De'voreaux White (born Devorea W. Sefas; August 6, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for his role in Die Hard as the young limousine driver, Argyle. Career Film and television De'voreaux White was born in Los Angeles County, California. He began acting professionally 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 for helping provide the opportunity 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 improvised on set together with Willis. His filming schedule was spread over a three-month period. 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. White reprised his role as Argyle from Die Hard, alongside star Bruce Willis, in a commercial for Advance Auto Parts' DieHard brand of car batteries in October 2020. Other work As of 2019, White has set up his own company in California. Additionally by then, he worked in the clinical staff of a substance-abuse rehabilitation facility Personal life As of 2019, White resides in Newport Beach, California. His original last name, Sefas, is Ethiopian; after his mother died, his maternal grandparents with the surname White adopted him. Filmography Television 1977 The Jeffersons as Warren Barnes 1979–1981 Little House on the Prairie as Various Characters 1981 Quincy, M.E. as Ethan Kellogg 1982 T.J. Hooker as Stevie Pine 1983–1984 Diff'rent Strokes as Glenn 1985 Highway to Heaven as Terry 1986 227 as Harvey 1989 In the Heat of the Night as Albert Tolliver 1989–1991 Head of the Class as Aristotle McKenzie 2014 Workaholics as Uber Driver 2023 Easter as Smiley Films 1980 The Blues Brothers as Young Guitar Thief 1983 Max Dugan Returns as Boy 1984