Age, Biography, and Wiki
Matt Bomer was born on October 11, 1977, in Webster Groves, Missouri. He is best known for his captivating performances in various entertainment platforms, including television and film. Bomer's biography reflects his journey from early roles in shows like Tru Calling and Chuck to becoming a household name with White Collar from 2009 to 2014. You can find more about his life and achievements on his Wikipedia page.
| Occupation | Soap Opera Actor |
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| Date of Birth | 11 October 1977 |
| Age | 47 Years |
| Birth Place | Webster Groves, Missouri, U.S. |
| Horoscope | Libra |
| Country | U.S |
Height, Weight & Measurements
- Height: Matt Bomer stands at approximately 6 feet 0 inches (183 cm).
- Weight: He weighs around 170 lbs (77 kg).
- For precise measurements, he is often reported to have a chest of 40 inches, waist of 32 inches, and biceps of 15 inches.
2009 marked a significant turning point in Bomer's career as he starred as the con artist Neal Caffrey in the police procedural drama series White Collar. White Collar premiered on August 23, 2009, on USA Network and was watched by more than 5.40 million people. The show was received with popular and critical acclaim. Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times wrote: "terrific acting, crackling dialogue and geek-hip crime are not the only things that make this the most electric drama to premiere this fall." She also liked the performance of the two leads together saying they "are so easy" and "perfect together". Bomer won a People's Choice Award at the 2015 ceremony. Additionally, Bomer produced 19 episodes of White Collar along with costar Tim DeKay.
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| Weight | 170 lbs |
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Dating & Relationship Status
Matt Bomer is married to publicist Simon Halls. The couple has three children together: Kit, born in 2005, and twins Walker and Henry, born in 2008. Bomer publicly came out as gay in 2012 during an acceptance speech for the Steve Chase Humanitarian Award.
His father, a Dallas Cowboys draft pick, played for the team from 1972 to 1974. Matt has a sister, Megan, and a brother, Neill, who is an engineer. Bomer credits his parents for being understanding when they sensed their child was slightly different from his peers. "I've always had an active imagination", says Bomer. He is a distant cousin to American singer Justin Timberlake. Bomer's family is of English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Swiss-German and French descent.
He acted in his first television film Amy Coyne (2006); he played the role of Case. The film tells the story of a young woman who inherits her father's sports agency. His first leading role was in the series Traveler (2007), along with Logan Marshall-Green, Aaron Stanford and Viola Davis, a short-lived midseason replacement television series which premiered on ABC on May 30, 2007, the series tells the story of two graduate students, become suspected of terrorism after a skateboarding race inside a museum. The series was canceled after eight episodes.
Bomer made two appearances in 2013. The first was as a guest performer on the NBC sitcom The New Normal, portraying the role of Monty, the ex-boyfriend of the protagonist of the series, Bryan Collins, played by Andrew Rannells. The second was to voice Superman in the direct to video Superman: Unbound, based on the 2008 comic book story "Superman: Brainiac" by Geoff Johns. His voiceover earned him an invitation to the Behind the Voice Actors Awards in 2013.
In 2014, Bomer appeared in five projects. His first release of the year, Winter's Tale, was a romantic and supernatural fantasy drama, written and directed by Akiva Goldsman, and based on Mark Helprin's novel Winter's Tale. Bomer plays the young father of Colin Farrell's character. Winter's Tale received negative reviews. His second release of the year was in the black space fiction comedy Space Station 76 by Jack Plotnick, alongside Liv Tyler and Patrick Wilson. James Rocchi of The Wrap said; "all the performers are game" and the performance of Bomer; "as a melancholy engineer with a prosthetic hand that looks like a Nintendo Power Glove".
Bomer appeared in two films in 2016. He played for the first time a villain in the movie The Nice Guys, as a psycho killer named John Boy. Directed by Shane Black, starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. Gosling and Bomer were at the film's premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2016. The Nice Guys generated positive reviews and enjoyed moderate box office success. His next role was as Matthew Cullen in Antoine Fuqua's Western action film The Magnificent Seven, playing the farmer husband of Haley Bennett's character. The film received mixed reviews from critics, although the cast and action sequences were praised, and grossed $162.4 million worldwide. He was cast as Monroe Stahr, the lead in Billy Ray's 2016 series The Last Tycoon, loosely based on the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel of the same name, along with actors Kelsey Grammer, Lily Collins, and Dominique McElligott. He also made a voice-only and uncredited appearance as a narrator of a crime docuseries in Roanoke. This marked his third appearance across the American Horror Story series.
In 2017, he starred in Alex & Andrew Smith's drama Walking Out, as an estranged father to a 14-year-old son (played by Josh Wiggins). He said that he related to the character "in a profound way." Walking Out was screened in the U.S. Dramatic Competition section of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival and was released on October 6, 2017. Justin Chang of Los Angeles Times noted that he "steps confidently into the boots of a rugged, know-it-all mountain man whose idea of tough love can turn unexpectedly toward tenderness around a flickering campfire." David Ehrlich of IndieWire stated that Bomer fortunately plays against his "pretty boy type so convincingly that you might forget where you've even seen him before", concluding that Bomer "gives a commanding performance in a movie that fails to realize how evocative he is, the Smiths defaulting to flashbacks that show us less about cowboys and gender codes than we can glean from the wild look in its lead actor's face. The Village Voice included his performance in the film in a list of the 17 Most Overlooked Performances of 2017.
Timothy McNeil's drama Anything marked Bomer's final film release of 2017 and McNeil making his feature directorial debut. Bomer was cast as Freda Von Rhenburg, a transgender sex worker who lives in Los Angeles and begins a relationship with her neighbor, Early Landry (played by John Carroll Lynch). Anything is based on McNeil's play of the same name. He has received some criticism from the transgender community for the casting of a cisgender man, to play a transgender woman. Jon Frosch of The Hollywood Reporter felt that Bomer: "gives a performance of real warmth and delicacy," saying that: "rather than play Freda as a force of nature or a collection of mannerisms—the typical default modes of actors playing trans women—Bomer renders her fully dimensional: an unpredictable tangle of impulses, by turns defensive and tender." Anything had its release at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 17, 2017. Also in 2017, Bomer was a guest narrator at Disney's Candlelight Processional.
In 2018, Bomer began working on his directorial debut on series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. Written by Tom Rob Smith and starring Jon Jon Briones and Darren Criss, in the roles of father and son, respectively, the episode that Bomer directs is titled "Creator/Destroyer". The episode was watched by more than 1 million people. Bomer had other opportunities to direct before but always wanted to wait for the optimum chance to immerse himself in a project. He read 3,000 pages of books on directing. He found a part in a 2018 revival of the Mart Crowley play The Boys in the Band, which was staged at Booth Theatre and marked his Broadway debut. Directed by Joe Mantello, it tells the story a group of gay men who gather for a birthday party in New York City. Theater critic Michael Sommers noted that "Matt Bomer tends to fade in the glare of flashier personalities, but he lends the character a watchful quality as one of those deferential souls who is content to observe others." The play won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. Bomer's first film in 2018 was Bill Oliver's science fiction film Jonathan. His role was that of a detective who appears in only one scene of the film. Jonathan had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 21, 2018.
In June 2024, it was announced that Max Mutchnick and David Kohan had created Mid-Century Modern, a Golden Girls–like TV series, with Bomer cast as a Betty White character type and Nathan Lane as a Bea Arthur character type. Linda Lavin will play Lane's mother. The series is set in Palm Springs.
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Net Worth and Salary
As of 2025, Matt Bomer's net worth is estimated to be around $11 million. His income primarily comes from his roles in television and film, along with theater performances and brand endorsements. During his time on White Collar, Bomer earned a significant salary of $125,000 per episode, making it one of the highest-paid roles in his career.
