Matt Bomer

Matt Bomer

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
BirthdayOct 11, 1977
BiographyMatthew Staton Bomer ( BOH-mər; born October 11, 1977) is an American actor. His works have earned him accolades including a Golden Globe Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award, in addition to nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Bomer made his television debut in 2000 on the long-running soap opera All My Children. He graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Soon after, he had a contract role on Guiding Light, and appeared on primetime shows, including Tru Calling. In 2005, Bomer made his film debut in the thriller Flightplan, then in 2007 gained recognition with his recurring role in the NBC television series Chuck. From 2009 to 2014, he starred as con artist Neal Caffrey in the USA Network series White Collar.

Bomer had supporting roles in the 2011 thriller In Time, the 2012 comedy-drama Magic Mike and its 2015 sequel, and the 2016 neo-noir film The Nice Guys. In 2015, he won a Golden Globe Award and received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for playing a closeted writer in the television film The Normal Heart. Bomer made a guest appearance on the fourth season of FX's horror anthology series American Horror Story, and was upgraded to the main cast for its fifth season. He has since starred as Larry Trainor in the Max series Doom Patrol (2019–2023) and a closeted World War II veteran in the miniseries Fellow Travelers (2023). The latter earned him further Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

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 a 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.

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