Matt Bomer
Matthew Staton Bomer (born October 11, 1977) is an American actor. He is the recipient of accolades such as a Golden Globe Award, a Critics' Choice Television Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
In 2000, he made his television debut on the long-running soap opera All My Children. Bomer graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Soon after, he had a contract role on Guiding Light, as well as appearing on primetime shows, including Tru Calling.
In 2005, Bomer made his film debut in the mystery-thriller Flightplan, then in 2007 gained recognition with his recurring role in the NBC television series Chuck. 2009 saw Bomer then land the lead role of con-artist and thief Neal Caffrey in the USA Network series White Collar with the series lasting to 2014. He has featured in supporting roles in the 2011 science fiction thriller In Time, the 2012 comedy-drama Magic Mike and its 2015 sequel, the 2014 supernatural-drama Winter's Tale, and the 2016 neo-noir film The Nice Guys. In 2015, he won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for playing a closeted writer of The New York Times in the drama television film The Normal Heart about the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City. 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. In 2017 he received praise for his performances in the drama films Walking Out, Anything, and the 2018 comedy-drama Papi Chulo. He portrays Larry Trainor in the DC Universe series Doom Patrol, which premiered in 2019.
On stage, Bomer starred in the Dustin Lance Black play 8 on Broadway, and at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles as Jeff Zarrillo, a plaintiff in the federal case that overturned California's Proposition 8. In 2018 he starred in revival of the Mart Crowley play The Boys in the Band on Broadway playing Donald; he reprised his role for the 2020 film of the same name.
In 2000, he made his television debut on the long-running soap opera All My Children. Bomer graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Soon after, he had a contract role on Guiding Light, as well as appearing on primetime shows, including Tru Calling.
In 2005, Bomer made his film debut in the mystery-thriller Flightplan, then in 2007 gained recognition with his recurring role in the NBC television series Chuck. 2009 saw Bomer then land the lead role of con-artist and thief Neal Caffrey in the USA Network series White Collar with the series lasting to 2014. He has featured in supporting roles in the 2011 science fiction thriller In Time, the 2012 comedy-drama Magic Mike and its 2015 sequel, the 2014 supernatural-drama Winter's Tale, and the 2016 neo-noir film The Nice Guys. In 2015, he won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for playing a closeted writer of The New York Times in the drama television film The Normal Heart about the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City. 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. In 2017 he received praise for his performances in the drama films Walking Out, Anything, and the 2018 comedy-drama Papi Chulo. He portrays Larry Trainor in the DC Universe series Doom Patrol, which premiered in 2019.
On stage, Bomer starred in the Dustin Lance Black play 8 on Broadway, and at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles as Jeff Zarrillo, a plaintiff in the federal case that overturned California's Proposition 8. In 2018 he starred in revival of the Mart Crowley play The Boys in the Band on Broadway playing Donald; he reprised his role for the 2020 film of the same name.
Known for
![Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/a3q8NkM8uTh9E23VsbUOdDSbBeN.jpg)
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three
![Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mcRVsjMbhFstRK9z2oGRHiIvulr.jpg)
Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One
![Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iM11nrgp0kcl3k68JZjV796T1T6.jpg)
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
![Maestro](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kxj7rMco6RNYsVcNwuGAIlfWu64.jpg)
Maestro
![Fellow Travelers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ca5dFdlge7sJ7gBwQA85J9yGcR6.jpg)
Fellow Travelers
![Justice League: Warworld](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pHdSS5G3wDwJp6jWgMpbSjNiTbr.jpg)
Justice League: Warworld
![All Man: The International Male Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ySOyT3VxSkAaPgv7GcxrlcHIfQm.jpg)
All Man: The International Male Story
![Magic Mike's Last Dance](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9a9pyJZRhUWUSBT8BQqWihtqbI8.jpg)
Magic Mike's Last Dance
![Legion of Super-Heroes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8M6bA5t2q5u1nWDTEIXuGDwvboW.jpg)
Legion of Super-Heroes
![Echoes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hz8YGIZETHJhXYWGaHsFPVwU4YU.jpg)
Echoes
![American Horror Stories](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8b9FGJ9WhpkeGFOHYgKjPT5AXS6.jpg)
American Horror Stories
![Justice Society: World War II](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e4REOC6CZW8J6FslA4nRvdQXFXR.jpg)
Justice Society: World War II
