Faizon Love
61 movies · 11 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 14, 1968 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Also known as
- Langston Faizon Santisima · Faison Love · فیژن لاو
Biography
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.
Read the full biography
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
-
★ 6.7 Elf
2003 · Film
-
★ 5.6 Couples Retreat
2009 · Film
-
★ 7.2 Friday
1995 · Film
-
★ 6.2 Just My Luck
2006 · Film
-
★ 5.4 Zookeeper
2011 · Film
-
★ 7.0 Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996 · Film
-
★ 8.2 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · TV
-
★ 5.5 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
2011 · Film
Faizon Love: movies and TV shows
Acting (71)
- 2025 STZ
as Curtis
- 2024 The Last Stop in Yuma County
as Vernon
- 2023 Back on the Strip
as Desmond 'Da Body' Day
- 2023 Prince of Detroit
as Teddy Hall
- 2022 Santa Games
as Santa Charles
- 2022 Block Party
as Gus
- 2021
- 2020 The War with Grandpa
as Store Manager
- 2020 She Ball
as Big Meat Tuna
- 2020 Bulletproof 2
as Jack Carter
- 2018
- 2017 Ripped
as Reeves
- 2017 Grow House
as Rollin' Reg
- 2017
- 2016 She's Got a Plan
as Dr. Funkman
- 2015 Brotherly Love
as Uncle Ron
- 2015 November Rule
as Theo
- 2014 Tell
as Dwight Johnson
- 2014
- 2014 Q
as Mr. Blue
- 2013
- 2013 White T
as Anthony
- 2012
- 2012 The Paperboy
as Comedian
- 2011 Budz House
as Big Shitty
- 2011 The Cookout 2
as David Turner
- 2011 Zookeeper
as Bruce the Bear (voice)
- 2011 King of the Underground
as Faizon
- 2011 Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
as Kurtis Kool (uncredited)
- 2009 Couples Retreat
as Shane
- 2009 A Day in the Life
as 'Black' Ike Smith
- 2009
- 2008 Of Boys and Men
as Roman
- 2008 Days of Wrath
as Cash Flow
- 2007 The Perfect Holiday
as Jamal
- 2007 Who's Your Caddy?
as Big Large
- 2006 Idlewild
as Ace
- 2006 All You've Got
as Coach Harlan
- 2006 Just My Luck
as Damon Phillips
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Animal
as Double T
- 2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
as Sweet (voice)
- 2004
- 2004 Torque
as Sonny
- 2003 Elf
as Gimbels Manager
- 2003 Hustle and Heat
as David Rabinowitz
- 2003 Wonderland
as Greg Diles
- 2003 The Fighting Temptations
as Prison Warden
- 2003
- 2002 Blue Crush
as Leslie
- 2002 Play'd: A Hip Hop Story
as Domino Breed
- 2001 Mr. Bones
as Fats Pudbedder
- 2001 Made
as Horrace
- 2001 The Luau
as Hustle
- 2001
- 2000 The Replacements
as Jamal Jackson
- 2000 3 Strikes
as Tone
- 1998 The Players Club
as Peters
- 1997 Money Talks
as Cellmate
- 1997 B.A.P.S
as Tiger J
- 1996 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
as Manny
- 1996
- 1995 Friday
as Big Worm
- 1995 Sledgehammer O'Possum - Out and About
as Sledgehammer O'Possum
- 1995
- 1995
- 1995
- 1994 Fear of a Black Hat
as Jam Boy 1
- 1993 The Meteor Man
as Maurice
- 1992 Bebe's Kids
as Robin Harris (voice)
Behind the camera (1)
- 2007 Tao of The Golden Mask
Director
Talk shows and appearances (8)
- 2026
- 2017
- 2011
- 2011
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008 The Wendy Williams Show
1 episode
- 2008 Black Poker Stars Invitational
8 episodes