Powell had a supporting role in this forgettable 2016 thriller that flopped at the box office despite having two Oscar winners (Anthony Hopkins and Al Pacino) in its ensemble.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 7%

The actor donned some fake tattoos to play drug dealer Troy in the 2016 Ice Cube and Kevin Hart comedy sequel to 2014’s “Ride Along.”

Rotten Tomatoes score: 14%

Powell went toe-to-toe with action legends like Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, and Dolph Lundgren in the third film in “The Expendables” franchise. The 2014 movie wasn’t as well-received as the two that came before it.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 32%

Powell played the ill-fated Sergeant Chutsky in Netflix’s 2017 war drama that also starred Nicholas Hoult and Henry Cavill.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 47%

Powell charmed the pants off of audiences opposite Sydney Sweeney in “Anyone But You,” a delightful rom-com that should usher in a renaissance for the genre. Critics, however, were more lukewarm on the movie.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 53%

Not to be confused with the similarly titled Netflix series, Powell starred in this 2014 comedy playing the roommate of Haley Joel Osment’s character.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 64%

Never forget Chad Radwell. Powell played the fan-favorite philanderous frat boy in Ryan Murphy’s underrated horror-comedy slasher series.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 77%

On the heels of that other naval pilot movie he was in, Powell also found time to star in the 2022 biographical war film “Devotion.” Based on a true story, Powell played real-life Korean War hero Tom Hudner.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 80%

Powell played the American boyfriend of Lily James’ character in this 2018 historical romantic drama, based on Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows’ 2008 novel of the same name.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 81%

Powell had a guest role in this short-lived YA drama series on The CW about long-lost twin sisters.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 83%

Powell’s earlier team-up with Linklater was also a hit with critics. He played Finnegan in the 2016 teen comedy about college baseball players in Texas in the 1980s.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 87%

Another team-up with Linklater accounts for one of the best-reviewed movies in Powell’s career. He voiced Bostick, a NASA official, in the 2022 animated coming-of-age dramedy loosely based on Linklater’s own childhood experience watching the first Moon landing.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%

Before there was “Anyone But You,” there was “Set It Up.” The 2018 rom-com starred Powell opposite Zoey Deutch as two bickering assistants with demanding bosses who fall in love.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 92%

Powell voices camp counselor Dave in the animated sci-fi adventure series, Netflix’s first TV show set in the “Jurassic Park” universe. It aired from 2020 to 2022.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 92%

Powell played the real-life astronaut John Glenn, who became the third American in space, in the 2016 biographical drama inspired by the untold story of the three Black mathematicians who worked at NASA during the space race.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 93%

Powell played cocky pilot Lieutenant Jake “Hangman” Seresin in the long-awaited “Top Gun” sequel opposite Tom Cruise’s Maverick and Miles Teller’s Rooster.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%

Powell’s latest project is also his best-reviewed. He stars as Gary Johnson, a professor who moonlights for the New Orleans Police Department as a fake hitman. The 2023 rom-com was directed by Linklater from a script Powell and Linklater cowrote together, based on a true story.

Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%