David Boreanaz's Real Name: David Boreanaz

Quick answer: The actor is documented as David Boreanaz. Encyclopedia.com gives the full name David Patrick Boreanaz and dates his birth to May 16, 1971, in Buffalo, New York, while noting that some sources say Philadelphia. TV Insider independently gives May 16, 1969, and Buffalo, and does not use a middle name. The year and middle-name forms therefore conflict, so the title uses the public professional name (Encyclopedia.com; TV Insider).

Real name and early life

He is known professionally as David Boreanaz. Encyclopedia.com's "full name" line is David Patrick Boreanaz; TV Insider does not give a middle name. The birth year is also unsettled: Encyclopedia.com uses 1971, TV Insider uses 1969. Both place the birth in Buffalo, though Encyclopedia.com adds that some sources say Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Encyclopedia.com names his parents as Dave Roberts, a Philadelphia weatherman, and Patti Boreanaz, a travel agent, and records a B.A. in film from Ithaca College in 1991. It also notes the spelling variant David Boreanax among some listings.

Career highlights

TV Insider says he had few early credits, including an episode of Married... with Children, before becoming widely known as Angel on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (The WB/UPN, 1997–2003) and the spinoff Angel (The WB, 1999–2004). The same profile treats his starring role as Seeley Booth on Bones (Fox, beginning 2005) as the part that made him a TV star, and lists later work as Jason Hayes on SEAL Team (beginning 2017), plus films including Valentine (2001), I'm With Lucy (2002), The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005), and Joss Whedon's Serenity (2005). Encyclopedia.com independently records a career as an actor and director, earlier work as a valet and towel boy, and commercials for Foster's Beer and J.C. Penney, plus a 2000 print campaign for "Got Milk?" It also lists Saturn Award attention for Angel and gives a more granular Buffy run, on The WB and later UPN, that is compatible with TV Insider's 1997–2003 span. Ithaca College remains, in that entry, the educational starting point for the later acting path.

Name notes for searchers

David Boreanaz is the professional name. Encyclopedia.com uses David Patrick Boreanaz; TV Insider does not supply a middle name. Searchers looking for Angel on Buffy or Angel, or Booth on Bones, are usually aiming at the same person.