David Schifter

David Schifter is a versatile American actor seen in the semirecurring role of Detective JD Walker on ID Discovery Channels Lt Kenda Homicide Hunter and Tyler Perrys 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 14years 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 Africanproduced film in Nigeria In 2019 he costarred 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 volunteer firefighter in the city where he lives which he says gives him the true feeling of giving back to his community