VIKINGS star Jordan Patrick Smith is rampaging across our screens — after hitting the big time bedding sex bomb Margot Robbie in Neighbours.
The 28-year-old Scot plays Ubbe in the global hit show about legendary Norse heroes.
Jordan in VikingsBut his first taste of the limelight was an on-screen romance with the Hollywood babe when he starred in the popular Aussie soap.
Jordan, from Dunfermline, reckons he is blessed to have now starred in two of the biggest shows on the planet — and insists that Braveheart is his inspiration.
He explained: "There isn't a better job in the world."
With Vikings currently one of the biggest series on telly, Jordan admits he didn't expect such an epic role after cutting his teeth on daytime soap Neighbours — where he had an on-screen one-night stand with the stunning Robbie.
He said: "Every episode of Vikings is getting bigger and better and with the script size, I wonder how the hell they can make it so good.
"I grew up with Braveheart and any kid dreams of being in battle scenes like that.
"In one episode, I'm standing on a hill with 300 guys looking at 350 people shouting charge.
"I remember watching Braveheart and when Mel Gibson was standing giving the Freedom speech, you get all jacked up just watching it.
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"So it's unbelievable to be in a position where I can do something like that myself.
"It's the realness that makes the show so special. It's a bit of muck on the face, messy hair and armour that weighs a ton.
"A trainer kicked my ass for six weeks and I'm so much more fit and strong now."
Growing up in Fife, Jordan was a talented footballer and played for Dunfermline's youth academy as a youngster.
But after a family holiday to Australia, his mum Yvonne and sister Lauren liked it so much they moved to Brisbane when he was 13.
When he left St Columba's High School to move to the other wide of the world, football was all that mattered and acting wasn't on his radar.
But Jordan says starring on Vikings beats playing for Dunfemline any day.
He says: "The acting started in Australia as a teenager after a friend said I should try some extra work.
Jordan on hit show Vikings"For Vikings, I'd been over in Los Angeles and travelled back to Australia when I recorded my own audition and sent it over.
"I knew it was massive and I remember my brother-in-law said there was not a chance I'd be on it.
"Two days later I was invited to auditions. I only went with two days' worth of clothes — and ended up there for over a year.
"We live in Ireland during filming and it's incredible.
"At the moment Vikings is very time-consuming so you only get a month or two of the year that you are not filming.
Although he grew up in Scotland, Jordan is not used to the freezing weather on set.
He said: "There are ten guys on the stunt crew, because there are a few things we can't do legally, like riding horses and other things.
"I've been training every day for 90 minutes to get ready for a huge battle and I've been training other guys as well to get them prepared.
Jordan wooed Donna Freedman played by Margot in Celtic top"You need to do everything in -5°C windchill as well. I've completely lost my Scottish ability to deal with the cold for some reason." As well as Vikings, Jordan appeared in 2014 flick Unbroken, directed and produced by Angelina Jolie
His first big break came with an appearance on Home And Away and then as a surfer on H20 for two episodes in 2009.
Then Jordan starred as Andrew Robinson on Neighbours between 2009 and 2013, where he entered into a string of key relationships.
Those included his fling with Donna Freedman, played by Suicide Squad and Wolf of Wall Street beauty Margot — who he at one point wooed in a Celtic top. Last year he was a part of BBC show
Banished before joining the cast of Vikings, which is about to enter its fifth season.
And Jordan's character is about to get more screen time than ever before.
He plays the oldest son of Ragnar and Aslaug, two of the main characters.
In real life, Ubbe was a mid-9th century Viking chieftain and one of the commanders of the Great Army, a group of Norse warriors that in AD 865 invaded the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia and Wessex.
Jordan and Margot share a kiss on Aussie soapSo it's expected he will grow into one of the main cast members.
He revealed: "I can't say much but I'm a lot more involved. The brothers grow up and are not just children any more so it's great.
"The way that season four ended, season five will be the most explosive yet."
Jordan, who is dating Irish model and actress Sophie Vavasseur, tries to jet back to Scotland as often as he can.
And he recently made it back for the wedding of a friend in Inverness along with some Vikings stuntmen.
Sophie, 24, was a child actor and starred as Pierce Brosnan's daughter in the film Evelyn. She also had a role in Resident Evil in 2004.
Her biggest credit was in 2002 movie Reign Of Fire, which starred Gerard Butler, Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey. The couple appeared in two episodes of Vikings together this year where Sophie played Princess Ellisif.
Season five of Vikings is set to premiere this year on History in Canada and in the United States and is set to conclude later in 2017, consisting of 20 episodes.
Season 4B of Vikings is available on Amazon Prime Video now.
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