Matt Bomer Joins Cast of Big Screen Western THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

Digitalspy reports that Matt Bomer has signed on to the all-star cast of director Antoine Fuqua's upcoming western THE MAGNIFICENT SEVENT. The 'Normal Heart' actor joins previously announced cast members Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Wagner Moura, Haley Bennett and Jason Momoa.

Bomer will take on the role of "the husband of a woman (Bennett) who hires a motley gang of gunslingers to help protect her town from bandits."

The actor will next be seen in Ryan Murphy's returning horror anthology series AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL.

Known to television viewers the world over as White Collar's Neal Caffrey, 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.

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, he 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. Reillyand Ellen Barkin.