<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1ChW8Q_0vioeM0o00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1ChW8Q_0vioeM0o00" width="970" height="550" ><figcaption>Image via CBS.</figcaption></figure>Actor David Boreanaz from Villanova and Buffalo, raised by his Philly famous dad, got the acting bug after seeing Yul Brynner in King and I.Actor <a href="https://bucksco.today/2022/03/rubert-grint-minellas-wayne/">David Boreanaz</a>, son of veteran <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Action-News/">Action News</a> weather forecaster <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Dave-Roberts/">Dave Roberts</a>, has made his own mark in television and film, writes Victor Fiorillo for <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Philadelphia-Magazine/">Philadelphia Magazine</a>.The <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Malvern-Prep/">Malvern Prep</a> grad who grew up in <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Villanova/">Villanova</a> and <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Buffalo/">Buffalo</a>, <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/New-York/">New York</a>, is recognizable from his work on <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Buffy-the-Vampire-Slayer/">Buffy the Vampire Slayer</a>, <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Bones/">Bones</a>, and <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Angel/">Angel</a>, and now he’s just finished up the final season of his military TV series, <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/SEAL-Team/">SEAL Team</a>.Boreanaz said growing up having a dad on television was “exhilarating but also humbling to watch him treat everybody the way they should be treated. He had no egotistical perspective. No ‘celebrity.’”Boreanaz moved to <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Los-Angeles/">L.A.</a> in 1991, inspired to act in sixth grade after seeing <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Yul-Brynner/">Yul Brynner</a> in “<a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/King-and-I/">The King and I</a>” in <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Philadelphia/">Philadelphia</a>.His first paid gig was In a <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/JC-Penney/">JC Penney</a> commercial with a pre-fame <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Bryan-Cranston/">Bryan Cranston</a>.One of his first TV roles was playing <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Kelly-Bundy/">Kelly Bundy’s</a> biker boyfriend on “<a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Married-%E2%80%A6-With-Children/">Married … With Children</a>.”Now you’ll find him on SEAL Team, playing the Bravo 1 special ops leader.“As for my next project, I can’t talk about that yet,” he said.To break into <a href="https://bucksco.today/tag/Hollywood/">Hollywood</a> he tells people to slow it down, be present and “embrace the fear.”Read more of David Boeanaz’s interview in <a href="https://www.phillymag.com/news/2024/09/20/david-boreanaz-dad-dave-roberts/">Philadelphia Magazine</a>.<div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C3o3ZodtfLc?feature=oembed" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div>Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on <a href="https://delco.today/">DELCO Today</a> in September 2024.</div></body>

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David Boreanaz Found His Way, Raised by His Locally Famous Dad

Actor David Boreanaz from Villanova and Buffalo, raised by his Philly famous dad, got the acting bug after seeing Yul Brynner in King and I. Actor David Boreanaz, son of veteran Action News weather forecaster Dave Roberts, has made his own mark in television and film, writes Victor Fiorillo for Philadelphia Magazine.