David Boreanaz

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David Boreanaz

David Boreanaz in 2006.
Birth name David Paul Boreanaz
Born May 16, 1969 (age 37)
Flag of United States Buffalo, New York, USA
Notable roles Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel)
Adam Carr (Valentine)
Seeley Booth (Bones)

David Paul Boreanaz (born May 16, 1969) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Since fall of 2005, he has played the male lead on Bones, opposite Emily Deschanel.

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[edit] Early life

Boreanaz was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his father, Dave Roberts (born David Thomas Boreanaz), is a weather presenter for WPVI-TV; his mother, Patti, is a travel agent. He is of Czech descent on his father's side and of Italian descent on his mother's, and was raised a Catholic. Angel and Seeley Booth, his two most famous characters, were both raised Catholic.

Boreanaz attended high school at Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and went to college at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. After graduating, Boreanaz moved to Hollywood, California and was discovered by a producer who noticed his brooding and intense looks while Boreanaz was walking his dog.

[edit] Career

Boreanaz's first acting appearance was a guest spot on the hit American sitcom, Married... with Children, as Kelly's biker boyfriend. He was cast in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, playing the mysterious Angel, a vampire with a soul. The show became enormously successful and Boreanaz starred in a spin-off series, Angel, which gave the character a chance to evolve and concentrated on Angel's battle for redemption. He appeared on Buffy from 1997 to 1999, at which point he began starring in Angel, which ran until 2004. Totalling all of his appearances on Buffy & Angel, including guest appearances, Boreanaz has the distinctions of having appeared in the most episodes of the 2 series by a significant margin. During Buffy, it was rumoured that he was dating Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Boreanaz's only starring role in a major theatrical film was in 2001's slasher horror film, Valentine, alongside Denise Richards and Katherine Heigl. In 2003, he appeared in the music video for singer Dido's "White Flag", and was the voice of Leon (aka Squall Leonhart) in the video game Kingdom Hearts, though he was replaced by Doug Erholtz for Kingdom Hearts II.

In 2005, Boreanaz began starring opposite Emily Deschanel on the current primetime television series, Bones. He most recently appeared in These Girls, a Canadian film in which he played a biker; the film received a limited theatrical release in Canada in March of 2006, after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival. His upcoming roles include parts in the independent films Mr. Fixit and Suffering Man's Charity. It is also rumoured that Boreanaz will star in the upcoming film Jurassic Park 4 which will be released some time in 2008. Boreanaz is also scheduled to voice Hal Jordan in the upcoming DC Comics animated feature Justice League: The New Frontier.

[edit] Personal life

Boreanaz with Bergman in 2006.
Boreanaz with Bergman in 2006.

Boreanaz lives in Los Angeles, California. He was married to Ingrid Quinn from 1997 to 1999, and married actress and model Jaime Bergman on November 24, 2001. The couple have a son, Jaden Rayne Boreanaz, who was born on May 1, 2002.

[edit] Selected filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1997 to 2003 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel TV series
1999 to 2004 Angel Angel TV series
2001 Valentine Adam Carr
2002 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel Video game voice
2002 Kingdom Hearts Leon Video game voice
2002 I'm With Lucy Luke
2005 The Crow: Wicked Prayer Luc Crash
2005 to present Bones Agent Seeley Booth TV series
2006 These Girls Keith Clark Limited release
2006 Mr. Fix It Lance Valenteen
2006 The Hard Easy Roger Hargitay
2007 Suffering Man's Charity Sebastian Post-production

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NAME Boreanaz, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American actor, famous for Angel and Buffy
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo, New York
DATE OF DEATH
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