David Faustino
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| Born | David Anthony Faustino March 3, 1974 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1986–present |
David Anthony Faustino (born March 3, 1974) is an American actor and rapper. He is best known for his role as Bud Bundy on the sitcom Married... with Children.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Career
Faustino starred in Married... with Children from its debut on April 5, 1987, until its final first-run episode broadcast on June 9, 1997. In 2002, he appeared in the celebrity, reality television special Celebrity Boot Camp (a shortened version of the Boot Camp series for b-list celebrities). In 2001, he appeared in the low-budget film Killer Bud produced by Aglet Productions. In 2005, Faustino guest starred on an episode of One on One as Flex Washington's agent.
He starred as the character Jason Dockery in the 2008 movie RoboDoc. In April 2007, Faustino was featured in an American McDonald’s commercial introducing the ‘Dollar Menunaires.’ He currently stars in Star-ving, a weekly Web-only comedy series on Crackle, an online video network backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment.[1] Faustino plays an exaggerated version of himself in the series, which he wrote and developed with several friends as an “anti-Entourage.” “This is a very twisted take on what I’ve been through all these years,” Faustino said.[1] He has also signed a deal with National Lampoon to be involved with three low-budget films.
He ranked #48 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Kid Stars.
David appeared with the cast of Married with Children again at the 7th Annual TV Land Awards in 2009, presented by Dr. Phil.
[edit] Personal life
David was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Kay (née Freeman), a homemaker, and Roger Faustino, a costumer.[2] His younger brother, Michael (born on November 16, 1979), is an actor, as was his oldest brother Randy; (their only sister, Nichole, didn’t follow in her brothers’ footsteps).
He attended St. Finbar Elementary, a private school in Burbank, California.
According to a radio interview, Faustino claims he was one of the people who is responsible for the success of will.i.am’s career.[citation needed]
After meeting at a spiritual center in Los Angeles and dating for five years, he married Andrea Elmer on January 24, 2004, at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nev.[3] They separated in May 2006. Faustino sought not to pay spousal support, according to the papers filed in Los Angeles. On February 6, 2007, David Faustino officially filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences.[4] His divorce from Andrea was finalized on December 28, 2007.
Since then, he has become an active member of the seduction community, as well as a big fan of The Game author and mPUA, Neil Strauss.[5][dubious ] He has recently been featured in a series of unique pick-up missions on Strauss’s MySpace page in which he competes to get the most number closes in various challenges.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-married15-2009jan15,0,2185858.story
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/0/David-Faustino.html
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20011038,00.html
- ^ http://www.examiner.com/a-551383~Actor_David_Faustino_Files_for_Divorce.html
- ^ http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=300156432
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: David Faustino |
- David Faustino at the Internet Movie Database
- David Faustino's mugshot at The Smoking Gun
- David Faustino's Arrest Report at The Smoking Gun
- Yahoo! Entertainment story on Faustino
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