Matt Bomer
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Matthew Staton Bomer was born in Webster Groves, Greater St. Louis, Missouri, to Elizabeth Macy (Staton) and John O'Neill Bomer IV, a Dallas
Cowboys draft pick. Matt was raised in Spring, Texas, and educated at
Klein High School, near Houston. After school, he attended Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Bomer then relocated to New York to forge
a career in acting.
Theater work followed, but his television break came with a small part
in All My Children (1970).
This lead to a reoccurring role in
Guiding Light (1952) as
murderous Ben Reade. Further success in TV followed including parts in
Tru Calling (2003),
Chuck (2007) and the lead role in
Traveler (2007). Bomer also scored
film roles in projects such as
Flightplan (2005) and
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006).
In 2009, he was cast in the lead role of criminal mastermind Neal
Caffrey in Fox's
White Collar (2009).
Cowboys draft pick. Matt was raised in Spring, Texas, and educated at
Klein High School, near Houston. After school, he attended Carnegie
Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, graduating with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Bomer then relocated to New York to forge
a career in acting.
Theater work followed, but his television break came with a small part
in All My Children (1970).
This lead to a reoccurring role in
Guiding Light (1952) as
murderous Ben Reade. Further success in TV followed including parts in
Tru Calling (2003),
Chuck (2007) and the lead role in
Traveler (2007). Bomer also scored
film roles in projects such as
Flightplan (2005) and
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006).
In 2009, he was cast in the lead role of criminal mastermind Neal
Caffrey in Fox's
White Collar (2009).