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'' (2016) and Joe Tate in the

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soap opera '' Emmerdale'' (2017–2018).

Early life

Porteous is from Buckinghamshire. He attended

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in Wendover. He enrolled at

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before going on to graduate with a

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in Acting from the

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in 2015.

Career

Porteous made his acting debut during an episode of the

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'' as Rufus Lucas on 15 September 2015. He then featured in a 13 Episode stint in the

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'' as Mark Fowler between 11 August and 9 September 2016. Despite Mark having been born and brought up in the

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, Porteous did not use an

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accent for the role. On 13 September 2017, he first appeared in the

soap opera '' Emmerdale'' as young businessman Tom Waterhouse, a name that turned out to be an alias, the character's real name being

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. He received nominations at the National Television Awards and the British Soap Awards. He exited ''Emmerdale'' in October 2018. That same year, Porteous made his feature film debut in the horror film '' Astral''. Porteous played Lord Wetherby, Henry Granville's (

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) lover, in the first season of the 2020

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period drama '' Bridgerton''. He recently portrayed Luke in the

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series ''Extraordinary''.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Porteous, Ned Living people 1994 births 21st-century British male actors Alumni of the Guildford School of Acting British male film actors British male television actors English people of Scottish descent Male actors from Buckinghamshire People educated at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts People from High Wycombe People from Wendover Place of birth missing (living people)