stephen Root's page
Cary Elwes's page
All films by Joss Whedon
Brian TaylorDirector, 1 film, 2006
All films by Brian Taylor
All films by Mark Neveldine
Box office
What Glenn Howerton's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$241 million
8 of the 11 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 11 films: 8 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$83M34.5% of the total
- 2$58M24.2% of the total
- 3$43M17.8% of the total
- 4$39M16.1% of the total
- 5$12M5.1% of the total
- 6$2.6M1.1% of the total
- 7$2.6M1.1% of the total
- 8$136K0.1% of the total
