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Matt Bomer Net Worth And Biography
This article details Matt Bomer’s net worth and biography. He surfaced as part of the project of the Fifty Shades series.
Matthew Staton Bomer is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his performances in White Collar and The Normal Heart. RNN details Matt Bomer’s net worth, biography, and career.
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Bio-Data
| Name | Matthew Staton Bomer |
| Date of Birth | October 11, 1977 |
| Gender | Male |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Professions | Actor, Producer |
| Matt Bomer’s Net Worth | $11 Million |
| Nationality | American |
Biography
Matthew Staton Bomer was born in Webster Groves, Missouri on the 11th of October, 1977. His father is John O’Neill Bomer IV (a Dallas Cowoboys draft pick who played for the team from 1972 to 1974), and his mother, Elizabeth Macy.
Matt Bomer is a distant cousin to American singer, Justin Timberlake. And his family is of English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Swiss-German and French descent.
He was raised in Spring, Texas, and attended Klein High School. In high school, Matt Bomer taking after his father, played wide receiver and defensive back for his school’s football team before he decided to shift his focus to acting.
At 17, he made his professional stage debut in A Streetcar Named Desire, playing Young Collector. In 1998, he also appeared in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City, Utah. In an interview, Matt Bomer recounted on his routine for the A Streetcar Named Desire while in high school. He said “…I used to drive down at the end of the school day, do the show, do my homework during intermission and drive an hour back to Spring to go back to school the next day”.
Matt Bomer attended Carnegie Mellon University and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2001. In 1999 before graduation, Matt Bomer worked as a bartender while spending a year living in Galway, Ireland.
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Early Career
Following his graduation from Carnegie Mellon University, Matt Bomer moved to New York City where he worked in a theatre and landed his first TV role. In 2000, he played Ian Kipling on the 1970s drama soap opera, All My Children. Two years after (2002), he made a guest appearance in Relic Hunter.
In 2005, he played as a flight attendant in Flightplan . The film was reported to have grossed $223.3 million worldwide, making it the seventeenth highest-grossing film of the year and Matt Bomer’s most lucrative film so far as at the time.
In 2006, he acted in his first TV film, Amy Coyne, and played Case. His first leading role was in the series, Traveler (2007). However, the series was canceled after eight episodes.
In 2010, Matt Bomer was invited to sing with actress and singer, Kelli O’Hara at the Kennedy center Honors. The next year, he starred in Dustin Lance Black’s play, 8, a stage re-enactment of the federal trial that overturned California’s Propositopn 8. The production was directed by actor Joe Mantello and presented at the Eugene O’Neil Theatre in New York City. In March 2012, he was featured in the Wilshire Ebell Theatre production.
Career
Also in 2011, Matt Bomer was cast as a 105-year-old man in the thriller fime, In Time. In 2012, he made a guest appearance in the third season of the Glee series, playing Cooper Anderson. His performance received critical acclaim from Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. club (he described it as absolutely fantastic) and others such as Crystal Bell of the Huffington Post regarded his appearance as perfectly cast. For his performance in the Glee, he won a Gold Derby award for the Best Comedy Guest Actor. Ever since, Matt Bomer has continually appeared on different world famous projects such as films, sitcoms, comedy series, thriller movies, and so on. He also surfaced in the project of the Fifty Shades of series although he was initially meant to play Christian Grey.
In 2018, Matt Bomer made his directorial debut on The Assassination of Gianni Versace series written by Tom Rob Smith. The episode was reported to be watched by 1 million people. Also in 2018, he found a part in The Boys in the Band, marking his Broadway debut. The play also got critical acclaim and won a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. In the same year, two of his films premiered at the 43rd Toronto International Film Festival; Papi Chulo and Viper Club. In 2018 to 2019, he had a guest starring role on Will & Grace, and also appeared as Negative Man in the Doom Patrol. And in 2020, he played Jamie Burns on the USA Network anthology, The Sinner series.
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Matt Bomer’s Net Worth
As of 2022, Matt Bomer is reported to have a net worth of $11 million.
Personal Life
Matt Bomer is regarded as a Sex Symbol due to his looks. In 2011, BuddyTV ranked him first on its list of TV’s Sexiest, and third on the list in 2012. Also, in June 2013, he was ranked at no.2 on Logo;s Hot 100 list.
In 2011, Matt Bomer had a Gay private marriage with Simon Halls, and it only came public in 2014. Together that have three children through surrogacy; Kit Halls, and twin brothers, Walker and Henry Halls.
Before then, Matt Bomer came out has gay in 2012 when he thanked his husband and children during an acceptance speech for his Steve Chase Humanitarian Award. Also in the same year, he was given an inspiration Award for his work at the GLSEN awards. Not far from suspicion, Matt Bomer is an LGBT rights activist.
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Notable Awards
- 2014: Critic’s Choice Television Awards, Giffoni Film Festival,
- 2012: GLSEN Awards,
- 2015: Golden Globe Awards, People’s Choice Awards.