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Matthew Scott Porter (born July 14, 1979) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Jason Street in the NBC television drama Friday Night Lights, as George Tucker in The CW comedy-drama series Hart of Dixie and as Mayor Paul Randolph in the Netflix series Ginny & Georgia.
Porter starred alongside Aly Michalka and Vanessa Hudgens in the 2009 film Bandslam. He performed the song "Pretend", featured on the Bandslam soundtrack. In 2010, he played the role of law firm investigator Blake Calamar in CBS' legal drama The Good Wife.
Porter is also a voice actor, lending his voice to various projects based on comic books. These include Marvel Anime, Harley Quinn, , , , and Injustice 2.
Porter also played the character Rex in the film Speed Racer (2008), which was directed and written by the Wachowskis. He played Bobby in the remake of Prom Night and Ben Wheatly in Bandslam, released in August 2009.Stacy Dodd (June 3, 2007). Scott Porter profile, Variety.com; accessed April 23, 2010. That same year, he was paired with The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star Alexis Bledel in the romantic comedy film The Good Guy, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Porter is a fan of comic books and has auditioned for several comic book hero roles. He is a fan of HeroClix, filming unboxing videos of upcoming sets for the WizKids Facebook page. Porter performed and sang the song "Someone to Fall Back On" in Bandslam, and his song "Pretend" was included in the soundtrack. He was part of his high school's choral department and was a founding member of the groups 4:2:Five and Mosaic. He eventually performed for Off Broadway with another a cappella band, Toxic Audio.
Porter portrayed "Randy" in the 2010 film Dear John, which was adapted from the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks.
In 2010, Porter joined the cast of CBS's legal drama The Good Wife as Blake Calamar, an investigator for Lockhart & Gardner, a law firm. His character appeared in 14 episodes. Also in 2010, he starred in the pilot of the television series Nomads, which was developed for The CW, but it was not picked up by the network. BuddyTV ranked him #10 on its "TV's 100 Sexiest Men of 2010" list and #34 in 2011.
Porter played a lawyer in the medical dramedy series Hart of Dixie alongside Rachel Bilson (who also co-starred with him in The To Do List). The series debuted on The CW in September 2011.
In 2013, he debuted in the second season of the video game series of by Telltale Games as Luke, one of the main characters in the series. Porter also voiced another main character, Lukas, in Minecraft Story Mode by Telltale Games and Mojang Studios. In 2017, Porter portrayed Colton "Colt" Cruise in the EA Sports game Madden NFL 18 Longshot mode. In 2022, he also provided the voice for Heimdall, one of the main antagonists in Santa Monica studio's .
In 2024, Porter competed in season eleven of The Masked Singer as "Gumball". He finished in second place, with Vanessa Hudgens as "Goldfish" winning the season.
Porter is also known for playing and promoting HeroClix, a tabletop miniatures game featuring Marvel Comics and DC Comics characters. He films preview videos of upcoming product releases and hosts "HeroClix for Huntington's", an annual charity tournament supporting the Huntington's Disease Society of America. Porter was also created as a 'bystander' token and two separate figures playable in the HeroClix game.
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| 2005-2006 | Altar Boyz | Matthew | Off-Broadway |
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| 2019 | The Last Five Years | Jamie Wellerstein | After Hours Theatre Company |
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