Faizon Love

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Faizon Love (born Langston Faizon Santisima June 14, 1968) is a American actor of Afro-Cuban descent[1].

Most of Love's publicity materials state that he was born in Newark, New Jersey[2][3] But other publicity sources give his birthplace as either Santiago de Cuba[4][5] or San Diego, California.[6]

Love got his start as a stand-up comedian and made his acting debut in an Off-Broadway at the age of 19. His first film Bebe's Kids had him providing the voice of Robin Harris. Harris died before production began and Love replaced him with an accurate impression. 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 film Friday in 1995. 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.

Video gamers may know Love as the voice of Sean "Sweet" Johnson from Rockstar Games's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

[edit] Filmography

• Bébé's Kids (1992) - Robin Harris
• The Metoer Man (1993) - Maurice
• Fear of a Black Hat (1994) - Jam Boy
• Friday (1995) - Big Worm
• 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) - Prison Warden
• Elf (2003) - Gimbel's Manager
• Ride or Die (2003) - David Rabinawitz
• The Big House (2004) - Warren Cleveland
• Just My Luck (2006) - Damon Phillips
• All You've Got (2006) - Coach Harlan
• Idlewild (2006) - Ace

[edit] External links

• Faizon Love at the Internet Movie Database
• Faizon Love at the Voice Chasers Database