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 The 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 Chuyến Bay Kinh Hoàng (2005) and Tử Thần Vùng Texas: Khởi Đầu Sự Chết Chóc (2006). In 2009, he was cast in the lead role of criminal mastermind Neal Caffrey in Fox's Cổ Cồn Trắng (2009).
Theater work followed, but his television break came with a small part in All My Children (1970). This lead to a reoccurring role in The 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 Chuyến Bay Kinh Hoàng (2005) and Tử Thần Vùng Texas: Khởi Đầu Sự Chết Chóc (2006). In 2009, he was cast in the lead role of criminal mastermind Neal Caffrey in Fox's Cổ Cồn Trắng (2009).