About
Faizon Love
Overview
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.
Known for
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2024 | STZ | Actor | Curtis | N/A N/A |
2024 | The Last Stop in Yuma County | Actor | Vernon | 61 Fair |
2023 | Back on the Strip | Actor | Desmond 'Da Body' Day | 58 Average |
2023 | Prince of Detroit | Actor | Teddy Hall | N/A N/A |
2022 | Santa Games | Actor | Santa Charles | 59 Average |
2022 | Block Party | Actor | Gus | 59 Average |
2020 | The War with Grandpa | Actor | Store Manager | 62 Fair |
2020 | She Ball | Actor | Big Meat Tuna | 59 Average |
2020 | Bulletproof 2 | Actor | Jack Carter | 59 Average |
2018 | Step Up | Actor | Al | 72 Good |
2017 | Ripped | Actor | Reeves | 58 Average |
2017 | Grow House | Actor | Rollin' Reg | 59 Average |
2017 | Dying Laughing | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2016 | She's Got a Plan | Actor | Dr. Funkman | N/A N/A |
2015 | Brotherly Love | Actor | Uncle Ron | 60 Fair |
2015 | November Rule | Actor | Theo | 58 Average |
2014 | Tell | Actor | Dwight Johnson | 58 Average |
2014 | Q | Actor | Mr. Blue | 59 Average |
2013 | All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Atlanta | Actor | 59 Average |
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2013 | White T | Actor | Anthony | 58 Average |
2012 | Backstage at Budz House | Actor | 58 Average |
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2012 | The Paperboy | Actor | Comedian | 56 Average |
2011 | Budz House | Actor | Big Shitty | 58 Average |
2011 | The Cookout 2 | Actor | David Turner | 58 Average |
2011 | Pauly Shore's Vegas is My Oyster | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2011 | Zookeeper | Actor | Bruce the Bear (voice) | 55 Average |
2011 | King of the Underground | Actor | Faizon | 59 Average |
2011 | Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son | Actor | Kurtis Kool | 56 Average |
2009 | Couples Retreat | Actor | Shane | 56 Average |
2009 | A Day in the Life | Actor | 'Black' Ike Smith | 59 Average |
2009 | Steppin: The Movie | Actor | 58 Average |
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2009 | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2008 | Of Boys and Men | Actor | Roman | 59 Average |
2008 | Days of Wrath | Actor | Cash Flow | 59 Average |
2008 | Black Poker Stars Invitational | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2007 | The Perfect Holiday | Actor | Jamal | 58 Average |
2007 | Who's Your Caddy? | Actor | Big Large | 56 Average |
2006 | Idlewild | Actor | Ace | 58 Average |
2006 | All You've Got | Actor | Coach Harlan | 59 Average |
2006 | Just My Luck | Actor | Damon Phillips | 60 Fair |
2005 | Animal | Actor | Double T | 58 Average |
2004 | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction | Actor | Sean 'Sweet' Johnson (voice) (uncredited) | 59 Average |
2004 | The Big House | Actor | 70 Good |
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2004 | Torque | Actor | Sonny | 55 Average |
2003 | Hustle and Heat | Actor | David Rabinowitz | 58 Average |
2003 | Wonderland | Actor | Greg Diles | 59 Average |
2003 | Elf | Actor | Gimbels Manager | 66 Fair |
2003 | The Fighting Temptations | Actor | Prison Warden | 58 Average |
2002 | Blue Crush | Actor | Leslie | 59 Average |
2002 | Play'd: A Hip Hop Story | Actor | Domino Breed | 59 Average |
2001 | Mr. Bones | Actor | Fats Pudbedder | 59 Average |
2001 | Made | Actor | Horrace | 58 Average |
2001 | The Luau | Actor | Hustle | 59 Average |
2001 | Inhumanity | Actor | 59 Average |
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2000 | The Replacements | Actor | Jamal Jackson | 63 Fair |
2000 | 3 Strikes | Actor | Tone | 58 Average |
1998 | The Players Club | Actor | Peters | 59 Average |
1997 | Money Talks | Actor | Cellmate | 59 Average |
1997 | B.A.P.S | Actor | Tiger J | 58 Average |
1996 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate | Actor | Manny | 58 Average |
1996 | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood | Actor | Rufus | 66 Fair |
1995 | Friday | Actor | Big Worm | 68 Fair |
1995 | Sledgehammer O'Possum - Out and About | Actor | Sledgehammer O'Possum | N/A N/A |
1995 | The Parent 'Hood | Actor | Wendell Wilcox | 69 Fair |
1994 | Fear of a Black Hat | Actor | Jam Boy 1 | 59 Average |
1993 | The Meteor Man | Actor | Maurice | 58 Average |
1992 | Bebe's Kids | Actor | Robin Harris (voice) | 58 Average |
Sell Your House | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
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2007 | Tao of The Golden Mask | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |