=== 2005–2009: Overgang til film og gennembrud med ''White Collar'' ===
Hans filmdebut fandt sted i 2005 med hovedrollen i den mystiske [[thriller]] ''[[Flightplan]]'' instrueret af [[Robert Schwentke]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/flightplan/|title=Flightplan (2005)|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=30. september 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070514/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/flightplan/|archive-date=5. marts 2016}}</ref> over for [[Jodie Foster]]. Bomers karakter var en steward på flyet. <ref name="PopSugarFMB">{{Cite web|url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/photo-gallery/34500374/image/34500416/Matt-Bomer-Flightplan|title=Matt Bomer {{!}} Flightplan: Photos|website=Pop Sugar|access-date=29. oktober 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323071057/https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/photo-gallery/34500374/image/34500416/Matt-Bomer-Flightplan|archive-date=23. marts 2016}}</ref> Filmen indtjente $223,3 millioner på verdensplan og blev den 17. mest indbringende film i det år og Bomers hidtil mest lukrative film. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=flightplan.htm|title=Fightplan (2005)|access-date=2. juni 2015|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305081649/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=flightplan.htm|archive-date=5. marts 2016}}</ref> I [[Slasherfilm|slasher-filmen]] ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning]]'' (2006) portrætterede Bomer Eric, en [[Vietnamkrigen|veteran fra Vietnamkrigen,]] der kører tværs over Texas for at melde sig ind i hæren igen, efter at hans bror er blevet [[Værnepligt|indkaldt til tjeneste]]. <ref>{{Kilde nyheder|url=http://mobile.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/movies/06chai.html?ref=movies&referer=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-texas-chainsaw-massacre-the-beginning/critic-reviews|title=The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning – Review – Movies|last=Lee|first=Nathan|date=6. oktober 2006|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=5. februar 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112184424/https://mobile.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/movies/06chai.html?ref=movies&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metacritic.com%2Fmovie%2Fthe-texas-chainsaw-massacre-the-beginning%2Fcritic-reviews|archive-date=12. januar 2015}}</ref>
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