Bio: Matthew Scott Porter is an American actor and occasional singer known for his role as Jason Street in the NBC television drama Friday Night Lights. His character was injured during a football game in the pilot episode and became disabled. The character was inspired by high school football player David Edwards.Porter was paired with Alyson Michalka and Vanessa Hudgens in the 2009 film Bandslam. He performed the song "Pretend", which is featured on the Bandslam soundtrack. In 2010, he played the role of law firm investigator Blake Calamar in CBS' legal drama The Good Wife.He starred as George Tucker in The CW comedy-drama series Hart of Dixie.
Tivia: He was in a acapella group in high school and college called 4:2 Five (currently VoicePlay) before moving to acting. They have a number of albums, Scott was actually featured on two of them, as well as a couple of music videos (Just Sing and Halo Theme) produced during the COVID pandemic. He was also a major part of other A Cappella groups, Mosaic, Toxic Audio and The Doo-Wop Shop.Because Scott is such an X-Men fan, Taylor Kitsch came to him to ask for tips about Gambit, while preparing for his role in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009).Attended the University of Central Florida and was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.Tried out for Superman in Justice League: Mortal but was canceled, Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and Captain America in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).Is a big comic book fan, especially X-Men comics. His favorite X-characters are Nightcrawler, Psylocke and Havok. If he were to pick a Marvel hero to play, he'd choose Hawkeye.Is pictured on the brochures and billboards for Pirates Dinner adventure in Orlando, Florida as Benjamin the Blue Pirate.Attended Lake Howell High School in Winter Park, Florida.He has two younger siblings. A little brother, Brendan, and a little sister, Ariana.Lived in Austin, Texas (filming locations for 'Friday Night Lights' and Rock On') with his girlfriend.He is an avid player of the Wizkids superhero miniature game Heroclix and records unboxing videos on YouTube for them with the release of each new expansion. He mentions this hobby in a segment on Whose Line Is It Anyways.He played the character of Matthew in the original off-Broadway cast of the musical Altar Boyz.