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Faizon Love
| Faizon Love | |
|---|---|
| Born | Langston Faizon Santisima June 14, 1968 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Faizon Andre Love |
| Occupation | Actor and comedian |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Home town | San Diego, California Newark, New Jersey |
Faizon Love (born June 14, 1968) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, The Replacements, Made, and Couples Retreat.
Life and career
Love was born Langston Faizon Santisima[1] in Santiago de Cuba and grew up as a military brat; he was raised in San Diego,California and Newark, New Jersey because of his father's career in the United States Navy.[1] Love got his start as a stand-up comedian and made his acting debut in an Off-Broadway at the age of 19. His motion-picture debut, Bebe's Kids, had him providing the voice of comedian Robin Harris, who died before production began on the film; Love offered a close vocal impression of 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 3 Strikes, Elf, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Money Talks, Wonderland, The Fighting Temptations, and Idlewild.[2][3][4][5] In 2001, Love guest-starred in the Ludacrissingle "Freaky Thangs" from the album Word of Mouf. The same year, he made a cameo appearance as a bus driver, in the music video for Lil Jon & The East Side Boys' single "Put Yo Hood Up".
Love co-starred in Couples Retreat (2009), a comedy film chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort.[6] In 2012, he played the role of Stringer Bell in the satirical trailer for The Wire: The Musical. In June of that year, Love started to appear in a series of commercials for the pre-paid wireless provider Boost Mobile, promoting its new 4G phones.[7]
Love will be filming Matthew 18, an indie horror film in Minnesota.
Filmography
- B̩b̩'s Kids (1992) РRobin Harris (voice only)
- The Meteor Man (1993) – Maurice
- Fear of a Black Hat (1994) – Jam Boy
- Friday (1995) – Big Worm
- The 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
- Grand Theft Auto: 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) – Bruce the Grizzly Bear (voice only)
- Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011) – Kurtis Kool
- Budz House (2012) – Big Shitty
- White T (2013) – Anthony
- Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013) – Himself
- Matthew 18 (2013) – Lifton Tyler
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