
Faizon Love
Actor
Born: June 14, 1968 (57 years old)
Place of birth: Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
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.
Filmography (58)
- Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009, ★ 8)
- Of Boys and Men (2008, ★ 7.7)
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005, ★ 8.3)
- The Wayans Bros. (1995, ★ 7.2)
- The Parent 'Hood (1995, ★ 7.3)
- What a Cartoon! (1995, ★ 7.2)
- Step Up (2018, ★ 7.2)
- That's So Raven (2003, ★ 7.2)
- The Upshaws (2021, ★ 7.6)
- My Name Is Earl (2005, ★ 7.7)
- Detroiters (2017, ★ 7.2)
- Just My Luck (2006, ★ 6.2)
- Friday (1995, ★ 7.1)
- The Replacements (2000, ★ 6.7)
- Elf (2003, ★ 6.7)
- All You've Got (2006, ★ 6.2)
- Block Party (2022, ★ 6.1)
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996, ★ 7)
- The Last Stop in Yuma County (2024, ★ 6.9)
- Dying Laughing (2017, ★ 6.4)
- Wonderland (2003, ★ 6.1)
- Brotherly Love (2015, ★ 7)
- Animal (2005, ★ 5.6)
- A Day in the Life (2009, ★ 5.8)
- The Meteor Man (1993, ★ 5.8)
- Back on the Strip (2023, ★ 5.6)
- Idlewild (2006, ★ 5.6)
- Mr. Bones (2001, ★ 6)
- Bebe's Kids (1992, ★ 6)
- Tell (2014, ★ 5.6)