Biography for
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Date of Birth

11 October 1977, Spring, Texas, USA

Birth Name

Matthew Staton Bomer

Height

5' 11½" (1.82 m)

Mini Biography

Spouse

Simon Halls

(? - present) 3 children

Trade Mark

Clear blue piercing beautiful eyes

Trivia

Graduated from Klein High School class of 1996 in Spring, Texas.

Father is former Dallas Cowboy John Bomer. Mother is Sissi.

Has a brother and sister, Neill and Megan

Received a BFA degree from Carnegie Mellon University (Drama School).

After college, he moved to New York, where he worked on stage until he landed a brief stint on daytime soap "All My Children" (1970) in 2001.

Joined the cast of "Guiding Light" (1952) on October 23, 2001.

He was director Brett Ratner's running favorite choice to play Clark Kent / Superman in Ratner's remake of Superman (1978). When Ratner left the project, Bryan Singer signed on and the film became a sequel, instead, Superman Returns (2006), Bomer auditioned for the role of "Superman" for Singer but Brandon Routh was cast, instead.

Attended the same high school (Klein High School in Spring, Texas) as singer Lyle Lovett, actress Sherry Stringfield, Lynn Collins, Tom Vaughan, Laura Wilkinson and Lee Pace (star of "Pushing Daisies" (2007)).

Got his acting start in Houston's prestigious Alley Theater.

He has a singing talent he has professionally showed it in different occasions: He was invited to sing along Kelli O'Hara on the Kennedy Center Honors on December 2010. He sang along Diahann Carroll on White Collar Season 2, Episode 13: Countermeasures.

Has 3 children: Kit (born 2005) and twins Walker and Henry (born 2008).

On February 11, 2012, while giving an acceptance speech for the New Generation Arts and Activism Award for his work in the fight against HIV/AIDS (at the Steve Chase Humanitarian Awards), Bomer publicly acknowledged for the first time that he is in a romantic relationship with Hollywood publicist Simon Halls. Bomer's homosexuality had previously been considered an "open secret" in Hollywood, and he had refused to comment one way or the other about his relationship or orientation.

Attended Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated the same year as fellow Magic Mike costar Joe Manganiello.

After missing out on the role in 2004, he was got to play Clark Kent/Superman in the animated film Superman: Unbound (2013) (V).

Is often said to bear a resemblance to Henry Cavill. Both were at one point set to play Superman before being recast, and both got to play the role years later: Cavill in Man of Steel (2013) and Bomer in Superman: Unbound (2013) (V).

Personal Quotes

[on working with R. Lee Ermey] "R. Lee's great. I've learned a lot from working with him. He's a tremendous actor, and he brings so much to the character and so much to the set. And we're very fortunate, 'cause he's one of those guys who actually, when he comes to the set in the morning, he just wants to make the scene the best it can possibly be, and he figures all that stuff out. And those are my favorite kind of people to work with. I've really enjoyed it. He's thoroughly entertaining and really does different stuff every take, and just really embodies the character".

[on auditioning for his role in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)] "I'm a New York actor, so I heard about the project, and I put myself on tape twice from New York. And they said they were interested in me, so I flew myself out to L.A. to test for it with Michael Bay. And a great thing about this movie and, another way I think it's unique, is that there is more exposition. You really get to know the protagonists of this movie a lot more in the beginning and, hopefully, invest in them somehow so that, when bad things go happen to them, you really care. And I think that Michael Bay just wanted to make sure - there wasn't a lot of screaming and yelling. I think they could figure out from the scenes whether or not you could pull that off. I think he wanted to just see more of whether or not I understood the character's duality - how he could be a nice guy with his girlfriend, but how ultimately he is this military guy who has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders".

It was an amazing experience, I think the last time I sang on stage was 10 years ago.

I just do my work and live my life. There's always that volume knob of people's voices and speculation. But I found you can turn it as low as you want. I have a great family and people in my life. I don't focus on other parts of the business.

I'd inhabit a character until I saw another one. That accessed part of my imagination.

I wanted to go to Northwestern and become a serious journalist, but I think there was some divine hand leading another way.

So many things are zeitgeist dependent, it's how they're marketed, what kind of love they're given, who's in control.

Sometimes shows appear before their time. As an actor, all you can control is what you do.

I get to leave the nest and do things here and there.

That gives me some variety so I'm not pigeon-holed as con artists and swindlers.

They rightfully believe the trade-off is you and your show get publicity.

I'm a creature of comfort. When I'm around the house, it's jeans, T-shirts, old jackets.

I feel comfortable in old clothes, anything that has gotten me through a traumatic experience I hold on to.

I've never cared about how successful or how big I was going to be. I just wanted to be part of a story that affected people, made them laugh or cry. To me, that was more important than having my face on some billboard.

When you are singing Journey, you have to commit.

[on performing in 'Magic Mike'] It was like a stripper boot camp. We embarrassed ourselves in our own rehearsal room. But the best part of it was that it became this ensemble-building experience. We all knew we were terrified, but we manned up together to get it done.

Salary

"White Collar" (2009)

$100,000 per episode range

Where Are They Now

(May 2011) Filming White Collar Season 3 on New York City.