'' premiere in January 2009 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 film
Music and Lyrics (2007). 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. 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
The Walking Dead 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. 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 God of War: Ragnrarok. 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. ==Personal life==