Faizon Love
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.
Acting
Movie
Elf
as Gimbels Manager
2003
Movie
Couples Retreat
as Shane
2009
Movie
Friday
as Big Worm
1995
Movie
Just My Luck
as Damon Phillips
2006
Movie
Zookeeper
as Bruce the Bear (voice)
2011
Movie
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
as Rufus
1996
TV
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Coach
2005
Movie
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
as Kurtis Kool (uncredited)
2011
TV
My Name Is Earl
as Reverend Greene
2005
Movie
The Replacements
as Jamal Jackson
2000
Movie
The War with Grandpa
as Store Manager
2020
Movie
The Paperboy
as Comedian
2012
Movie
Torque
as Sonny
2004
Movie
Blue Crush
as Leslie
2002
Movie
Money Talks
as Cellmate
1997
Movie
The Last Stop in Yuma County
as Vernon
2024
TV
black-ish
as Sha
2014
Movie
Wonderland
as Greg Diles
2003
TV
That's So Raven
as Cyrus
2003
Movie
Made
as Horrace
2001
Movie
The Meteor Man
as Maurice
1993
Movie
The Fighting Temptations
as Prison Warden
2003
Movie
Bulletproof 2
as Jack Carter
2020
TV
Step Up
as Al
2018