![The Boys in the Band: Something Personal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mGu4RHBAeOxdRW8ADzfbcrqlAOS.jpg)
The Boys in the Band: Something Personal
![Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mGEM9BhAr7TPydNwfv973ocBTpe.jpg)
Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone
![One World: Together at Home](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tOvv28PSM04AerehwigqdeSdlmC.jpg)
One World: Together at Home
![Stars in the House](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2Cp64eLIOErysYDX2K9gHNsDVD3.jpg)
Stars in the House
![The Kelly Clarkson Show](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9Gg1oM8Us8gCS5aJA8e0ZRuIHnf.jpg)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
![RuPaul](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xDyPIM4p6mGpHQ9Jz1z6NNmjcFC.jpg)
RuPaul
![Papi Chulo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i8m5Kn8o0LeNQLhxuNlBU6B3Kh1.jpg)
Papi Chulo
![Doom Patrol](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nVN7Dt0Xr78gnJepRsRLaLYklbY.jpg)
Doom Patrol
![Jonathan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nTd0PBJkA1HLM9yImDnRZDzGAwb.jpg)
Jonathan
![Viper Club](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dzoWiAzxhBsv6q3lhRUaTREB5yB.jpg)
Viper Club
![Titans](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8e6QiSexmYKaiHGPvbhaFMmQEhc.jpg)
Titans
![Anything](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lGpEEaVvJl2y9MTASee8fgRVBTn.jpg)
Anything
![Will & Grace](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iRsgY1TRNTccltEGk9V9wNqqKOx.jpg)
Will & Grace
![The Sinner](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rmibFGdqOe0kKKhPls0jVOdZCWw.jpg)
The Sinner
![The Last Tycoon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6xFGbliDbSrJX1hUp9jKdQUY87A.jpg)
The Last Tycoon
![Walking Out](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wK3l4ZfcRXFph6uop7yr7scM2SP.jpg)
Walking Out
![The Magnificent Seven](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ezcS78TIjgr85pVdaPDd2rSPVNs.jpg)
The Magnificent Seven
![The Nice Guys](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j4ZhjG3LItWpH85kepW4R8274Hq.jpg)
The Nice Guys
![American Crime Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dqzY6BTXsbDzX5vxrZEXjG8U4rX.jpg)
American Crime Story
![Magic Mike XXL](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ny9qi5SYefhSov0ZycCwFFX5fi3.jpg)
Magic Mike XXL
![Hunted: The War Against Gays in Russia](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x0tYlakgqh1PzorbkoAKTei7GOp.jpg)
Hunted: The War Against Gays in Russia
![Space Station 76](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cToUKM0dDUaLMW4Lgr3QXHlzqdM.jpg)
Space Station 76
![The Normal Heart](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3dfoCGiD61568Uu8wyiK7SMEZAu.jpg)
The Normal Heart
![Late Night with Seth Meyers](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g6MrJxNaHYGYU7Sxo72e5B8gKOV.jpg)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
![The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d735cGL2G07Tb0ysLHStu8c0uo8.jpg)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
![Winter's Tale](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dwDAUpidqVEql6w1o51VIPlMtbG.jpg)
Winter's Tale
![Superman: Unbound](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nnZKtmVSnueWd4pjk1BekLJxXRL.jpg)
Superman: Unbound
![The New Normal](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jpV9QN5hGaG3L3DZ4h6YAxnLkCs.jpg)
The New Normal
![Magic Mike](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oJS0qxNfMdMcFnEZbUbB5q2Olik.jpg)
Magic Mike
![In Time](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3Mwj2sIONQckOZP3YwsUXF7U5I4.jpg)
In Time
![American Horror Story](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5LLG9bjq0i7V5N4UfRhnab8zHK4.jpg)
American Horror Story
![White Collar](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/417XNiGvdzCsG9kDnnQJYaBsIrx.jpg)
White Collar
![Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/onSD9UXfJwrMXWhq7UY7hGF2S1h.jpg)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
![Glee](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/62T2vsZYTje3KhdCsiLR1K1RFJW.jpg)
Glee
![Chuck](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vEZvGVVMjk1TRs59nfypTI5lAXj.jpg)
Chuck
![Traveler](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/g0tLfXGlC0jLf1deTorkb7TOFWP.jpg)
Traveler
![The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2S0XKVZGZUnsF4DjLOyZ0C63bWO.jpg)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
![Flightplan](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oNjZFzbe7PfF3TxztNHDkinOPyB.jpg)
Flightplan
![Tru Calling](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jOqsAwPucH96rUQxZiRNwxd90Yu.jpg)
Tru Calling
![Jimmy Kimmel Live!](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6uKEYejjR88GwHgNq6NAQ30glTx.jpg)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
![Relic Hunter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t04oqIsBlRnxKOWhBL6SlEQowZ5.jpg)
Relic Hunter
![All My Children](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4zYDW6wunTm5gm8vo4dfhpvkT0w.jpg)
All My Children