Background

Porter was born in Omaha, Nebraska and attended Lake Howell High School in Winter Park, Florida. At Lake Howell, Porter was a wide receiver on the football team and graduated in 1997. While a student at the University of Central Florida, Porter sang vocal percussion in an a capella vocal group, 4:2:Five. Porter also worked as a baby-sitter and "didn't have time to party."

Personal life

In April 2013, Porter married casting director Kelsey Mayfield, a former University of Texas cheerleader whom he had met on the set of Friday Night Lights. One of his groomsmen was screenwriter and director Jamie Linden, who was his schoolmate at Lake Howell. On May 23, 2015, Mayfield gave birth to their son McCoy Lee Porter.

Career

Prior to joining the cast of Friday Night Lights, Porter played Matthew in the original cast of the Off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz in 2004. In 2006, he temporarily took over the role of Casey Hughes in the soap opera As the World Turns, a role originally performed by Zach Roerig. Porter also played the role of Colin Thompson, the more visible part of the duo that fronts the fictional band PoP!, in the movie Music and Lyrics (2007). Porter also played the character Rex in the film Speed Racer (2008), which was directed and written by the Wachowski brothers. He played Bobby in the remake of Prom Night and Ben Wheatly in Bandslam, released in August 2009. In the latter film, he co-starred alongside Aly Michalka, Gaelan Connell, Vanessa Hudgens, and Lisa Kudrow. In the same year, he was also 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 also 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 named 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, an investigator for a law firm. Also in 2010, Porter 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. The series debuted on The CW in September 2011.

In 2013, he debuted in the second season of the hugely popular video game series of The Walking Dead by Telltale Games as Luke, he served as one of the main characters in the series.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Music and Lyrics	Colin Thompson
2008	Speed Racer	Rex Racer
	Speed Racer: Wonderful World of Racing	Rex Racer	Short film
	Prom Night	Bobby
2009	Bandslam	Ben Wheatly
	The Good Guy	Tommy Fielding
2010	Dear John	Randy
	Hit Me	Keith	Short film
2011	10 Years	Scott
2013	The To Do List	Rusty

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	As the World Turns	Casey Hughes	4 episodes
	The Bedford Diaries	Jason Miller	2 episodes
	Ugly Betty	Guy	Episode 1.01: "Pilot"
2006-2008, 2010	Friday Night Lights	Jason Street	Main Role (Seasons 1-3) / Special Guest Star (Season 5); 42 episodes
2009	Robot Chicken	Giant Man, Racer X, NASCAR President, Kimble	1 episode
	Master Work	Sean Fetters	Made-for-television film
2010	Caprica	Nestor Willow	Recurring; 8 episodes
2010-2011	The Good Wife	Blake Calamar	Recurring (Season 2); 14 episodes
2011	Marvel Anime: Wolverine	Scott Summers / Cyclops	1 episode Voice: English version
	Marvel Anime: X-Men	Scott Summers / Cyclops	Lead Role Voice: English version
2011-2015	Hart of Dixie	George Tucker	Lead Role
2015	Parenthood	Amber's husband	Cameo
2016	Ultimate Spider-Man	Ben Reilly / Scarlet Spider	Recurring (Season 4) Voice
	Rosewood	Detective Russ Hame	1 episode
	Scorpion	Timothy "Tim" Armstrong	2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	X-Men: Destiny	Adrian	One of the game's protagonists
2013	Marvel Heroes	Cyclops	Playable character
2013-2014	The Walking Dead: Season Two	Luke	One of the main characters
2014	Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham	Aquaman, Superboy	Playable characters
2015	Batman: Arkham Knight	Nightwing	Playable character
2015	Minecraft: Story Mode	Lukas
2016	Lego Marvel's Avengers	Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier	Playable character

Off-Broadway

Further information: Off-Broadway

Year	Title	Role
2004	Altar Boyz	Matthew

Singles

Year	Single	USA Chart positions						Album
2009	"Pretend"	53	18	19	20	25	18	Bandslam

[ Source: Wikipedia ]