David Boreanaz

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David Boreanaz

David Boreanaz, May 2006
Born David Paul Boreanaz
May 16, 1969 (1969-05-16) (age 39)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Spouse(s) Jaime Bergman (2001 - present) 1 child
Ingrid Quinn (1997 - 1999; divorced)

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, as the character Angel. Since fall of 2005, he has played the male lead, Seeley Booth, on Bones, opposite Emily Deschanel.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

David Boreanaz was born on May 16th, 1969 in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his father, Dave Roberts (David Thomas Boreanaz), is a weatherman for channel WPVI-TV; his mother, Patti Boreanaz, is a travel agent.[1] He is of Italian descent and the surname Boreanaz is of Northern Italian origin.[2][3] He was raised Catholic[4].

Boreanaz attended high school at Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and went to college at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York.[citation needed] After graduating, Boreanaz moved to Hollywood, California to pursue an acting career.

[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, after being spotted by a producer while walking his dog. In the cult series, he played 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 distinction of having appeared in the most episodes of the 2 series by a significant margin.

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, but he did not reprise his role in the sequel.

In 2005, Boreanaz began starring opposite Emily Deschanel on the current prime time 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. Fix it and Suffering Man's Charity. In that same year, he also voiced Hal Jordan in the direct to video DC Comics animated feature Justice League: The New Frontier. Interestingly, in the season 3 finale of his TV series "Bones", Booth is seen in his bathtub reading an issue of Green Lantern, the character he voiced in the Justice League: The New Frontier movie.

[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 June 7, 1997 to October 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. He and his wife are also good friends with Raven Symone. David attended her 21st birthday in December 2006.

[edit] 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 Film
2002 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel Video game voice
Kingdom Hearts Leon (Squall) Video game voice
I'm With Lucy Luke Film
2005 The Crow: Wicked Prayer Luc Crash Film
2005 to Present Bones Special Agent Seeley Booth TV series
2006 These Girls Keith Clark Limited release
Mr. Fix It Lance Valenteen Film
The Hard Easy Roger Hargitay Film
2007 Suffering Man's Charity Sebastian Post-production
2008 Our Lady of Victory Ed Rush Filming
Justice League: The New Frontier Hal Jordan/Green Lantern direct-to-video animated film

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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
PLACE OF DEATH