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Scott Porter is an American actor who portrays Jason Street on the Friday Night Lights television series.

Biography[]

Scott was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He has two younger siblings: a younger brother named Brendan and a younger sister named Ariana. Scott attended Lake Howell High School in Winter Park, Florida. He played a wide receiver on the school's football team and graduated class of 1997. Scott also worked as a babysitter and didn't have time to party. He attended the University of Central Florida and sang in an acapella group named 4:2:Five and was a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Scott met his wife Kelsey on the set of Friday Night Lights. Kelsey was the casting director on the series and a former cheerleader at the University of Texas. Scott and Kelsey were married in April 2013 and have two children together, a son named McCoy Lee (born 2015) and a daughter named Clover Ash (born 2017).

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Trivia[]

  • Scott is an X-Men fan. His former co-star Taylor Kitsch actually approached him for tips when the latter was preparing for his role as Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
  • His favorite X-Men characters are Nightcrawler, Psylocke and Havok. If he were to pick a Marvel hero to play, he'd choose Hawkeye.

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Friday Night Lights Television Series Cast
Main
Kyle ChandlerConnie BrittonGaius CharlesZach GilfordMinka KellyTaylor KitschAdrianne PalickiJesse PlemonsScott PorterAimee TeegardenMatt LauriaMichael B. JordanJurnee SmollettMadison BurgeGrey Damon
Recurring
Brad LelandBlue DeckertDerek PhillipsStacey OristanoLouanne StephensBrent SmigaLiz MikelNieko MannWhitney McCauleyMark NutterKatherine WillisJoey TrutyKate KrauseMerrilee McCommas
Guest Stars
Aasha DavisAlexandra HoldenAldis HodgeWalter Perez
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