White Collar is an American police procedural drama television series created by Jeff Eastin , starring Tim DeKay as FBI Special Agent Peter Burke and Matt Bomer as Neal Caffrey , a highly intelligent and multitalented con artist working as Burke's criminal informant. Willie Garson and Tiffani Thiessen also star. The show premiered on October 23, 2009, and aired six complete seasons, with the final season concluding on December 18, 2014.