David Faustino

David Faustino
Faustino at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	David Anthony Faustino (1974-03-03) March 3, 1974 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actor, rapper, radio personality
Years active	1980–present
Partner	Lindsay Bronson
Children	1

David Anthony Faustino (born March 3, 1974) is an American actor, rapper and radio personality, primarily known for his role as Bud Bundy on the FOX sitcom Married... with Children.

David Faustino is currently the host of Old Scratch Radio Sundays on Skee 24/7 on Dash Radio.

Early life

Faustino was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 3, 1974, to Roger Faustino, a costumer, and Kay Faustino (nee Freeman), a homemaker. His younger brother Michael made many guest appearances on Married... with Children, including the episode David co-wrote, "T*R*A*S*H".

Career

Faustino made his television debut at the age of 3 months when he appeared on the Lily Tomlin Special. He did not start regularly acting until 1980 after a small role on Little House on the Prairie. Throughout the early to mid-1980s, Faustino guest-starred on a number of TV shows such as Highway to Heaven, Family Ties, St. Elsewhere, and The Love Boat. In 1987, he landed a full-time gig on Married... with Children, which was his big break. He played Bud, the younger of the two Bundy children, in 259 episodes, from April 5, 1987, until the season finale on June 9, 1997. He reprised the role of Bud Bundy in such series as Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Top of the Heap. Faustino also appeared on Burke's Law, MADtv, and The New Addams Family.

In 2002, he appeared in the reality television special Celebrity Boot Camp (a shortened version of the Boot Camp series for celebrities). In 2001 he appeared in the independent film Killer Bud, produced by Aglet Productions. In 2005 Faustino guest-starred on two episodes of One on One.

Faustino also starred as Jason Dockery in the movie RoboDoc (2008). In April 2007 he was featured in an American McDonald's commercial introducing the "Dollar Menunaires." He developed and starred in Star-ving, a weekly Internet comedy series on Crackle, an online video network backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment. A total of 12 episodes of Star-ving were produced. Faustino played 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. He has also signed a deal with National Lampoon to be involved with three low-budget films.

Faustino appeared with the cast of Married... with Children again at the 7th Annual TV Land Awards in 2009, presented by Dr. Phil. He also had cameo appearances in two episodes of the HBO series Entourage and co-starred in the feature Not Another B Movie which was distributed by Troma Entertainment in 2011.

By 2012 Faustino was cast in The Legend of Korra as the voice of firebender Mako, a central character named after the late Mako Iwamatsu (the voice of Iroh in the original series). He also voice Dagur the Deranged as a secondary villain on season one and main villain in season 2 of DreamWorks Dragons. He appears in the Bones 12th-season episode "The Radioactive Panthers in the Party," playing a fictional version of himself as a suspect in the death of an aspiring filmmaker.

Personal life

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, Nevada. They separated in May 2006. Faustino sought not to pay spousal support, according to the papers filed in Los Angeles. On February 6, 2007, Faustino officially filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences.

On November 14, 2015, his girlfriend Lindsay Bronson gave birth to their daughter.

Faustino was arrested for misdemeanor possession of marijuana in May 2007. A disorderly intoxication charge was later dropped after Faustino agreed to enroll in a drug rehabilitation facility.

Faustino co-founded and co-hosted a night club in Los Angeles named Balistyx, which is the same name as his rap album. The club was "the first hip-hop/funk club on the Sunset Strip," and was originally held on Thursday nights at the Whisky a Go Go in 1991. The club closed after a final New Year's Eve party at The Roxy in 1993.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1982	Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures	Martin
1983	The Star Chamber	Tony Hardin
1986	Mister Boogedy	Corwin Davis
1987	Bride of Boogedy
1990	I'm Naked Thinking of You	Cousin Dave
1991	Perfect Harmony	Paul
1994	Men Lie
1994	Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story	Joey Pagan
1996	Kiss & Tell	Strip-E, "The Bird"
1998	12 Bucks	Cornfed
	Lovers & Liars	Darrel
1999	Dirt Merchant	Sponge
2000	Get Your Stuff	Ron
2001	MacArthur Park	Bobby
	The Heist	Chuck
	Killer Bud	Buzz Frawley
	10 Attitudes	Billy (Attitude #3)
2005	Freezerburn	Paul the P.A.
2006	National Lampoon's Pucked	Carl
	Nice Guys	Ben
	Puff, Puff, Pass	Steve
2007	Leo	David
2008	The Hustle	Derrick
	RoboDoc	Jason Dockery	Also Associate Producer
	Boston Strangler: The Untold Story	Albert De Salvo
	Unconventional	Himself
2009	Busted	Wilburt
	Official Rejection	Himself
	Not Another B Movie	Hines
2010	Hollywont	Rob
2012	Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom	Helia	Voice role
2013	Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure	Helia	Voice role
	I Know That Voice	Himself
2015	Entourage	Himself	Cameo