Career, Business, and Investments
Matt Bomer's career has been marked by notable performances in:
- White Collar (2009-2014): His breakout role as Neal Caffrey.
- American Horror Story: Various roles across different seasons.
- Magic Mike (2012) and Magic Mike XXL (2015): Major big-screen successes.
- The Nice Guys (2016) and The Magnificent Seven (2016): Further enhancing his Hollywood presence.
Bomer's next project involved Ryan Murphy casting him opposite Mark Ruffalo, Jim Parsons and Julia Roberts in the drama romance film The Normal Heart (2014). Based on Larry Kramer's play of the same name, it featured Bomer as a closeted writer of The New York Times and love interest of Ruffalo's character. The film shows the rise of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks (Ruffalo), the founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group. The production of The Normal Heart stopped for a few months while he was on a diet. Bomer's performance was praised by a reviewer for The Hollywood Reporter, who considered his acting as the highlight of the production. Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe praised that Bomer is: "quite simply, devastating in this movie, his beauty adding resonance because it begins to fade so suddenly, as his cheeks protrude and lesions gather." Gilbert also lauded the chemistry between Bomer and Ruffalo saying that: "is among the movie's strengths, too, as it provides the core of love and compassion amid all the acrimony." Bomer received his first Golden Globe Award in the Best Supporting Actor category and his first Primetime Emmy Awards nomination.
Social Network
Matt Bomer is active on social media platforms, where he often engages with fans and shares updates about his projects. However, specific details about his social media presence, such as follower counts, are not specified in the available sources.
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.
In 2011, Bomer was cast as a 105-year-old man in Andrew Niccol's science fiction thriller film In Time, starring alongside Justin Timberlake. On April 10, 2012, Bomer made a guest appearance in the third season of the television series Glee, playing Blaine's older brother, Cooper Anderson, a Hollywood commercials actor who comes to Lima for a visit, and while in town gives an acting masterclass to New Directions. His performance on Glee received critical acclaim; critic Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. Club described his performance as "absolutely fantastic." Crystal Bell of the Huffington Post called his appearance "perfectly cast" and Bomer as one of her favorite guest stars.
After narrating the documentary Hunted: The War Against Gays in Russia, following LGBTQ people in Russia. later that year, Bomer was cast by Murphy in "Pink Cupcakes", an episode in the fourth season of American Horror Story. His participation was described by Lauren Piester of E! Online as "one of the show's most shocking moments". Bomer's first release of 2015 was Magic Mike XXL, a sequel to the popular 2012 film, again featuring Channing Tatum and Joe Manganiello. Magic Mike XXL grossed $122 million worldwide. Reviewing the film for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers noted that; "the movie is just a rambling, loosey-goosey road trip, with Bomer and Manganiello getting extra time to shine." He also sang two songs for the film's soundtrack: "Heaven" and "Untitled (How Does It Feel)". After Bomer's participation in American Horror Story: Freak Show; Murphy put him in the main cast of the fifth season, American Horror Story: Hotel. Bomer plays the son of Iris (Kathy Bates) and the lover of the Countess (Lady Gaga).
Education
Matt Bomer attended Klein High School in Spring, Texas, before pursuing his career in acting. He later graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in acting.
This comprehensive overview highlights Matt Bomer's successful career, personal life, and financial achievements, establishing him as a respected and accomplished figure in the entertainment industry.
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 was raised in Spring, Texas, and attended Klein High School; he was a classmate of Lee Pace and Lynn Collins. In high school, Bomer played wide receiver and defensive back for his school's football team before deciding to concentrate on acting.
Bomer received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in drama at Carnegie Mellon University in 2000. In 1999, Bomer worked as a bartender while spending a year living in Galway, Ireland.
Shortly after graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, Bomer moved to New York City. His television debut came in 2000 on the ABC network, when he played Ian Kipling on the long running soap opera All My Children. Two years later he made a guest appearance in the mystery fantasy series Relic Hunter (2002).
