David Schifter
David Schifter is a versatile American actor seen in the semi-recurring role of Detective J.D. Walker on ID Discovery Channel's "Lt. Kenda: Homicide Hunter," and Tyler Perry's "The Have & Have Nots." He began life in front of the camera as a teenager as host of a New York cable TV show "Spotlight on Teens." He later spent a successful 14-years as a TV news investigative reporter at the local and national level, earning numerous awards including three Emmy nominations and the coveted Emmy itself. In 1999, David took the ultimate career risk by walking away from everything familiar to begin a career as an actor. 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." A native New Yorker, David loves living a beach lifestyle in North Carolina and traveling worldwide for work. He is also a career firefighter and EMT, which he says gives him the true feeling of giving back to his community.
David Schlachtenhaufen
David Schlachtenhaufen was born on May 23, 1984 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Loose Cannons: The Movie (2008), The Den (2013) and Wayne (2009).
David Schmoeller
Raised and educated in Texas, David Schmoeller began his career as a young playwright and was awarded the Texas Good Neighbor Scholarship for studies in Mexico, attending the Universidad De Las Americas from 1967-1968. In Mexico he studied theater with Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo (1970)) and was mentored in film by legendary director Luis Buñuel. After a stint as an interpreter for ABC Sports during the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Schmoeller returned to Texas and completed a Masters program in Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas at Austin. His thesis film, The Spider Will Kill You (1976), funded by a grant from the Directors Guild of America, received an Academy Award Student Film Nomination in 1974, losing in the finals to Robert Zemeckis student short A Field of Honor (1973). Subsequently, under the auspices of the American Film Institute with funding from the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, Schmoeller spent six months as an intern with writer-director Peter Hyams on Capricorn One (1977). Schmoeller's first feature, Tourist Trap (1979) (which he wrote and directed), is the favorite film of master storyteller of modern horror Stephen King. His writing and directing credits include work on the highly-praised television series James at 15 (1977) as well as the feature films The Seduction (1982) for Embassy Pictures; Crawlspace (1986), Ghost Town (1988) and Catacombs (1988) for Empire Entertainment and the cult classic Puppet Master (1989) for Paramount Pictures. "Puppetmaster" subsequently became one of the most successful franchise horror films ever made, producing seven more sequels, the latest in 2003 (Puppet Master: The Legacy (2003)). Schmoeller's film The Arrival (1991), a science-fiction black comedy, was selected for the Midnight Madness screening at the Toronto Film Festival. After "The Arrival," Schmoeller wrote and directed Netherworld (1992), a ghost story filmed in New Orleans. Produced by Full Moon Entertainment, "Netherworld" was also released by Paramount. Schmoeller then directed two children's features: The Secret Kingdom (1998) and "Mysterious Museum" in New Orleans and the Romanian cities of Bucharest and Sinia. In addition to his feature work, Schmoeller has directed many hours of network television, including three seasons of the CBS-USA Network series Silk Stalkings (1991) as well as Renegade (1992) and the pilot and multiple episodes of Cop Files (1995), a series for the Fox Network. He was honored on January 26, 2007, in Paris by the Cinematheque Francaise with a tribute to David Schmoeller screening, showing two of his early features ("Tourist Trap" and "Crawlspace") as well as his celebrated short documentary on directing enfant terrible Klaus Kinski: Please Kill Mr. Kinski (1999). In March 2007 Schmoeller was a Visiting International Artist at Objectifs Centre for Photography & Filmmaking in Singapore, where he shot the Singapore segment of a film he is making, Wedding Day (2008) (set in Las Vegas, Paris and Singapore), about a bride in each city on her wedding day as something unexpected happens. Schmoeller has been an internationally recognized feature film and television writer-director (nine feature films, many hours of network television and numerous award-winning shorts) for over three decades. Schmoeller has two feature film projects in development: "Little Monsters," a crime drama and "Neon Desert," a romantic-comedy. His short Spanking Lessons (2007) won the Cinevegas Jury Award for Best Nevada Filmmaker. Schmoeller is an Associate Professor of film production at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and runs the Film Department's UNLV Short Film Archive. He can be reached at schmoeller@cox.net.
David Schneider
David Schneider was born on May 22, 1963 in London, England. He is an actor and writer, known for The Death of Stalin (2017), 28 Days Later... (2002) and Mission: Impossible (1996).
David Schneider
David Schneider is known for Innerspace (1987), The 'Burbs (1989) and 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). He died on August 2, 2016 in the USA.
David Schofield
David Schofield was born in 1951, in Manchester, England. He was one of ten children in a working-class family. His first acting experience was at Manchester boy's school at the age of 12. In 1967, he was accepted as student assistant stage manager at a local repertory theatre. He started on the lowest step of the ladder and worked in every department as a prop-maker, sound-man, writer, stage sweeper, waiter and tea-maker, putting in 14-hour days, six days a week. After two seasons, at the age of 19, he became a student of the London academy of Music and Dramatic art, which he left early to pursue his path as a working actor. He made a successful career in television, earning numerous credits in popular TV series such as Footballers' Wives (2002) and Holby City (1999), among many other TV productions. On the big screen, David Schofield is best known as "Falco" in Gladiator (2000), as "McQueen" in From Hell (2001), and as "Mr. Mercer" in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and the sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006). Schofield is also billed as "Mercer" in the third installment of the "Pirates" franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). Schofield's distinguished stage career has seen the actor performing for the Royal Shakespeare Company and a long association with the Royal National Theatre. He also acted in musicals and straight plays on the West End stage in London. During his 30-year acting career, he maintains the same agent. David Schofield has been enjoying a happy life with his wife, Lally Percy and their children, Fred Schofield and Blanche Schofield. He is currently residing in England.
David Schrack
David Schrack is known for For Sale (2024).
David Schreiber
David Schreiber is known for Camp Getaway (2020).
David Schroeder
David Schroeder is known for Frances (1982), Path to War (2002) and Criminal Minds (2005).
David Schröder
David Schroder is a South African director and screenwriter. His debut feature film, Mense van die Wind (People of the Wind), completed production in 2021 and is due for release in 2022. David has a degree in Publishing from the University of Pretoria, as well as a degree (cum laude) in Motion Picture Medium, specialising in Directing and Screenwriting from AFDA Johannesburg. David was formerly a Commissioning Editor at one of South Africa's top book publishers, Penguin Books, where he project managed a number of important book projects and worked with world-renowned authors and organisations.