Matthew Staton Bomer (born October 11, 1977 in Webster Groves, Missouri) is an American actor.
He's primarily known for his roles in television, such as Neal Caffrey on USA's White Collar, and various characters on FX's American Horror Story. He also starred in the acclaimed HBO film adaptation of The Normal Heart.
Matt is one of the most prominent openly gay actors in Hollywood; he married his partner Simon Halls in 2011, and they're fathers to three children. He's also close friends with Magic Mike co-star Joe Manganiello, with whom he attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Selected filmography:
- Guiding Light (2001 — 2003) as Benjamin "Ben" Reade
- Tru Calling (2003 — 2004) as Luc Johnston
- Traveler (2007) as Jay Burchell
- Chuck (2007 — 2009) as Bryce Larkin
- White Collar (2009 — 2014) as Neal Caffrey
- In Time (2011) as Henry Hamilton
- Glee (2012) as Cooper Anderson
- Magic Mike (2012) as Ken
- Magic Mike XXL (2015)
- Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023)
- Superman Unbound (2013) as Clark Kent / Superman (voice)
- The Normal Heart (2014) as Felix Turner
- Space Station 76 (2014) as Ted
- American Horror Story (2014 — present) in various roles:
- American Horror Story: Freak Show (2014) as Andy
- American Horror Story: Hotel (2015 — 2016) as Donovan
- American Horror Stories: Rubber (Wo)man (2021) as Michael
- The Last Tycoon (2017) as Milton Sternberg aka Monroe Stahr
- Will & Grace (2018 — 2019) as McCoy Whitman
- Titans (2018) as Larry Trainor / Negative Man (voice)
- Doom Patrol (2019) as Larry Trainor / Negative Man
- The Sinner (2020) as Jamie Burns
- Justice Society: World War II (2021) as Barry Allen / The Flash (voice)
- Echoes (2022) as Jack Beck
- Fellow Travelers (2023) as Hawkins "Hawk" Fuller
- Maestro as David Oppenheim
His roles provide examples of the following:
- The Cast Showoff: Many, many directors he's worked with have taken advantage of his wonderful singing voice.
- Mr. Fanservice: Many of his roles have positioned him as this trope; his character in the Magic Mike films is the most blatant example of it.
- Queer Character, Queer Actor: Has played a number of gay characters since coming out in 2012 including:
- Felix in the HBO adaptation of The Normal Heart
- Andy on American Horror Story: Freak Show
- Larry Trainor on Doom Patrol
- Donald in the 2018 stage production and 2020 film adaptation of The Boys in the Band
- Hawk in Fellow Travelers.
- David Oppenheim in Maestro
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome: He's six feet tall, dark-haired and his striking good looks are regularly noted.
- Unkempt Beauty: A few of his roles have dressed him down a bit with a few days of stubble, a casual wardrobe and messy hair and he's claimed he dresses much the same in real life, opting for jeans and t-shirts when not working. It does absolutely nothing to take away from his good looks.
- What Beautiful Eyes!: His striking blue eyes get a lot of focus from directors.
- What Could Have Been: Matt was slated to play Superman in Brett Ratner's canceled Superman Flyby, which ultimately became Superman Returns, with Brandon Routh in the title role. When Warner Bros. started casting their new Superman for Man of Steel (the first entry in the DC Extended Universe), Matt's name was again thrown into the mix, eventually losing out to Henry Cavill — who, coincidentally, also screen-tested for Flyby years earlier.
- Perhaps because of this, Matt was tapped to voice the character in Superman Unbound, which was released the same year as Man of Steel.
