Daniel Portman

Daniel Porter born February 13 1992 known professionally as Daniel Portman is a Scottish actor He is best known for playing the role of Podrick Payne in the television series Game of Thrones 20122019 He has since appeared as Stuart in the Black Mirror episode Loch Henry 2023 Portman is the son of actor Ron Donachie and Fiona Biggar and has a sister Naomi He was born in Glasgow and grew up in Strathbungo on the citys Southside He attended Shawlands Academy where he played rugby and was named Head Boy He then pursued a Higher National Certificate HNC in Acting at Reid Kerr College in Paisley Portman has been acting since he was 16 years old His first role was in 2010s Outcast in which he starred as Paul This was followed by a role in popular Scottish soap opera River City His second film role was a small part in Scottish comedy The Angels Share It was announced on 24 August 2011 that he was cast as Podrick Payne in the awardwinning HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones He portrayed this role from the second season to the final season He contributed vocals to a version of the track Jennys Song that featured in the episode A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms