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David A. R. White
David A. R. White
	White at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2019
Born	David Andrew Roy White; Dodge City, Kansas, United States
Occupations	Actor; director; screenwriter; producer; business;
Years active	1989–present
Known for	founding Pinnacle Peak Pictures
Notable work	God's Not Dead series
Spouse	Andrea Logan (m. 2003,divorced)
Children	3
Awards	Awards and Nominations

David A. R. White

Last updated August 28, 2025

David Andrew Roy White is an American actor, film director, screenwriter, film producer and businessman. He is a co-founder of Pinnacle Peak Pictures, a distribution and production company specializing in Christian faith- and family-themed films. He is best known for his role as Reverend Dave in the God's Not Dead film series.

Personal life

White is the son of a Mennonite pastor.^[2] He was formerly married to the actress and producer Andrea Logan who played the role of his wife in the 2009 film In the Blink of an Eye .^[3] In 2020, the couple announced that they had separated.^[4]

Career

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 also had guest appearances in television series such as Coach , California Dreams , Sisters and Melrose Place .^[2] He was a protagonist, Dan Burgess, in Second Glance where his closing line "Hey Scotty, Jesus Man" turned into a meme.

Some of his early films were 20th Century Fox's The Visitation , an adaption 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 Awards' Best Actor. In 2003 White starred alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgan in Six: The Mark Unleashed .

In 2005, he founded Pure Flix (Pinnacle Peak Pictures) with Michael Scott, Russell Wolfe and Elizabeth Travis.^[5] Over the next several years, he produced and starred in several films including In the Blink of an Eye, Hidden Secrets, and The Moment After.

In 2011, he played Shane Daughtry in Jerusalem Countdown . In 2012, he played James in Brother White, Special Agent Ric Caperna in The Encounter:Paradise Lost (sequel to the 2011 film The Encounter , which he produced and directed) and pastor Rich Chaplin in Me Again, a film about a pastor unhappy with his life. He was nominated for a TCA best actor award.

In 2014, he co-starred as a pastor in the film God's Not Dead . He starred in and produced both sequels, God's Not Dead 2 (2016), God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness (2018), but only starred in God's Not Dead: We the People (2021).^[6]^[7] White also starred in the Pure Flix produced "Revelation Road" film series. White played a former government assassin turned Christian who struggles to survive a lawless post-Rapture wasteland.

White in 2015 DavidARWhiteCropped2015.jpg — White in 2015

He created, produced, and starred in the sitcom Malibu Dan, the family man in 2018.^[8]

Filmography

White produced the films God's Not Dead 2 and God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness .^[9]

Film

Year	Title	Actor	Producer	Director	Writer	Role	Notes
1990	Geronimo	Yes	No	No	No	Overbearing Counselor	Also grip technician
1992	Second Glance	Yes	No	No	No	Dan Burgess	Also production assistant
1994	The Crossing	Yes	No	No	No	Matt	Short film
1995	Outbreak	Uncredited	No	No	No	Army Pilot
1998	End of the Harvest	Yes	Associate	No	No	Matt
1999	Murdercycle	Yes	No	No	No	Ditko
1999	The Moment After	Yes	Yes	No	No	Adam Riley
2000	Mercy Streets	Yes	Yes	No	No	John/Jeremiah
2003	Bells of Innocence	Yes	No	No	No	Conrad Champlain
2003	The Sparky Chronicle: The Map	Yes	No	No	No	Ethan Parker	Direct-to-video short
2004	Six: The Mark Unleashed	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Brody Sutton
2006	The Visitation	Yes	Co-producer	No	No	Carl
	The Moment After 2: The Awakening	Yes	Yes	No	No	Adam Riley
	Hidden Secrets	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Jeremy Evans
2007	The Wager	Yes	Yes	No	No	Tom
2009	Sarah's Choice	No	Yes	No	No	—
2009	In the Blink of an Eye	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	David
2010	What If...	No	Yes	No	No	—
	Holyman Undercover	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Roy/Brian
	Johnny	No	Yes	No	No	—
2011	Run On	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	The Encounter	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Customer in Thailand
	Jerusalem Countdown	Yes	Yes	No	Story	Shane
	Marriage Retreat	Yes	Yes	No	No	Mark Bowman
2012	Apostle Peter and the Last Supper	No	Yes	No	No	—
	Ghost Soldiers	Yes	Yes	No	No	Joe
	The Encounter: Paradise Lost	Yes	Yes	No	No	Rik Caperna
	The Mark	No	Yes	No	No	—
	Me Again	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Rich Chaplin	Co-directed with Jeffrey Peterson
	Brother White	Yes	Yes	No	No	James White	Based on a character created by him
2013	Revelation Road: The Beginning of the End	Yes	Yes	No	No	Josh McManus
	This is Our Time	No	Yes	No	No	—
	The Book of Esther	No	Yes	Yes	No	—
	Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire	Yes	Yes	No	No	Josh McManus
	The Book of Daniel	No	Yes	No	No	—
2014	God's Not Dead	Yes	Yes	No	No	Reverend Dave Hill
	Moms' Night Out	No	Yes	No	No	—
	Redeemed	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	David
	The Black Rider: Revelation Road	Yes	Yes	No	Story	Josh McManus
2015	Do You Believe?	No	Yes	No	No	—
	Dancer and the Dame	Yes	Yes	No	No	Eric Skanz
	Faith of Our Fathers	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Wayne
2016	God's Not Dead 2	Yes	Yes	No	No	Reverend Dave Hill
2017	The Case for Christ	No	Yes	No	No	—
2017	A Question of Faith	No	Yes	No	No	—
2018	God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness	Yes	Yes	No	No	Reverend Dave Hill
2018	The Prayer Box	No	Yes	No	No	—
2020	Courting Mom and Dad	No	Yes	No	No	—
2020	Beckman	Yes	Executive	No	No	Aaron Beckman
2021	God's Not Dead: We the People	Yes	Yes	No	No	Reverend Dave Hill
	Love on the Rock	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Colton Riggs	Also executive producer
	Nothing's Impossible	Yes	No	No	No	Scott Beck
2022	Redeeming Love	No	Yes	No	No	—	^[10]
2022	Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters	No	Executive	No	No	—	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Actor	Producer	Creator	Role	Notes
1991	The Antagonists	Yes	No	No	Officer Kooch	Episode: "Con Safos"
1991-1993	Evening Shade	Yes	No	No	Andrew Philipott	8 episodes
1992	Coach	Yes	No	No	Pizza Delivery Kid	Episode: "War of the Dopes"
1992	Honor Thy Mother	Yes	No	No	Student	TV movie
1993	Melrose Place	Yes	No	No	Room Service Waiter	Episode: "Cold Turkey"
	California Dreams	Yes	No	No	Usher	Episode: "21 Jake Street"
	Saved by the Bell: The College Years	Yes	No	No	Student	Episode: "Prof. Zack"
1994	Sisters	Yes	No	No	Gas Station Attendant	Episode: "Down To The Count"
1995	Renegade	Yes	No	No	Hotel Clerk	Episode: "Living Legend"
1996	Kindred: The Embraced	Yes	No	No	Clerk	Episode: " Live Hard, Die Young, and Leave a Good Looking Corpse"
1996	Space: Above and Beyond	Yes	No	No	Ensign Lewis	Episode: "Stardust"
1999	Martial Law	Yes	No	No	Scott Payne	Episode: "Captive Hearts"
	Invisible Child	Yes	No	No	Mr. Felix	TV movie
	A Vow to Cherish	Yes	No	No	ER Resident	TV movie
2016	Hitting the Breaks	Yes	Yes	Yes	Randy Wilcox	10 episodes Also executive producer
2017-2018	Hilton Dead Island	No	Executive	No	—	32 episodes
2017-2018	Malibu Dan the Family Man	Yes	No	Yes	Dan Marshall	24 episodes
2019	Home Schooled	No	Executive	No	—	5 episodes
	The Wandered	No	Executive	No	—	6 episodes
	The Power Couple	No	Executive	No	—	6 episodes
	Mood Swings	No	Executive	No	—	8 episodes
	The Encounter	No	Yes	No	—	6 episodes Also executive producer ano directed episode "Just Believe"
2019-2022	Sons of Thunder	No	Executive	No	—	14 episodes
2020	Finding Love in Quarantine	Yes	Yes	No	Rick Baldwin	8 episodes Also executive producer and wrote 3 episodes
2021	Love Is On the Air	No	Executive	No	—	TV movie

Writings

White published the book Between Heaven and Hollywood: Chasing Your God-Given Dream.^[11]

Awards and nominations

Movieguide Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	The Grace Award for Acting	God's Not Dead 2	Nominated
2019	The Grace Award for Acting	God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness	Nominated

References

↑ "David A. R. White & Andrea Logan White". www.risenmagazine.com. December 10, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
1 2 Savitsky, Sasha (March 26, 2014). "'God's Not Dead's' David A.R. White: From Mennonite to the movies". Fox News. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
↑ Walker, Angela (n.d.). "In the Blink of An Eye: Apocalyptic Groundhog Day". Christian Cinema. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
↑ "Pure Flix founder David AR White and wife decide to 'end their marriage'". www.christianpost.com. September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
↑ Galuppo, Mia (November 17, 2015). "Faith-Based Company Pure Flix Launches Theatrical Distribution Arm". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
↑ Rosman, Katherine (April 22, 2017). "Forget Netflix and Chill. Try Pure Flix and Pray". The New York Times . Retrieved September 24, 2018.
↑ Truitt, Brian (December 30, 2017). "Watch the fiery trailer for the faith-based film 'God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness'". USA Today. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
↑ Nolasco, Stephanie (February 18, 2019). "'Charlie's Angels' star Cheryl Ladd on her relationship with God: 'It has gotten stronger and deeper'". Fox News. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
↑ Law, Jeannie (December 16, 2016). "'God's Not Dead 3' Is in the Works, Says Actor-Producer David AR White (Interview)". Christian Post. Retrieved September 24, 2018.
↑ Bryan Welk (April 29, 2020). "DJ Caruso Adapts Romance Novel 'Redeeming Love' With Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis". The Wrap . Retrieved July 3, 2020.
↑ Joseph, Mark (January 17, 2017). "Actor/Producer David A.R. White Caught Between Heaven & Hollywood". Huffington Post. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

External links

Pure Flix and Chill: The David A.R. White Story on Filmmaker Magazine
Pure Flix Entertainment website
David A. R. White at IMDb

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[1] "David A. R. White & Andrea Logan White". www.risenmagazine.com. December 10, 2017. Retrieved February 27, 2022.

[:0-2] 1 2 Savitsky, Sasha (March 26, 2014). "'God's Not Dead's' David A.R. White: From Mennonite to the movies". Fox News. Retrieved January 19, 2017.

[3] Walker, Angela (n.d.). "In the Blink of An Eye: Apocalyptic Groundhog Day". Christian Cinema. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

[4] "Pure Flix founder David AR White and wife decide to 'end their marriage'". www.christianpost.com. September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.

[5] Galuppo, Mia (November 17, 2015). "Faith-Based Company Pure Flix Launches Theatrical Distribution Arm". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[6] Rosman, Katherine (April 22, 2017). "Forget Netflix and Chill. Try Pure Flix and Pray". The New York Times . Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[7] Truitt, Brian (December 30, 2017). "Watch the fiery trailer for the faith-based film 'God's Not Dead: A Light in Darkness'". USA Today. Retrieved September 30, 2019.

[8] Nolasco, Stephanie (February 18, 2019). "'Charlie's Angels' star Cheryl Ladd on her relationship with God: 'It has gotten stronger and deeper'". Fox News. Retrieved September 30, 2019.

[9] Law, Jeannie (December 16, 2016). "'God's Not Dead 3' Is in the Works, Says Actor-Producer David AR White (Interview)". Christian Post. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

[TW-10] Bryan Welk (April 29, 2020). "DJ Caruso Adapts Romance Novel 'Redeeming Love' With Abigail Cowen, Tom Lewis". The Wrap . Retrieved July 3, 2020.

[11] Joseph, Mark (January 17, 2017). "Actor/Producer David A.R. White Caught Between Heaven & Hollywood". Huffington Post. Retrieved September 24, 2018.

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