Matthew, the son of former Dallas Cowboy John Bomer and his wife Sissi, is a native of Spring, Texas and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Carnegie Mellon University. After graduation, he moved to New York, where he worked on stage and landed a brief stint on the daytime drama All My Children before joining Guiding Light.
Matthew has two siblings, brother Neill, and engineer, and a sister Megan, who is a college student. His hobbies include sports, especially football, baseball, and tennis, and playing the guitar.
Matthew and his husband, Simon Halls, have three children: six-year-old twins and an eight-year-old.
White Collar
Neal Caffrey
2009 to 2014
The New Normal
Monty
2013
Glee
Cooper Anderson
2012
Chuck
Bryce Larkin
2007–2009
Traveler
Jay Burchell
2007
Amy Coyne
Case
2006
North Shore
Ross
2004
Tru Calling
Luc Johnston
2003–2004
October 23, 2001 to July 31, 2003
Ian Kipling
2000
Space Station 76
Ted
2014
Winter's Tale
Young Man
2014
Superman: Unbound
Superman/Clark Kent (voice)
2013
Magic Mike
Ken
2012
In Time
Henry Hamilton
2011
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Eric
2006
Flightplan
Eric
2005
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator
John McGavock Grider
2003
Spring Awakening
A Gingerbread House
Romeo and Juliet
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
A Streetcar Named Desire
Daytime Emmys Pre-Nomination, Outstanding Younger Actor (2003, 2004)
DATE OF BIRTH: October 11, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH: Spring, Texas
HAIR: Brown
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