- Born
- Birth nameDavid R. Schifter
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- One of David Schifter's favorite lines is, "Don't ever tell me I can't do something. I just might surprise you" The American actor was on the rise as a TV news investigative reporter right out of college, later winning numerous awards including two Emmy nominations and the coveted Emmy itself for a investigative series on deadbeat dads. David never expected he'd be doing anything reporting. But the acting bug bit and he left a career of 14-years for film and television acting opportunities.
David has been seen on Showtime's "City On A Hill" starring Kevin Bacon, in the semi-recurring role of Detective J.D. Walker on ID Discovery's "Lt. Kenda: Homicide Hunter," and Tyler Perry's "The Have & Have Nots." He has played everything from law enforcement roles, serial killers and cheating husbands.
David became comfortable in front of the camera as a teenager as host of a live New York City cable TV show "Spotlight on Teens."
In 2017 he won a LA IndieFest "Best Actor" award for the lead role in an African-produced film in Nigeria. In 2019 he co-starred with Michael Pare' and Nicholas Turturro in a thriller set at the beach titled "The Penthouse" which he also wrote and produced. In 2023 a mountain thriller, "Black Balsam" was released featuring David's writing and acting skills. He has several other scripts in various stages of development.
A native New Yorker, David now loves living the beach lifestyle in North Carolina and traveling worldwide to act. He is also a career firefighter and EMT, which he says is the most fulfilling work he's ever done.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- Gender / Gender identityMale
- Sexual orientationStraight
- Race / EthnicityWhite
- After 14-years working all over the country as a TV investigative reporter, David began earning a reputation as a film/TV actor and casting director in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA.
- The day top female bodyguard Jacquiline Davis was to arrive in Wilmington, NC USA to shoot "Stay Safe" with Schifter, Davis' flight from London was diverted to Boston as terrorists began attacking the United States on September 11, 2001.
- Partnered with Jacquiline Davis, noted British bodyguard of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and Dutchess of York Sarah Ferguson to produce and direct "Stay Safe," a personal safety video for woman in 2003.
- Schifter is acknowledged in Jacquiline Davis' 2003 best-selling book "The Circuit," about Davis' life as a kidnap victim recovery agent and member of the underground European security force known as the Circuit.
- Credited with starting the television career of Dr. Robi Ludwig, a New York City based psychotherapist who he once hired as a specialty reporter for a NBC affiliate where Schifter was News Director. Dr. Ludwig is a regular guest on Larry King Live, Nancy Grace, NBC's Today Show,Dr. Phil, HLN Jane Velez Mitchel, ET and The Oprah Winfrey Show." Schifter and Ludwig remain good friends.
- There is nothing more satisfying than doing what you love and coming home to the one you love." "It's nice to be important but more important to be nice.
- I auditioned for the Sandra Bullock film, 28 Days. The role was great and I was perfect for it. Got a callback and thought, Yeah, this is going to happen! Well it didn't. The scene was going to be me as a New York Times reporter interviewing Bullock's character in a theatre. But the conversation was very woman to woman so they cast accordingly. I understand the decision, but, damn that would have been fun.
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