HOT GALLERY: Take a Look Back at White Collar’s Matt Bomer Through the Years

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Matt Bomer Yearbook Photo, Klein High School, Klein, Texas, 1994

Although he may not be rocking the designer duds of Neal Caffrey, Bomer’s high school photo shows that the sophomore still used that smile to make an impression.

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Matt Bomer Drama Club Yearbook Photo, Klein High School, Klein, Texas, 1994

The acting bug bit Bomer young, as you can see here. The talented sophomore undoubtedly impressed his costars in this high school production.

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Matt Bomer as Ian Kipling on All My Children, 2000

Bomer, like many actors, put in some time on daytime soaps before he hit the big leagues. Here he is as Ian Kipling on All My Children in 2000, and later he played Ben Reade on Guiding Light from 2001 to 2003.

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Matt Bomer at the 40 Days and 40 Nights Premiere, 2002

Bomer was just making his start in the acting world when he attended the premiere for the Josh Hartnett romantic comedy in 2002.

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Matt Bomer and Eliza Dushku at Fox Upfronts, 2004

Bomer landed his first prime-time recurring role as Luc Johnston on Tru Calling, a Fox drama about a woman who works in a morgue and has the ability to repeat a day over and over to prevent murders and other disasters.

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Matt Bomer in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, 2006

One of Bomer’s first major film roles involved costarring alongside Jordana Brewster in this remake of the horror classic. We’re not sure what’s going on in this scene, but we don’t like it!

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Matt Bomer and Laura Innes at the 2011 NYC AIDS Walk

Bomer has been active with many causes that support funding for AIDS and the gay community. He’s seen here with another well-known actress and activist—ER's Laura Innes.

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Matt Bomer as Neal Caffrey on White Collar

Bomer’s chameleonlike qualities make him perfect for his role as Neal Caffrey, who has to adopt many different aliases. His smooth talking doesn’t hurt either.

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Matt Bomer and Marsha Thomason in White Collar

Bomer has found his prime-time breakout role as Neal Caffrey, a former con man now working with FBI agents (such as Thomason’s Diana and Tim DeKay’s Peter Burke) to solve major white-collar crimes.

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Matt Bomer and Elisha Cuthbert at the 2012 People’s Choice Awards

His star status cemented, Bomer is now gracing the stages at awards ceremonies such as this year’s People’s Choice and last year’s Golden Globes. Maybe one day soon he’ll be clutching a golden statue of his own.