David A.R. White

David A.R. White’s journey is honestly wild—kid from a Mennonite farm outside Dodge City, Kansas, then, boom, he’s out in LA at nineteen. And this isn’t your average “struggling actor” story. He lands a recurring gig on a top ten CBS sitcom, Evening Shade, just six months in—playing the best friend to Burt Reynolds’s on-screen son. Not bad, right? From there, he pops up all over the place—Coach, Saved by the Bell, Melrose Place, even Martial Law. Dude’s got range. He didn’t just stick to TV. By the late ’90s, David’s producing and starring in his own films—The Moment After, then Mercy Streets (where he actually gets a “best actor” nom for pulling off dual roles). Sony swoops in and grabs both flicks. And he keeps that momentum, cranking out movies and never really slowing down. Fast forward to 2005, he helps launch Pure Flix—now basically the heavyweight champ for faith-based films, pumping out more content in that space than anyone else. David’s face is everywhere in those movies—over 20 credits, including SIX: The Mark Unleashed, Hidden Secrets, Marriage Retreat, and the Revelation Road series. Oh, and in 2012, he does Brother White, which gets him glowing reviews and a Cable FAX Program Awards nod. But it’s 2014’s God’s Not Dead that really blows up—top indie, crazy ROI, you name it. The guy just keeps churning out new projects, from Dancer and the Dame to Malibu Dan and Beckman. Honestly, workhorse doesn’t even cover it.