Faizon Love

Faizon Love

55 · Born: Jun 14, 1968

Personal Details

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Born Jun 14, 1968 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Parents
  • Richard
  • Ernestine

Biography

Faizon Andre Love was born June 14, 1968. An actor and comedian, he is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, and Couples Retreat. Love 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 Love for his role as Sean "Sweet" Johnson, simply known as Sweet, in the Rockstar North game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Career

2023
Prince of Detroit
Prince of Detroit as Teddy Hall
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Back on the Strip
Back on the Strip as Desmond 'Da Body' Day
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2022
Block Party
Block Party as Gus
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Santa Games
Santa Games as Santa Charles
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2020
Bulletproof 2
Bulletproof 2 as Jack Carter
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She Ball
She Ball
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2018
Step Up: High Water
Step Up: High Water as Al
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2017
Grow House
Grow House as Rollin' Reg
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Ripped
Ripped as Reeves
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2016
She's Got a Plan
She's Got a Plan as Dr. Funkman
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2015
Brotherly Love
Brotherly Love as Uncle Ron
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November Rule
November Rule as Theo
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2014
Matthew 18
Matthew 18 as Lifton Tyler
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Tell
Tell as Dwight Johnson
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White T
White T
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2012
Backstage at Budz House
2011
King of the Underground
King of the Underground as Faizon
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Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son as Kurtis Kool
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Budz House
Budz House as Big Shitty
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2009
Steppin: The Movie
Couples Retreat
Couples Retreat as Shane
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A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life as 'Black' Ike Smith
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2008
Of Boys and Men
Of Boys and Men as Roman
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2007
The Perfect Holiday
The Perfect Holiday as Jamal
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Who's Your Caddy?
Who's Your Caddy? as Big Large
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2006
All You've Got
All You've Got as Coach Harlan
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Just My Luck
Just My Luck as Damon Phillips
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Idlewild
Idlewild as Ace
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2005
Animal
Animal as Double T
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2004
Torque
Torque as Sonny
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction as Sean 'Sweet' Johnson (voice) (uncredited)
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2003
Elf
Elf as Gimbel's Manager
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2002
Play'd: A Hip Hop Story
Play'd: A Hip Hop Story as Domino Breed
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2001
The Luau
The Luau as Hustle
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Mr. Bones
Mr. Bones as Fats Pudbedder
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Made
Made as Horrace
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2000
3 Strikes
3 Strikes as Tone
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The Replacements
The Replacements as Jamal Jackson
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1998
The Players Club
The Players Club as Peters
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1995
Friday
Friday as Big Worm
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The Wayans Bros.
The Wayans Bros. as Nigel Lovejoy
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The Parent 'Hood
The Parent 'Hood as Wendell Wilcox
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1994
Fear of a Black Hat
Fear of a Black Hat as Jam Boy 1
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1992
Bebe's Kids
Bebe's Kids as Robin Harris (voice)
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2017
Dying Laughing
Dying Laughing
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2011
A Russell Peters Christmas Special
Pauly Shore's Vegas Is My Oyster