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Faizon Love
Actor
Born June 14, 1968 (54 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2022 | Back on the Strip · as Desmond 'Da Body' Day |
| 2022 | Block Party · as Gus |
| 2020 | The War with Grandpa · as Store Manager |
| 2020 | Bulletproof 2 · as Jack Carter |
| 2020 | She Ball · as Unknown |
| 2018 | Step Up: High Water (TV Series) · as Al |
| 2017 | Ripped · as Reeves |
| 2017 | Grow House · as Rollin' Reg |
| 2017 | Detroiters (TV Series) · as Farmer Zack |
| 2017 | The New Edition Story (TV Series) · as Maurice Starr |
| 2015 | Brotherly Love · as Uncle Ron |
| 2015 | November Rule · as Theo |
| 2014 | Matthew 18 · as Lifton Tyler |
| 2014 | Tell · as Dwight Johnson |
| 2014 | black-ish (TV Series) · as Sha |
| 2013 | White T · as Unknown |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | The Paperboy · as Comedian |
| 2012 | Backstage at Budz House · as Unknown |
| 2011 | Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son · as Kurtis Kool |
| 2011 | Zookeeper · as Bruce the Bear (voice) |
| 2011 | Budz House · as Big Shitty |
| 2011 | The Cookout 2 · as David Turner |
| 2010 | Life as We Know It · as Cab Driver |
| 2009 | Couples Retreat · as Shane |
| 2009 | A Day in the Life · as 'Black' Ike Smith |
| 2009 | Steppin: The Movie · as Unknown |
| 2008 | Of Boys and Men · as Roman |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2007 | Who's Your Caddy? · as Big Large |
| 2007 | The Perfect Holiday · as Jamal |
| 2006 | Just My Luck · as Damon Phillips |
| 2006 | All You've Got · as Coach Harlan |
| 2006 | Idlewild · as Ace |
| 2005 | Animal · as Double T |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl (TV Series) · as Reverend Greene |
| 2005 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV Series) · as Coach |
| 2004 | Torque · as Sonny |
| 2004 | The Big House (2004) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Elf · as Gimbel's Manager |
| 2003 | Ride or Die · as David Rabinowitz |
| 2003 | That's So Raven (TV Series) · as Cyrus |
| 2003 | Wonderland · as Greg Diles |
| 2003 | The Fighting Temptations · as Prison Warden |
| 2003 | Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris: Gossip Folks · as Teacher |
| 2002 | Blue Crush · as Leslie |
| 2002 | Play'd: A Hip Hop Story · as Domino Breed |
| 2001 | Made · as Horrace |
| 2001 | Mr. Bones · as Fats Pudbedder |
| 2001 | Inhumanity · as Unknown |
| 2000 | Next Friday · as Big Worm |
| 2000 | 3 Strikes · as Tone |
| 2000 | The Replacements · as Jamal Jackson |
| 1998 | The Players Club · as Peters |
| 1997 | B*A*P*S · as Tiger J |
| 1997 | Money Talks · as Cellmate |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate · as Manny |
| 1995 | Friday · as Big Worm |
| 1995 | The Parent 'Hood (TV Series) · as Wendell Wilcox |
| 1995 | What a Cartoon (TV Series) · as Sledgehammer O'Possum (voice) |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1993 | The Meteor Man · as Maurice |
| 1993 | Fear of a Black Hat · as Jam Boy 1 |
| 1992 | Bebe's Kids · as Robin Harris (voice) |