<Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Relatives </Th> <Td> Dave Roberts (father) </Td> </Tr> <P> David Boreanaz (/ bɔːriˈɑːnəz /; born May 16, 1969) is an American actor, television producer, and director, known for playing the roles of vampire - turned - private investigator Angel on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997--2003) and its spinoff Angel (1999--2004), FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth on the television crime procedural comedy - drama series Bones (2005--2017) and Jason Hayes in the military drama series SEAL Team . </P> <P> Boreanaz was born on May 16, 1969 in Buffalo, New York, where his father, Dave Roberts (né Boreanaz), was working as a weather forecaster and children's show (' Rocketship 7') host as Dave Thomas, for ABC affiliate WKBW - TV . His mother, Patti Boreanaz, was a travel agent . He has two older sisters, Bo and Beth . He is of Italian descent on his father's side (the surname Boreanaz is of Slovenian origin and was originally spelled "Borjanac" or "Berginc"). His mother is of half Slovak and part Irish, German, French, and Swiss descent . </P>

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