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.

Filmography

• 2026Outcome — Xander Alexander
• Mid-Century Modern — Jerry Frank, Executive Producer
• 2024Cashing Out — Executive Producer
• 2024Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One — The Flash / Barry Allen (voice)
• 2024Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three — The Flash (voice)
• 2023All Man: The International Male Story — Narrator
• Fellow Travelers — Hawkins 'Hawk' Fuller, Executive Producer
• 2023Justice League: Warworld — Old Man (voice)
• 2023Legion of Super-Heroes — The Flash (voice)
• 2023Maestro — David Oppenheim
• 2023Magic Mike's Last Dance — Ken
• Echoes — Jack Beck
• American Horror Stories — Michael
• 2021Justice Society: World War II — Flash (voice)
• 2020The Boys in the Band — Donald
• Doom Patrol — Larry Trainor / Negative Man (voice)
• 2019Papi Chulo — Sean
• 2018Anything — Freda Von Rhenburg
• 2018Jonathan — Ross Crane
• Titans — Larry Trainor / Negative Man (voice)
• 2018Viper Club — Sam
• The Last Tycoon — Monroe Stahr
• The Sinner — Jamie Burns (archive footage)
• 2017Walking Out — Cal
• Will & Grace — McCoy Whitman
• American Crime Story — Director
• 2016The Magnificent Seven — Matthew Cullen
• 2016The Nice Guys — John Boy
• 2015Magic Mike XXL — Ken
• 2014Hunted: The War Against Gays in Russia — Narrator (voice)
• 2014Space Station 76 — Ted
• 2014The Normal Heart — Felix Turner
• 2014Winter's Tale — Young Man
• 2013Superman: Unbound — Clark Kent / Superman (voice)
• 20128 — Jeff Zarrillo
• 2012Magic Mike — Ken
• The New Normal — Monty
• American Horror Story — Donovan, Andy
• 2011In Time — Henry Hamilton
• Glee — Cooper Anderson
• White Collar — Neal Caffrey, Producer
• Chuck — Bryce Larkin
• Traveler — Jay Burchell
• 2006The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning — Eric
• 2005Flightplan — Eric
• North Shore — Ross
• Tru Calling — Luc Johnston
• Relic Hunter — Driver agent
• All My Children — Ian Kipling
• Monty Clift — Montgomery Clift
• Nashville — Producer, Creator
• The Book of Ruth
• War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator — John McGavock Grider

Appearances as themselves (14)

• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• 2020One World: Together at Home — Self
• Stars in the House — Self
• 2020The Boys in the Band: Something Personal — Self
• 2020Together in Pride: You Are Not Alone — Self
• RuPaul — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Dinner at Tiffani's — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self, Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• People's Choice Awards — Self - Presenter