Television

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1974	Lily Tomlin Special	Himself	Was three months old
1980	Little House on the Prairie	Josh	Episode: "The Silent Cry"
1981	Trapper John, M.D.	Little Boy	Episode: "'Tis the Season"
1982	In the Custody of Strangers	David	Television film
1983	Summer Girl	Jason Shelburne	Television film
	Shooting Stars	Patrick	Television film
	Fantasy Island	Michael Ashley	Episode: "Random Choices/My Mother, the Swinger"
	Family Ties	Keith Baily	Episode: "To Snatch a Keith"
1984	The Love Boat	Scott Russell	Episode: "Ace in the Hole/Uncle Joey's Song/Father in the Cradle"
	St. Elsewhere	Boy	Episode: "Two Balls and a Strike"
	E/R	Randy Beal	Episode: "Save the Last Dance for Me"
1985	Highway to Heaven	Robbie Brown	Episode: "Plane Death"
	I Had Three Wives	Andrew Beaudine	Main role
	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Actor	Episode: "Utopia Now"
1986	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Louie Dawson	Episode: "The Drug Knot"
	The Twilight Zone	Micah Frost	Episode: "The Storyteller"
1987–1997	Married... with Children	Bud Bundy	259 episodes
1987	Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears	Cavin	Episode: "The Knights of Gummadoons"
1990	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Bud Bundy	Episode: "Musso & Frank"
	The Earth Day Special
1991	Perfect Harmony	Paul	Disney TV Movie
	Top of the Heap	Bud Bundy	Episode: "The Agony and the Agony"
	Blossom	Himself	Episode: "Blossom – A Rockumentary"
1992	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Travis Bickle	Episode: "Words Up!"
1992	Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?	Himself	Episode: "The Immigration Station Perpetration"
1994	Burke's Law	Carl Loomis	Episode: "Who Killed the Soap Star?"
	Robin's Hood	Actor	Episode: "Memories Are Made of This"
1996	Madtv	Himself	Episode: "#1.12"
1996	Dead Man's Island	Haskell Prescott	Television film
1997	Madtv	Host	Episode: "#2.21"
1999	Jesse	Dwayne	Episode: "The Best Deal Possible"
	The New Addams Family	Greg the Alien	Episode: "The Close Encounters of the Addams Kind"
	Unhappily Ever After	Jimbo Bacilli	Episode: "Tiffany Burger"
2000	Batman Beyond	Sean Miller	Voice role Episode: "The Last Resort"
	Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family	Older Chance, Narrator	Episode: "Just Act Normal", "The Line" Uncredited
	Nash Bridges	Simon/Denny	Episodes: "Hard Cell" and "Jump Start"
2001	Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family	Older Change, Narrator	Episode: "Borderline Normal" Uncredited
	Intimate Portrait	Narrator	Episode: "Katey Sagal"
	The Zeta Project	Scruffy	Voice role Episodes: "His Maker's Name"
	The Test	Himself	Episode: "The Sex Etiquette Test"
	Going to California	Kurt Beamis	Episode: "The Big Padoodle"
2002	The X-Files	Michael Daley	Episode: "Sunshine Days"
	The Rerun Show	Pete	Episodes: "The Partridge Family: My Son, the Feminist/Married... with Children: The Dance Show"
2003	Static Shock	Starburst	Voice role Episode: "Showtime"
	Mickeypalooza	Himself	Television special
2004	The Bernie Mac Show	Droobie	Episode: "Droobie or Not Droobie"
	The Help	Adam Ridgeway	Episodes: "Pilot", "Dwayne Gets a Cold" "Pahtay", "Ollie Shares", "Doghouse"
	Entourage	Himself	Episode: "The Review"
2005	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Curt Crunch	Voice role Episode: "Wrestle Maniacs"
	One On One	Ian/Chad	Episodes: "Contract High" and "Study Buddy"
	TV Land Confidential	Himself	Episode: "Changing Times and Trends"
2006	American Dad!	Himself	Voice role Episode: "Rough Trade"
	Loonatics Unleashed	Arthur, Time Skip	Voice role Episode: "Time After Time"
2007	TV Land Confidential	Himself	Interviewee Episode: "Finales"
2008–2011	The Path of Atticus	Theseus	Voice role Recurring role
2008	The Batman	Fox / David	Voice role Episode: "Attack of the Terrible Trio"
	Rules of the Game		Executive Producer
2009	Robot Chicken	Himself, Dr. Rudy Wells, Grandfather	Voice role Episode: "Love, Maurice"
	Entourage	Himself	Episode: "Scared Straight"
2010	7 Days	Himself	Member of Team 1 Episode dated October 22, 2010
	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Bud Shelton	Voice role Episode: "Revenge of the Man Crab"
2011–2014	Winx Club	Helia	Voice role
2012–2014	The Legend of Korra	Mako	Voice role Main character
2013–2018	DreamWorks Dragons	Dagur the Deranged	Voice role
2013	Modern Family	Tater	Episode: "Bad Hair Day"
2016	Atomic Shark	Fletcher	Television film
	Sharknado: The 4th Awakens	Bud	Television film
2016–	The Young and the Restless	Howard Green	Recurring
2017	Bones	Fictional version of himself	Episode: "The Radioactive Panthers in the Party"

Web series

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Star-ving	Himself	Also Executive Producer, Director, and Writer Web series
	Dark Christmas	Himself
2012	SuperF*ckers	Jack Krak	Voice role
2013	Bad Samaritans	Dax Wendell

Music

Aside from his acting, Faustino has been in the music industry in the rap genre under the name D' Lil.

In 1992 D' Lil released the album Balistyx, which spawned one single titled "I Told Ya."

He co-wrote a 2008 independent electronica album with Austin-based musician Jon Dishongh titled Hollowdreams, which he also produced alongside close friend Corin Nemec.

External links

• David Faustino at IMDb