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My Take
Scott Porter belongs to a category of actor I genuinely treasure: the dependable presence who makes everyone around him better. From Jason Street in Friday Night Lights to George Tucker in Hart of Dixie and the mayor in Ginny & Georgia, he keeps landing in shows people actually grow attached to, which tells me directors trust him. He is not the flashiest name on a call sheet, but that Omaha-bred, theater-and-voice-trained versatility gives his work a warmth that wears well over seasons. I find his career a quiet argument for craft over spectacle, and I respect that enormously.
Overview
Matthew Scott Porter (born July 14, 1979) is an American actor, voice actor, and occasional singer. 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 Alyson Michalka and Vanessa Hudgens in the 2009 film Bandslam.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Scott Porter
- Name (Japanese)
- スコット・ポーター
- Reading
- すこっと・ぽーたー
- Born
- July 14, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- Omaha, Nebraska, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / stage actor / film actor / singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Lake Howell High School
- University
- University of Central Florida
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Porter
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.