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Daniel Portman Biography

Birth Place:
Glasgow, Scotland
Profession
Actor

Fast Facts

  • Dreamed of becoming a professional rugby player until he seriously injured his knee and groin
  • Started acting professionally after taking part in Anything Goes with Glasgow School's Youth Theatre
  • Auditioned for two other parts on Game of Thrones before landing the part of Podrick
  • Regularly held up filming of Game of Thrones due to laughing fits with co-stars Peter Dinklage and Jerome Flynn
  • Played Neoptolemos in Benny Young's adaptation of Philoctetes in 2015

Awards

  • 2019Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2015Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2014Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated

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