Matt Bomer

Matt Bomer (born 11 October 1977) is an American actor. He gained recognition with his recurring role in the NBC television series Chuck. He played the lead role of con-artist "Neal Caffrey" in the USA Network series White Collar from 2009 to 2014. 

Bomer won a Golden Globe Award and received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his supporting role as "Felix Turner," opposite Mark Ruffalo, in the HBO television film The Normal Heart (2014). Bomer made a guest appearance on the fourth season of FX's horror anthology series American Horror Story. He was later upgraded to the main cast during the fifth season. 

Bomer is married to the publicist Simon Halls with whom he has three children.

Matt Bomer was born as Matthew Staton Bomer on October 11, 1977, in Webster Groves, Greater St. Louis, Missouri, to Elizabeth Macy (née Staton) and John O'Neill Bomer IV, a Dallas Cowboys draft pick who played for the team from 1972 to 1974. He has a sister, Megan Bomer, and a brother, Neill Bomer, who is an engineer.

Bomer grew up in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston, and attended its Klein High School, where he was a classmate of future actors Lee Pace and Lynn Collins. Pace and Bomer both acted at Houston's Alley Theatre, a non-profit theatre company. 

After graduating from his high school in 1996, he enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2001. In 1999, while going through his bachelor's education, he spent a year living in Galway, Ireland working as a bartender.

After finishing his education at Carnegie Mellon University, Bomer moved to New York City and worked on stage. He made his screen debut in December 2000, playing the part of "Ian Kipling" in an episode of the TV series All My Children. In 2002, he had a minor role in an episode of Relic Hunter. In the same year, he landed the recurring role of "Ben Reade" on the daytime television soap opera, Guiding Light. He was seen in 7 seven episodes of the series in 2002-03.

In 2003-04, Bomer starred in the TV series Tru Calling, a supernatural, science-fiction television series on the Fox television network. He was seen in 18 episodes of the series, playing "Luc Johnston", an ill-fated love interest of Tru Davies (played by Eliza Dushku).

Bomer appeared on North Shore (2004–05), a primetime television soap opera, as well as in Robert Schwentke's Flightplan (2005), a thriller film with Jodie Foster and Peter Sarsgaard. In the slasher film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning(2006), Bomer portrayed "Eric," a Vietnam War veteran who is driving across Texas to re-enlist after his brother is drafted. The brothers run afoul of Sheriff Hoyt (R. Lee Ermey) and are taken captive by the Hewitt family (Andrew Bryniarski etc.). 

He co-starred in Traveler (2007), a short-lived midseason replacement television series that premiered on ABC on May 30, 2007. He had a recurring role, as "Bryce Larkin", on Chuck.

On October 23, 2009, Bomer began starring in White Collar, which chronicles the partnership between a con artist, "Neal Caffrey" (Bomer) and an FBI agent, "Peter Burke" (played by Tim DeKay). 

In September 2011, Bomer starred in the Broadway debut of Dustin Lance Black's play, 8, a staged re-enactment of the federal trial that overturned California's Proposition 8. In March 2012, he was featured in the Wilshire Ebell Theatre production as well, portraying "Jeff Zarrillo", one of the plaintiffs in the trial. 

In October 2011, Bomer appeared as a 105-year-old man, "Henry Hamilton" in the science fiction thriller film In Time, starring Justin Timberlake and Olivia Wilde.

In 2012, Bomer starred as "Ken", a stripper, in the feature film Magic Mike. He had a supporting role in the 2014 adaptation of Winter's Tale, directed by Akiva Goldsman and starring Colin Farrell and Lucy Griffiths. Also in 2014, he appeared in science-fiction black comedy film Space Station 76, directed by Jack Plotnick. 

In August 2013, it was announced that Bomer would provide his voice in the animated feature B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations. The following month, it was announced that he would play Montgomery Clift in a biopic about the Hollywood star.

For his next project, Ryan Murphy cast him opposite Mark Ruffalo, Jim Parsons, and Julia Roberts in the romance drama The Normal Heart (2014). Based on Larry Kramer's play of the same name, it featured Bomer as a closeted writer of The New York Times and the love interest of Ruffalo's character. The film illustrates the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist "Ned Weeks" (Ruffalo), the founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group. The production of The Normal Heart broke for a few months while he was on a diet. Bomer's performance was praised by a reviewer for The Hollywood Reporter, who considered his as the highlight of the production. Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe noticed that Bomer is: "quite simply, devastating in this movie, his beauty adding resonance because it begins to fade so suddenly, as his cheeks protrude and lesions gather." Gilbert also praised the chemistry between Bomer and Ruffalo stating, "is among the movie's strengths, too, as it provides the core of love and compassion amid all the acrimony." For his work on the film, Bomer received his first Golden Globe Award in the Best Supporting Actor category and his first Primetime Emmy Awards nomination.

Also in 2014, he made a guest appearance as "Andy" in the TV series American Horror Story. In the following season, his role was upgraded to that of "Donovan," becoming a part of the main cast of the series.

In 2015, Bomer had a supporting role of "Ken" in director Gregory Jacobs' musical drama Magic Mike XXL, starring Channing Tatum.

In 2016, Bomer appeared in two films. He played for the first time a villain — a psycho killer named "John Boy" — in the movie The Nice Guys (directed by Shane Black, starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe.) Gosling and Bomer were at the premiere of the film at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016. The Nice Guys generated positive reviews and enjoyed moderate box office success. His next role was in Antoine Fuqua's Western action film The Magnificent Seven, playing "Matthew Cullen," husband of "Emma Cullen" (played by Haley Bennett. The film received mixed reviews from critics, although the cast and action sequences were praised, and grossed $162.4 million worldwide. He was cast as "Monroe Stahr," the lead in Billy Ray's 2016 series The Last Tycoon, loosely based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the same name, along with actors Kelsey Grammer, Lily Collins, and Dominique McElligott.

In the following years, Bomer was seen as "Ross Craine" in Bill Oliver's sci-film drama Jonathan (2018), as "Sean" in John Butler's comedy Papi Chulo (2018), and as "Sam" in Maryam Keshavarz's Viper Club (2018). He was also seen in various episodes of TV series The Sinner, Will & Grace, and Doom Patrol.

Recently, Bomer has finished filming for Joe Mantello's drama The Boys in the Band. The film, starring himself, Zachary Quinto, and Jim Parsons, will release on 30 September 2020. He is also filming for Michael Arden's biographical drama The Book of Ruth, based on the life of HIV activist Ruth Coker Burks. Ruth's character will be portrayed by Ruth Wilson.

BuddyTV ranked Bomer first on its list of "TV's Sexiest Men of 2011" and third in 2012. 

In June 2013, he was ranked at no. 2 on Logo's Hot 100 list, which is based on the votes of readers of the AfterEllen.com and TheBacklot.com. Bomer was the list's highest-ranked man and second only to Jennifer Lawrence. 

Bomer has been married to publicist Simon Halls since 2011. The couple has three sons, including a set of twins, via surrogacy. He first publicly acknowledged that he is gay in 2012 when he thanked Halls and their children during an acceptance speech for his Steve Chase Humanitarian Award. Also in 2012, Bomer was given an Inspiration Award for his work at the GLSEN Awards. He is an LGBT rights activist.

Bomer has been practicing Transcendental Meditation since his early 20s. In 2013, he stated his support for the work of the David Lynch Foundation.

In the 2018 United States elections, Bomer campaigned for Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke in his home state of Texas.