**David Paul Boreanaz** (born May 16, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his role on the television series *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* and *Angel*. On both of these shows, he played the character Angel. From fall of 2005 to spring of 2017, he has played FBI agent Seeley Booth on *Bones*.

Biography
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### Early life

David Boreanaz was born on May 16, 1969 in Buffalo, New York. He grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father is a television weatherman and his mother is a travel agent. He is of Italian descent. The surname Boreanaz is of Northern Italian origin.  He was raised Catholic.

Boreanaz went to high school in Malvern, Pennsylvania. He went to college at Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. After graduating, Boreanaz moved to Hollywood, California to become an actor.

### Career

Boreanaz' first television acting job was a single episode on the hit American sitcom, *Married... with Children*. He played Kelly Bundy's biker boyfriend. He was cast in the television series *Buffy the Vampire Slayer*, after being seen by a producer when Boreanaz was walking his dog. In the series, he played Angel, a vampire with a soul. The series became very successful and Boreanaz starred in a spin-off series, *Angel*. This new series gave the character a chance to evolve. It was mainly about 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 been in more episodes of the 2 series than any other actor.

Boreanaz's only starring role in a major theatrical movie was in 2001's slasher horror movie, *Valentine*. This movie also starred Denise Richards and Katherine Heigl. In 2003, he appeared in the music video for singer Dido's "White Flag". He was also the voice of Leon (aka Squall Leonhart) in the video game *Kingdom Hearts*.

In 2005, Boreanaz began starring along with Emily Deschanel on the prime time television series, *Bones*. He most recently appeared in *These Girls*, a Canadian movie in which he played a biker. The movie was first shown at the Toronto Film Festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival. It was later shown in a small number of theaters in Canada in March 2006. His future roles include parts in the independent films *Mr. Fix it* and *Suffering Man's Charity*. It is also rumored that Boreanaz will star in the upcoming movie *Jurassic Park 4* which will be released some time in 2008. In that same year, he also voiced Hal Jordan in the direct to video DC Comics animated movie *Justice League: The New Frontier*.

### Personal life

Boreanaz with Bergman in 2006.
Boreanaz lives in Los Angeles, California. He was married to Ingrid Quinn from June 7, 1997 to October 1999. He married actress and model Jaime Bergman on November 24, 2001. The couple has 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.

Filmography
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### Movies

| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1993 | *Best of the Best 2* | Extra | uncredited |
| *Aspen Extreme* | Extra | uncredited |
| 1996 | *Macabre Pair of Shorts* | Vampire's victim |  |
| 2001 | *Valentine* | Adam Carr |  |
| 2002 | *I'm With Lucy* | Luke |  |
| 2005 | *The Crow: Wicked Prayer* | Luc Crash |  |
| 2006 | *These Girls* | Keith Clark | limited release |
| *Mr. Fix It* | Lance Valenteen |  |
| *The Hard Easy* | Roger Hargitay |  |
| 2007 | *Suffering Man's Charity* | Sebastian | direct-to-video |
| 2008 | *Justice League: The New Frontier* | Hal Jordan/Green Lantern (voice) | direct-to-video animated movie |
| 2010 | *The Mighty Macs* | Ed Rush | awaiting release |

### TV shows

| Year | Show | Role | Other notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1993 | *Married... with Children* | Frank | 1 Episode - Movie Show |
| 1997 - 2003 | *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* | Angel | 57 Episodes - series regular season 2-3, guest star season 1, 4-5, 7 |
| 1999 - 2004 | *Angel* | Angel | 110 Episodes |
| 2002 | *Baby Blues* | Johnny | 1 Episode - Teddy-Cam |
| 2006 | *Punk'd* | Himself | Boreanaz and wife Punk'd at a diner |
| 2005 - 2017 | *Bones* | Seeley Booth | 94 episodes; co-producer since Season 3 with Emily Deschanel, Producer with Emily Deschanel since season 4 |

### Video games

| Year | Game | Role | Other notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2002 | *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* | Angel |  |
| *Kingdom Hearts* | Squall Leonhart | *Did not return for Kingdom Hearts 2* |

Other websites
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* David Boreanaz on IMDb
* Bullz-Eye.com interview (November 1, 2006)
* the Globe & Mail interview Archived 2009-03-09 at the Wayback Machine (October 10, 2005)