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David Andrew Roy White is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer, and businessman. He co-founded Pinnacle Peak Pictures, a distribution and production company specializing in Christian faith-themed and family-themed films. He is best known for his role as Reverend Dave in the God’s Not Dead film series.
White is the son of a Mennonite pastor. He and actress and producer Andrea Logan were married. Logan played the role of his wife in In the Blink of an Eye, a 2009 film. In 2020, the couple announced that they had separated.
After his arrival in Los Angeles, White was given the role of Andrew Phillpot, the best friend of Burt Reynolds’ son, in the CBS sitcom Evening Shade (1990–1994). White had guest appearances in television series including Coach, California Dreams, Sisters and Melrose Place. He was a protagonist, Dan Burgess, in Second Glance, where his closing line “Hey Scotty, Jesus Man” turned into a meme. Among his early films were 20th Century Fox’s The Visitation, an adaptation of the novel by author Frank Peretti, Bells of Innocence with actor Chuck Norris, and Mercy Streets, for which he was nominated for The MovieGuide…
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