Biography
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David Boreanaz was born in Buffalo, New York and grew
up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his father, Dave
Roberts (born David Thomas Boreanaz), is a weatherman
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.
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.
David Boreanaz' first 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 chance for the character 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 ended in
2004.
David Boreanaz' only starring role in a major theatrical
film was in 2001's slasher horror film, Valentine,
alongside Denise
Richards and
Katherine Heigl. He is also the voice of Squall
Leonhart in the video game Kingdom Hearts.
In 2003, Boreanaz appeared in the music video for singer
Dido's "White Flag". In 2005, he began starring opposite
Emily Deschanel on the current primetime television
series, Bones.
In 2005 David Boreanaz starred in a Canadian Film called
"These Girls" as a biker hunk in a small town who after
having an affair with his babysitter gets tangled up in
a strange situation with her friends. The film is slated
for release in Canadian Theatres in March 2006 and in
early spring it will go straight to DVD in the U.S. This
film was previewed at both the Toronto Film Festival and
the Vancouver Film Festival in 2005.
David Boreanaz currently has two films in
post-production: Mr. Fixit and Suffering Man's Charity.
They will be released in 2006.
David 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.