De'voreaux White

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

Career

Film and television

He was born August 6, 1965 in Los Angeles, California. He started acting at age 10.

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 playing a part in him getting 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 made up on the set together with Willis. His filming schedule was spread over a three-month period. After the film White started getting recognized on streets.

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.

Other work

White has since set up his own company in California, working in recovery and helping people with alcohol and drug addiction.

Personal life

White currently resides in Newport Beach, California. His birthname Sefas is Ethiopian. After his mother passed away, his grandparents with the surname White adopted him.

Filmography

Television

• The Jeffersons (1977) as Warren Barnes
• Little House on the Prairie (1979–1981) in various roles
• T.J. Hooker (1982) as Stevie Pine
• Diff'rent Strokes (1983, 1984) as Glenn
• Highway to Heaven (1985) as Terry
• In the Heat of the Night (1989) as Albert Tolliver
• Head of the Class (1989–1991) as Aristotle McKenzie
• Workaholics (2014) as Uber Driver

Films

• The Blues Brothers (1980) as Young Guitar Thief
• Max Dugan Returns (1983) as Boy
• Die Hard (1988) as Argyle
• Trespass (1992) as Lucky
• Shadow Hours (2000) as Second Transvestite
• Sandbar (2012) as Charles Kendall