Faizon Love

Faizon Love

Birthdate
June 14, 1968 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
June 14, 1968 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Known For
Acting

Biography

Faizon Andre Love (born Langston Faizon Santisima; June 14, 1968) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his roles in the comedy films The Meteor Man, Don't Be a Menace, Friday, B*A*P*S, Elf, The Replacements, Made, Mr Bones, and Couples Retreat, as well as the voice of Sean "Sweet" Johnson in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and his role as Wendell Wilcox on The Parent 'Hood.

He got his start as a stand-up comedian and made his acting debut Off-Broadway at the age of nineteen. His motion picture debut, Bebe's Kids had him providing the voice of late comedian Robin Harris. He then had a role in The Meteor Man starring Robert Townsend. Townsend then cast Love in a co-starring role on his sitcom The Parent 'Hood. He followed up this role with a breakout performance as the drug dealer Big Worm in the 1995 film Friday.

Follow-up films have included Elf, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Money Talks, Wonderland, The Fighting Temptations, and Idlewild. Love gained wider appeal when he co-starred in the 2009 film, Couples Retreat, a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. His most recent role is that of Kurtis Kool in 2011’s Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. Many gamers may also know him for his role as Sean "Sweet" Johnson, simply known as Sweet, in the Rockstar North game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Faizon Love's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Paperboy
The Paperboy
Comedian

Acting (75)

Sell Your House as Self
2024
STZ as Curtis
2024
The Last Stop in Yuma County as Vernon
2023
Back on the Strip as Desmond 'Da Body' Day
2023
Prince of Detroit as Teddy Hall
2022
Santa Games as Santa Charles
2022
Block Party as Gus
2021
The Upshaws as Terry (1 episode)
2020
The War with Grandpa as Store Manager
2020
She Ball as Big Meat Tuna
2020
Bulletproof 2 as Jack Carter
2018
Step Up as Al (30 episodes)
2017
Ripped as Reeves
2017
Grow House as Rollin' Reg
2017
Dying Laughing as Self
2016
She's Got a Plan as Dr. Funkman
2015
Brotherly Love as Uncle Ron
2015
November Rule as Theo
2014
Tell as Dwight Johnson
2014
black-ish as Sha (2 episodes)
2014
Q as Mr. Blue
2013
All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Atlanta
2013
White T as Anthony
2012
Backstage at Budz House
2012
The Paperboy as Comedian
2011
Budz House as Big Shitty
2011
The Cookout 2 as David Turner
2011
Pauly Shore's Vegas is My Oyster as Self
2011
Zookeeper as Bruce the Bear (voice)
2011
King of the Underground as Faizon
2011
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son as Kurtis Kool
2009
Couples Retreat as Shane
2009
A Day in the Life as 'Black' Ike Smith
2009
Steppin: The Movie
2009
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy as Self
2008
Of Boys and Men as Roman
2008
Days of Wrath as Cash Flow
2008
The Wendy Williams Show (1 episode)
2008
Black Poker Stars Invitational as Self (8 episodes)
2007
The Perfect Holiday as Jamal
2007
Who's Your Caddy? as Big Large
2006
Idlewild as Ace
2006
All You've Got as Coach Harlan
2006
Just My Luck as Damon Phillips
2005
My Name Is Earl as Reverend Greene (1 episode)
2005
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Coach (1 episode)
2005
Animal as Double T
2004
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction as Sean 'Sweet' Johnson (voice) (uncredited)
2004
The Big House (6 episodes)
2004
Torque as Sonny
2003
Hustle and Heat as David Rabinowitz
2003
Wonderland as Greg Diles
2003
Elf as Gimbels Manager
2003
The Fighting Temptations as Prison Warden
2003
That's So Raven as Cyrus (1 episode)
2002
Blue Crush as Leslie
2002
Play'd: A Hip Hop Story as Domino Breed
2001
Mr. Bones as Fats Pudbedder
2001
Made as Horrace
2001
Inhumanity
2000
The Replacements as Jamal Jackson
2000
3 Strikes as Tone
1998
The Players Club as Peters
1997
Money Talks as Cellmate
1997
B.A.P.S as Tiger J
1996
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate as Manny
1996
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood as Rufus
1995
Friday as Big Worm
1995
Sledgehammer O'Possum - Out and About as Sledgehammer O'Possum
1995
What a Cartoon! as Sledgehammer O'Possum (voice) (1 episode)
1995
The Parent 'Hood as Wendell Wilcox (90 episodes)
1995
The Wayans Bros. as Nigel Lovejoy (1 episode)
1994
Fear of a Black Hat as Jam Boy 1
1993
The Meteor Man as Maurice
1992
Bebe's Kids as Robin Harris (voice)

Directing (1)

2007
Tao of The Golden Mask • Director
• Director