Trivia

He is a talented singer, and he has demonstrated it professionally on different occasions. He was invited to sing with Kelli O'Hara in the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors. He also sang with Diahann Carroll on White Collar (2009) S2, Ep13: Countermeasures.

Distant cousin of Justin Timberlake. Both share common descent from an Edward Bomer, who was born in 1690.

Cousin of Courteney Cox.

Bomer is often said to bear a strong physical resemblance to British actor Henry Cavill. At one time, both were set to portray Superman before the role was recast. Both got to essay the role years later, in the same year, Cavill in Man of Steel (2013) and Bomer in Superman: Unbound (2013).

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.

Ranked #13 in Glamour's list of "50 Sexiest Men" in 2013.

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 (2012) costar, Joe Manganiello.

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

In 2014, Bomer told Details Magazine that he and his longtime romantic partner, Simon Halls, had actually been married in 2011.

Received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree from Carnegie Mellon University Drama School.

He has three children, Kit (born 2005), and twins Walker and Henry (born 2008), with husband Simon Halls.

Bomer lost a great deal of weight--about 40 pounds--for his role in The Normal Heart (2014). Filming on the project shut down between July and November 2013 to allow Bomer to lose the weight.

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

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

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.

Has one brother Neill, and one sister Megan.

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)).

He has English, as well as Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Swiss-German, and German ancestry.

While touring Europe as a student in his early twenties, Matt was planning to travel to Israel from Ireland when his luggage was misplaced and he ended up spending a month in Dublin. He also spent time working as a bartender in Galway city in the west of Ireland.

He is the first actor to play the DC Comics character Larry Trainor/Negative Man in a live-action adaptation in Doom Patrol (2019).

Bomer is the only actor to portray Superman in both live-action and animated form. He voiced Superman in the film, Superman: Unbound (2013), and played Superman onscreen in two Toyota Prius commercials.

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

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

Filming White Collar (2009) Season 3 in New York City. (April 2014) Filming White Collar (2009) Season 6 in New York City. (May 2011)

Born on a Tuesday at 7:20 A.M.