Faizon Love

Known for ActingBorn 1968-06-14 (age 57)Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

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.Read more

Movies & web series

STZ

She's Got a Plan

Inhumanity

Play'd: A Hip Hop Story

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The Luau

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

‘Friday’ Straight Up

The Upshaws

Of Boys and Men

My Name Is Earl

What a Cartoon!

Step Up

Detroiters

black-ish

That's So Raven

The Parent 'Hood

The Wayans Bros.

Brotherly Love

The Last Stop in Yuma County

Friday

The Big House

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction

The Replacements

Elf

The War with Grandpa

She Ball

Dying Laughing

Grow House

Bulletproof 2

The Players Club

Block Party

All You've Got

Just My Luck

Wonderland

Mr. Bones

Blue Crush

Money Talks

Bebe's Kids

Q

Fear of a Black Hat

Back on the Strip

A Day in the Life

The Fighting Temptations

Made

King of the Underground

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