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Faizon Love

Acting Born Jun 14, 1968 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba 24 credits

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, BAP*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.

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Known for

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

as Coach

black-ish

as Sha

The Upshaws

as Terry
Film

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

as Rufus
Film

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

as Kurtis Kool (uncredited)
Film

The War with Grandpa

as Store Manager

Full filmography

  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) as Coach
  • black-ish (2014) as Sha
  • My Name Is Earl (2005) as Reverend Greene
  • That's So Raven (2003) as Cyrus
  • The Upshaws (2021) as Terry
  • Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996) as Rufus
  • The Wayans Bros. (1995) as Nigel Lovejoy
  • What a Cartoon! (1995) as Sledgehammer O'Possum (voice)
  • The Wendy Williams Show (2008)
  • Friday (1995) as Big Worm
  • The Parent 'Hood (1995) as Wendell Wilcox
  • Elf (2003) as Gimbels Manager
  • Couples Retreat (2009) as Shane
  • Step Up (2018) as Al
  • Torque (2004) as Sonny
  • Just My Luck (2006) as Damon Phillips
  • The Replacements (2000) as Jamal Jackson
  • Detroiters (2017) as Farmer Zack
  • Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (2011) as Kurtis Kool (uncredited)
  • Zookeeper (2011) as Bruce the Bear (voice)
  • Money Talks (1997) as Cellmate
  • The War with Grandpa (2020) as Store Manager
  • Blue Crush (2002) as Leslie
  • B.A.P.S (1997) as Tiger J