Faizon Love
| Faizon Love | |
|---|---|
| Born | Langston Faizon Santisima June 14, 1968 Santiago, Cuba |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
Faizon Andre Love[1] (born June 14, 1968) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, Made, and Couples Retreat.
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[edit] Life and career
Love was born Langston Faizon Santisima[2] in Santiago de Cuba and raised in San Diego and Newark, New Jersey, because of his father's Navy career.[2] Love got his start as a stand-up comedian and made his acting debut in an Off-Broadway at the age of nineteen. His motion picture debut Bebe's Kids had him providing the voice of late comedian Robin Harris. Harris died before production began and Love replaced him with an accurate impression. At the time, Love was only 23 years old. 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.[3][4][5][6] Love also guests on Ludacris' Freaky Thangs from the album Word of Mouf. In 2001, he cameos as a bus driver, in the music video for Lil Jon & The East Side Boys's Put Yo Hood Up. Love also starred in 3 Strikes.
Love co-starred in the 2009 film Couples Retreat, a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort.[7]
Many gamers may know Love on the role of Sean "Sweet" Johnson, simply known as Sweet, in the Rockstar North game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
[edit] Filmography
- Bébé's Kids (1992) – Robin Harris (voice only)
- The Meteor Man (1993) – Maurice
- Fear of a Black Hat (1994) – Jam Boy
- Friday (1995) – Big Worm
- "Parent 'Hood" (1995–1998) – Windell Wilcox
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) – Rufus
- A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996) – Manny
- B*A*P*S (1997) – Tiger J
- Money Talks (1997) – Cellmate
- The Players Club (1998) – Officer Peters
- 3 Strikes (2000) – Tone
- The Replacements (2000) – Jahmal Abdul Jackson
- The Luau (2001) – Hustle
- Made (2001) – Horrace
- Mr. Bones (2001) – Pudbedder
- Play'd: A Hip Hop Story (2002) – Domino Breed
- Blue Crush (2002) – Leslie
- Wonderland (2003) – Greg Diles
- The Fighting Temptations (2003) – Luther Washington
- Elf (2003) – Gimbel's Manager
- Ride or Die (2003) – David Rabinawitz
- Torque (2004) – Sonny
- The Big House (2004) – Warren Cleveland
- GTA: San Andreas(2004) – Sean Sweet Johnson (voice)
- Animal (2005) – Double T
- Just My Luck (2006) – Damon Phillips
- All You've Got (2006) – Coach Harlan
- Idlewild (2006) – Ace
- Who's Your Caddy? (2007) – Big Large
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2007) – Coach
- The Perfect Holiday (2007) – Jamal
- Of Boys and Men (2008) – Roman
- Days of Wrath (2008) – Cash Flow
- G.E.D. (2009) – Bro. Hakeem
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) – Cedric (voice)
- My Name Is Earl (2009) – Reverend Greene
- A Day in the Life (2009) – "Black" Ike Smith
- Couples Retreat (2009) – Shane
- Life as We Know It (2010) – Cab driver
- Zookeeper (2011) – voice only
- Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011) – Kurtis Kool
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0117Love
- ^ a b Williams, Kam (October 7, 2009). "Interview: Faizon Love". DallasBlack.com. http://www.dallasblack.com/entertainment/interviewfaizonlove. Retrieved October 9, 2009.
- ^ "The Cast". The Replacements. Warner Bros.. 2000. http://the-replacements.warnerbros.com/cmp/cast.html#FAIZON. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
- ^ "Just My Luck" (PDF). Regency Entertainment. 2006. http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/just_my_luck/notes.pdf. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
- ^ "Family Tree". The Big House. ABC. April 2004. Archived from the original on March 18, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040318225754/http://abc.go.com/primetime/thebighouse/bios/faizon_love.html. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
- ^ Ryan, Tim (January 28, 2002). "Big screen wave riders". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. http://starbulletin.com/2002/01/28/features/story1.html. Retrieved January 13, 2007.
- ^ Trio of Ladies Going on Couples Retreat" TV Guide. October 15, 2008. Retrieved on October 15, 2008.
[edit] External links
- 1968 births
- Actors from New Jersey
- American film actors
- American people of Cuban descent
- American television actors
- American voice actors
- Cuban actors
- Cuban people of Black African descent
- Hispanic and Latino American actors
- Living people
- Military brats
- People from Newark, New Jersey
- People from San Diego, California
