Faizon Love

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Faizon Love : biography

June 14, 1968 –

Faizon Andre Lovehttp://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0117Love (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.

Filmography

  • Bébé’s Kids (1992) – Robin Harris (voice only)
  • The Meteor Man (1993) – Maurice
  • Fear of a Black Hat (1994) – Jam Boy
  • Friday (1995) – Big Worm
  • 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) – 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)- Preproduction

Life and career

Love was born Langston Faizon Santisima 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. 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. In 2001, Love guest-starred in the Ludacris single "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. at TV Guide. October 15, 2008. Retrieved on October 15, 2008. 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.

Love will be filming Matthew 18, an indie horror film in Minnesota.