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Bomer at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International
Matt Bomer is an American actor who has appeared in film, television, and stage. As a teenager, he made his acting debut in 1995 on stage with A Streetcar Named Desire where he portrayed a young collector, while in high school.[1] [2] Bomer went on to appear in several television shows in the 2000s, including the soap operas All My Children (2000) and Guiding Light (2002–2003), and the supernatural series Tru Calling (2003–2004).[2] In 2005, he made his film debut as a flight attendant opposite Jodie Foster in Robert Schwentke 's psychological thriller Flightplan , his highest-grossing release.[3] [4] Bomer's first leading role came in the David DiGilio's drama series, Traveler in 2007, he gained a higher profile after that.[5] [2] In the same year, he returning to the stage in a Williamstown Theatre Festival production of Crispin Whittell's play Villa America in Massachusetts .[6]
Bomer portrayed a con artist Neal Caffrey in the police procedural drama series White Collar (2009–2014).[7] He won a People's Choice Award at the 2015 ceremony .[8] In addition, Bomer produced 19 episodes of White Collar .[9] In 2011, Bomer was cast as a 105-year-old man in Andrew Niccol 's science fiction thriller film In Time .[10] The following year, he played a supporting role as a stripper in Steven Soderbergh 's comedy drama, Magic Mike (2012).[11] He next portrayed the New York Times reporter Felix Turner in Ryan Murphy 's television film The Normal Heart (2014),[12] for which he received his first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film and his first Primetime Emmy Awards nomination.[13] [14]
In 2015, he reprised his role of Ken in Magic Mike XXL .[15] The following year, he appeared in the neo-noir action comedy The Nice Guys (2016),[16] and in Western action film The Magnificent Seven (2016).[17] Bomer played a hunter in Alex & Andrew Smith's drama Walking Out [18] and a trans woman in Timothy McNeil's drama Anything (both in 2017).[19] In 2018, he made his directorial debut in the second season of Ryan Murphy 's anthology series American Crime Story (2016), about the murder of Gianni Versace .[20] Also in 2018, Bomer made his Broadway debut with a revival of The Boys in the Band .[21]
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Stage
Discography
See also
^ Refers to the film's earliest release.
^ Bomer dubs a character with two different names in this movie.
References
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