Faizon Love
Acting
1968-06-14 · Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
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.
Filmography
Sell Your House
2026 · Movie
STZ
2025 · Movie
The Last Stop in Yuma County
2024 · Movie
Back on the Strip
2023 · Movie
Prince of Detroit
2023 · Movie
Santa Games
2022 · Movie
Block Party
2022 · Movie
The Upshaws
2021 · Series
The War with Grandpa
2020 · Movie
She Ball
2020 · Movie
Bulletproof 2
2020 · Movie
Step Up
2018 · Series
Ripped
2017 · Movie
Grow House
2017 · Movie
Dying Laughing
2017 · Movie
Detroiters
2017 · Series
She's Got a Plan
2016 · Movie
Brotherly Love
2015 · Movie
November Rule
2015 · Movie
Tell
2014 · Movie
black-ish
2014 · Series
Q
2014 · Movie
All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Atlanta
2013 · Movie
White T
2013 · Movie
Backstage at Budz House
2012 · Movie
The Paperboy
2012 · Movie
A Russell Peters Christmas
2011 · Movie
Budz House
2011 · Movie
The Cookout 2
2011 · Movie
Pauly Shore's Vegas is My Oyster
2011 · Movie
Zookeeper
2011 · Movie
King of the Underground
2011 · Movie
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
2011 · Movie
Couples Retreat
2009 · Movie
A Day in the Life
2009 · Movie
Steppin: The Movie
2009 · Movie
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · Movie
‘Friday’ Straight Up
2009 · Movie
Of Boys and Men
2008 · Movie
Days of Wrath
2008 · Movie
The Wendy Williams Show
2008 · Series
Black Poker Stars Invitational
2008 · Series
The Perfect Holiday
2007 · Movie
Who's Your Caddy?
2007 · Movie
Tao of The Golden Mask
2007 · Movie
Idlewild
2006 · Movie
All You've Got
2006 · Movie
Just My Luck
2006 · Movie
My Name Is Earl
2005 · Series
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · Series
Animal
2005 · Movie
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004 · Movie
The Big House
2004 · Series
Torque
2004 · Movie
Elf
2003 · Movie
Hustle and Heat
2003 · Movie
Wonderland
2003 · Movie
The Fighting Temptations
2003 · Movie
That's So Raven
2003 · Series
Blue Crush
2002 · Movie
Play'd: A Hip Hop Story
2002 · Movie
Mr. Bones
2001 · Movie
Made
2001 · Movie
The Luau
2001 · Movie
Inhumanity
2001 · Movie
The Replacements
2000 · Movie
3 Strikes
2000 · Movie
The Players Club
1998 · Movie
Money Talks
1997 · Movie
B.A.P.S
1997 · Movie
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996 · Movie
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996 · Movie
Friday
1995 · Movie
Sledgehammer O'Possum - Out and About
1995 · Movie
What a Cartoon!
1995 · Series
The Parent 'Hood
1995 · Series
The Wayans Bros.
1995 · Series
Fear of a Black Hat
1994 · Movie
The Meteor Man
1993 · Movie
Bebe's Kids
1992 · Movie