De'voreaux White

De'voreaux White (born Devorea W. Sefas; August 6, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his role in ''Die Hard'' as the young limousine driver, Argyle.

Career

Film and television

De'voreaux White was born in Los Angeles County, California. He began acting professionally at age 10.White in

His first bookings were ''The Jeffersons'', ''Little House on the Prairie'', and 1980's ''The Blues Brothers'', where he played the role of the youth who tries to steal a guitar from Ray Charles' music store. White also played one of the boys who attempt to keep the baseball in the Neil Simon movie ''Max Dugan Returns''. In 1984 he played Wylie, who was lynched for accidentally shooting a white sheriff in ''Places in the Heart''. The movie received notice at the Academy Awards and White credits the role for helping provide the opportunity to do a reading with producer Joel Silver and actor Bruce Willis for 1988's ''Die Hard''. Some of the dialogue in the film he improvised on set together with Willis. His filming schedule was spread over a three-month period.

White also starred in the television series ''Head of the Class'' as Aristotle McKenzie. In 1992, he played the role of Lucky in the movie ''Trespass'', playing the drug-addicted little brother of King James (played by Ice-T). He appeared in the 2000 drama ''Shadow Hours''.

White reprised his role as Argyle from ''Die Hard'', alongside star Bruce Willis, in a commercial for Advance Auto Parts' DieHard brand of car batteries in October 2020.

Other work

As of 2019, White has set up his own company in California. Additionally by then, he worked in the clinical staff of a substance-abuse rehabilitation facility

Personal life

As of 2019, White resides in Newport Beach, California. His original last name, Sefas, is Ethiopian; after his mother died, his maternal grandparents with the surname White adopted him.

Filmography

Television

* 1977 ''The Jeffersons'' as Warren Barnes
*1979-1981 ''Little House on the Prairie'' as Various Characters
* 1981 ''Quincy, M.E.'' as Ethan Kellogg
* 1982 ''T.J. Hooker'' as Stevie Pine
* 1983-1984 ''Diff'rent Strokes'' as Glenn
* 1985 ''Highway to Heaven'' as Terry
*1986 ''227 as Harvey
* 1989 '' In the Heat of the Night'' as Albert Tolliver
* 1989-1991 ''Head of the Class'' as Aristotle McKenzie
* 2014 ''Workaholics'' as Uber Driver
* 2023 ''Easter'' as Smiley

Films

* 1980 ''The Blues Brothers'' as Young Guitar Thief
* 1983 ''Max Dugan Returns'' as Boy
* 1984 ''Places in the Heart'' as Wylie
* 1988 '' Action Jackson'' as Clovis
* 1988 ''Die Hard'' as Argyle
* 1988 ''Split Decisions'' as Coop
* 1992 ''Trespass'' as 'Lucky'
* 2000 ''Shadow Hours'' as Second Transvestite
* 2012 ''Sandbar'' as Charles Kendall

References

External links

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Living people
African-American male actors
Male actors from Los Angeles
American male television actors
American male film actors
1965 births
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people