Ian Porter (actor)

Ian Porter
Born	(1965-04-12) 12 April 1965 (age 60) Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England
Occupation(s)	Actor, Voice actor
Website	Official website

Ian Porter (born April 12, 1965, in Newport Pagnell, UK) is an English actor. ^[1]

Early career

Ian Porter's family hails from Coventry, ^[2] but his family moved to Los Angeles when he was only 1 year old. He lived in Torrance, California until he graduated from Long Beach State University. He has been living and working in Britain since 1988. ^[3]

Theatre

• Justin Moskova and Albert Palmer in Rare Earth Mettle at the Royal Court Theatre
• Sheriff Talbott in Orpheus Descending at the Menier Chocolate Factory / Theatre Clwyd
• Hershey Green in Desperate Measures at Clerkenwell Prison
• Buzzy Banks in The Trial of Jane Fonda at The Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
• Bill Ray in On Golden Pond at the Salisbury Playhouse
• Boolie in Driving Miss Daisy UK tour 2012 (starring Gwen Taylor and Don Warrington) ^{[4] [5]}
• Slim in Of Mice And Men at the Watermill Theatre
• Company member in August:Osage County at the National Theatre
• You Can’t Take It With You and The Archbishop’s Ceiling at Southwark Playhouse
• Road to Nirvana at the King's Head
• Voices From September 11 at the Old Vic
• Danny Bouncing and The Glass Menagerie at Derby Playhouse
• Sideman and Burning Blue in the West End
• All My Sons at Bristol Old Vic
• Crimes of the Heart at The Man in the Moon Theatre.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	The Steal	Beggar
1998	Saving Private Ryan	Trask
2001	Spy Game	US Reporter
2004	The Defender	Newell
2005	The Jacket	Major
2006	Alien Autopsy	Pentagon Officer
	Dark Corners	News Anchor
2007	Mr Bean’s Holiday	Newsreader
	Finding Rin Tin Tin	Lieutenant Bryant
2010	Gulliver’s Travels	Business Desk Editor
2015	Survivors	Concierge #2
2016	Angel of Decay	Hergesheimer
2018	The Negotiator	Jerry
2019	Dumbo	Cavendish	Uncredited
	Angel Has Fallen	Fox Reporter
2021	The King's Man	American General
	The Phantom of the Open	Dick Nelson
2023	The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry	Jim

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Strange but True?	Reconstruction Cast
2005	Timewatch	Walter C. Langer
2005–2010	I Shouldn't Be Alive	Roy Davidson / Mark Sorensen
2006	Hotel Babylon	Mr. Pullins
	The Wild West	Pat Garrett
2007	Doctor Who	Hybrid / Foreman
2008	Banged Up Abroad	Mark Ross
	Bonekickers	George Washington
	Moonshot	Bill Anders
2009	The Execution of Gary Glitter	Reverend David Sanders
2011	Grenadine & Mentalo	Various (Voice)	Season 1, episode 1 & 15
2013	Nixon's the One	Richard Helms	Season 1, episode 2
2014	24: Live Another Day	Submarine Captain McColl
	Utopia	Scientist
2015	The Eichmann Show	Male Journalist
	Obsession: Dark Desires	Narrator
	Serial Thriller	Hergesheimer	Season 1, episode 1 & 2
	You, Me and the Apocalypse	Homeland Spokesman	Season 1, episode 3
2016	The Crown	U.S. Department Aide	Season 1, episode 7
2017	I Live with Models	Pete	Season 2, episode 6
2018	Bliss	Jess Gardner	Season 1, episode 2
	Ransom	Joe Hearst	Season 2, episode 7
	Patriot	McMillan Competitor	Season 2, episode 8
2018–2019	Someone You Thought You Knew	Mark Porter
2019	Living the Dream	Milton Welch	Season 2, episode 2
2020	Terms & Conditions	Richard ‘Sweet’ Mud	Season 1, episode 5
	5-Star Weekend	Fred (voice)	Season 1, episode 3
2022	FBI: International	Dettman	Season 1, episode 12
2024	Last to Brake	Bob Haze	Season 1, episodes 1–6
2025	Lockerbie: A Search for Truth	Brian Murtagh	Season 2, episode 1, 3 & 4

Radio

The Women's Room, Valley of the Dolls, Cruel Sunset, Gunned Down, One of Ours and 1000 Acres. ^[6]

References

1. "Qtalent".
2. "CoventryLive: Coventry news, sport, lifestyle and events".
3. "Ian Porter, American - Standard, London". Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
4. "Qtalent".
5. "Ian Porter | TSSREVIEWSDOTCOM".
6. "Porter, Ian". 5 January 2016.

External links

• Ian Porter at IMDb
• Agent: Gardner Herrity
• Spotlight