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
Springfield Story (1952) as
murderous Ben Reade. Further success in TV followed including parts in
Tru Calling: Schicksal reloaded! (2003),
Chuck (2007) and the lead role in
Traveler (2007). Bomer also scored
film roles in projects such as
Flightplan - Ohne jede Spur (2005) and
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).
