Matt Bomer to Join Russell Crowe & Ryan Gosling in THE NICE GUYS

According to Deadline, Emmy nominee Matt Bomer has signed on to join Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling in Shane Black's upcoming drama THE NICE GUYS.

The film "takes place in 1970s Los Angeles, and Gosling plays a detective hired by a gangster (Crowe) to find a missing girl. In the process, he uncovers a dangerous conspiracy, and that is where Bomer's character comes in. The studio also set Margaret Qually, star of HBO's The Leftovers, to play the lead female role, the daughter of a corrupt chief justice who figures in the scandal."

Known to television viewers the world over as White Collar's Neal Caffrey, Mr. Bomer won a Critics' Choice Best Supporting Actor award for his portrayal of Felix Turner in HBO's critically acclaimed screen adaptation of The Normal Heart. Based on the Tony Award winning Larry Kramer play about the AIDS epidemic in New York in the 1980's, the movie also starred Julia Roberts, Mark Ruffalo and Jim Parsons, and was directed by Ryan Murphy.

Mr. Bomer is scheduled to play legendary Hollywood starMontgomery Clift in a biography scheduled for release in 2015.

Mr. Bomer's movie credits include Flightplan, The Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Space Station 76, andSteven Soderbergh's Magic Mike, alongside Matthew McConaughey and Channing Tatum. On television, he has been seen in Traveler, the FOX series Tru Calling, and the NBC series Chuck as well as the FOX series Glee and NBC's The New Normal.

On Stage, Mr. Bomer was recently seen in the Broadway and Los Angeles readings of Dustin Lance Black's play, 8, where he was joined by such acting luminaries as Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, John C. Reilly and Ellen Barkin.

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