Faizon Love

ActorDirector Jun 14 (age 57) Santiago de Cuba, Cuba 1992–2026 (34 year career)

6.2 avg rating

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, 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 …

Known For

Film

Elf

Gimbels Manager

Film

Friday

Big Worm

Film

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

Rufus

Film

Just My Luck

Damon Phillips

Film

The Replacements

Jamal Jackson

Film

The War with Grandpa

Store Manager

Film

Couples Retreat

Shane

Film

Zookeeper

Bruce the Bear (voice)

Filmography

Acting (79)

Movies (66)

Sell Your House

2026

as Self

STZ

2025

as Curtis

10.0

The Last Stop in Yuma County

as Vernon

Prince of Detroit

as Teddy Hall

Back on the Strip

as Desmond 'Da Body' Day

Santa Games

as Santa Charles

Block Party

as Gus

The War with Grandpa

as Store Manager

She Ball

as Big Meat Tuna

Bulletproof 2

as Jack Carter

Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition

2018

as Gimbels Manager

Ripped

as Reeves

Grow House

as Rollin' Reg

Dying Laughing

as Self

She's Got a Plan

as Dr. Funkman

November Rule

as Theo

Brotherly Love

as Uncle Ron

Tell

as Dwight Johnson

as Mr. Blue

White T

as Anthony

All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Atlanta

2013

4.5

Backstage at Budz House

The Paperboy

as Comedian

Zookeeper

as Bruce the Bear (voice)

5.4

Pauly Shore's Vegas is My Oyster

2011

as Self

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

2011

as Kurtis Kool (uncredited)

5.5

The Cookout 2

2011

as David Turner

3.8

A Russell Peters Christmas

2011

as Self

4.2

King of the Underground

as Faizon

Budz House

as Big Shitty

Couples Retreat

as Shane

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

as Self

‘Friday’ Straight Up

as Self

A Day in the Life

as 'Black' Ike Smith

Steppin: The Movie

Of Boys and Men

as Roman

Days of Wrath

as Cash Flow

The Perfect Holiday

as Jamal

Who's Your Caddy?

as Big Large

Just My Luck

as Damon Phillips

Idlewild

as Ace

All You've Got

as Coach Harlan

Animal

as Double T

Torque

as Sonny

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction

as Sweet (voice)

Elf

as Gimbels Manager

Wonderland

as Greg Diles

The Fighting Temptations

as Prison Warden

Hustle and Heat

as David Rabinowitz

Blue Crush

as Leslie

Play'd: A Hip Hop Story

as Domino Breed

Made

as Horrace

Mr. Bones

as Fats Pudbedder

Inhumanity

The Replacements

as Jamal Jackson

3 Strikes

as Tone

The Players Club

as Peters

Money Talks

as Cellmate

B.A.P.S

as Tiger J

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

1996

as Manny

5.6

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

as Rufus

Friday

as Big Worm

Sledgehammer O'Possum - Out and About

1995

as Sledgehammer O'Possum

Fear of a Black Hat

as Jam Boy 1

The Meteor Man

as Maurice

Bebe's Kids

as Robin Harris (voice)

6.0

Television (13)

The Upshaws

as Terry

Step Up

as Al

Detroiters

as Farmer Zack

black-ish

as Sha

The Wendy Williams Show

2008

5.5

Black Poker Stars Invitational

2008

as Self

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

as Coach

My Name Is Earl

as Reverend Greene

The Big House

That's So Raven

as Cyrus

The Wayans Bros.

as Nigel Lovejoy

What a Cartoon!

as Sledgehammer O'Possum (voice)

7.2

The Parent 'Hood

1995

as Wendell Wilcox

7.3

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Tao of The Golden Mask

2007

Director