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
Complete Filmography

STZ
2025
as Curtis
When a trio of scientists inadvertently launch a bio-attack on a busful of gorgeous women, sex-crazed zombies are created, wreaking havoc on a small t...

The Last Stop in Yuma County
2024
as Vernon
While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage sit...

Back on the Strip
2023
as Desmond 'Da Body' Day
Aspiring magician Merlin moves to Las Vegas but gets waylaid by his natural gifts and a place with the black male strippers The Chocolate Chips.

Prince of Detroit
2023
as Teddy Hall
When his parents are betrayed and conspired against, they’re left with nothing. A young Tony must do away with his entitlement, then use both his pare...

Santa Games
2022
as Santa Charles
When beloved Santa Charles finally decides to retire from his career as a mall Santa, a series of interviews to replace him turns into an all-out comp...

Block Party
2022
as Gus
Recent Harvard grad Keke McQueen, 23, is eager to ditch her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan for her dream job in Atlanta, but when Keke discovers t...

The War with Grandpa
2020
as Store Manager
Peter is thrilled that his Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves into Peter's room, forcing him upstairs into the cr...

She Ball
2020
as Big Meat Tuna
On a mission to save his Inglewood community center, Avery Watts enlists a talented basketball player, Shelby, to help him win the grand prize in a st...

Bulletproof 2
2020
as Jack Carter
Special Agent Jack Carter reluctantly assumes the identity of criminal Archie Moses to take down a powerful South African crime family. But when the r...

Ripped
2017
as Reeves
Two free-spirited stoners find themselves catapulted into 2016 after smoking some top secret pot created by the CIA in 1986. With 30 years of their li...

Grow House
2017
as Rollin' Reg
Two guys start a risky new business to pay off a debt.

Dying Laughing
2017
as Self
The craft, creative process and complicated lives of Stand-up Comedians.

She's Got a Plan
2016
as Dr. Funkman
She’s Got A Plan directed by and starring Fatima Washington, follows Isis Angelo, a struggling female writer-director who gives herself an ultimatum...

Brotherly Love
2015
as Uncle Ron
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.

November Rule
2015
as Theo
Up-and-coming sports shoe entrepreneur Steve, who is still reeling from the death of his dad, has made a "November rule" in order to keep his distance...

Tell
2014
as Dwight Johnson
Ethan Tell is a small time crook who makes a big-time score when he steals 1 million dollars. Ironically, his life radically changes for the worst whe...
Q
2014
as Mr. Blue
When growing up in a community where gang violence is a way of life and Basketball is a way to escape it.

All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Atlanta
2013
Shaquille O'Neal presents funnyman and actor Faizon Love as he takes on hosting duties for the latest installment of ALL-STAR COMEDY JAM. This time ar...

White T
2013
as Anthony
Rapping twins Herbert (Jerod Mixon) and Henry (Jamal Mixon) get a shot at stardom when they purchase a prize-winning T-shirt that lands them a chance ...

Backstage at Budz House
2012
Hosted by the outrageous Faizon Love, join today's hottest comedians, including Kevin Hart, Luenell...

The Paperboy
2012
as Comedian
A reporter returns to his Florida hometown to investigate a case involving a death row inmate.

Budz House
2011
as Big Shitty
When Bud discovers a treasure trove of weed underneath his house, he becomes the most popular stoner on his block.

The Cookout 2
2011
as David Turner
Basketball coach Ashmokeem kidnaps and blackmails the opposite team's player and his family in order to secure the championship for his team.

Pauly Shore's Vegas is My Oyster
2011
as Self
Music, comedy and debauchery are the order of the evening when funny man Pauly Shore hosts this Las Vegas variety show featuring an eclectic blend of ...

Zookeeper
2011
as Bruce the Bear (voice)
Kindhearted Griffin Keyes is one of the best-loved caretakers at the Franklin Park Zoo, but he's more comfortable with the animals than with females o...

King of the Underground
2011
as Faizon
Part true story, part fiction, King of the Underground is a dark comedy about a frustrated rap artist who goes on an all out murderous killing spree a...

Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
2011
as Kurtis Kool (uncredited)
FBI agent Malcolm Turner and his 17-year-old son Trent go undercover at an all-girls performing arts school after Trent witnesses a murder. Posing as ...

Couples Retreat
2009
as Shane
Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want ...

A Day in the Life
2009
as 'Black' Ike Smith
Onyx rapper Sticky Fingaz directs and stars in this hip-hop musical about a gangster who gets caught up in a bloody war between two feuding crime fami...

Steppin: The Movie
2009
Every college campus has its rivalries and UTS is no different. At this university, the Geeks run the campus and the greatest Steppers are king of the...

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009
as Self
Directors Robert Townsend and Quincy Newell offer this comprehensive and hilarious examination of the history, evolution and cultural significance of ...
‘Friday’ Straight Up
2009
as Self
Featurette about the making of "Friday."

Of Boys and Men
2008
as Roman
Robert Townsend stars as the patriarch of a family devastated when his wife is killed in a senseless auto accident. Reeling with grief, each family me...

Days of Wrath
2008
as Cash Flow
The lives of rival gang members, a teacher, a TV news crew and other intertwine in the city of Los Angeles.

The Perfect Holiday
2007
as Jamal
Nancy Taylor, a divorced mother of three, feels especially lonely during the holidays. All she wants for Christmas is to meet a nice man - even just a...

Who's Your Caddy?
2007
as Big Large
Superstar rap mogul C-Note wants to join the Carolina Pines Golf & Country Club, but faces stiff opposition from the establishment's snooty members. C...
Tao of The Golden Mask
2007
Director
In the 70's, Langston Faizon Santisima, barely 18, left his native Cuba on an impossible quest- to direct a film starring Bruce Lee. Against all odds,...

Idlewild
2006
as Ace
A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-...

All You've Got
2006
as Coach Harlan
Three friends' love for volleyball is tested to the limit when their school burns to the ground and they are forced to join a rival school in order to...

Just My Luck
2006
as Damon Phillips
Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that ...

Animal
2005
as Double T
His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who cha...

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction
2004
as Sweet (voice)
Tension builds as threats are carried out, stakes are raised and communication breaks down. In Los Santos a drive-by shooting in Grove Street Family's...

Torque
2004
as Sonny
Biker Cary Ford is framed by an old rival and biker gang leader for the murder of another gang member who happens to be the brother of Trey, leader of...

Elf
2003
as Gimbels Manager
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's help...

Hustle and Heat
2003
as David Rabinowitz
A slick private eye set out to investigate the death of a young rapper, only to find himself knee-deep in drugs, guns, and double crosses.

Wonderland
2003
as Greg Diles
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The...

The Fighting Temptations
2003
as Prison Warden
Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him...

Blue Crush
2002
as Leslie
Nothing gets between Anne Marie and her board. Living in a beach shack with three roommates, she is up before dawn every morning to conquer the waves ...

Play'd: A Hip Hop Story
2002
as Domino Breed
Jaxx is an aspiring rapper/singer who is signed to a west coast record label run by Domino Breed, a tyrant who rules almost every aspect of his artist...

Mr. Bones
2001
as Fats Pudbedder
A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the gol...

Made
2001
as Horrace
Two aspiring boxers and lifelong friends get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.

The Luau
2001
as Hustle
Having just lost his job at a soul food take-out joint, Cedric (Brian Hooks) gets the bad news that a local female crime kingpin has picked the wrong ...

Inhumanity
2001
A killer is doing his thing and detectives are investigating the murders that are possibly connected to a sexual assault. Watch Diff'rent Strokes' Tod...

The Replacements
2000
as Jamal Jackson
Maverick old-guard coach Jimmy McGinty is hired in the wake of a players' strike to help the Washington Sentinels advance to the playoffs. But that im...

3 Strikes
2000
as Tone
Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes" rule for felons that involves serious penalties. Hook...

The Players Club
1998
as Peters
Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, D...

Money Talks
1997
as Cellmate
Sought by police and criminals, a small-time huckster makes a deal with a TV newsman for protection.

B.A.P.S
1997
as Tiger J
Two wannabe Black American princesses aim to marry rich men, who will pay for their world's first combination hair salon and soul food restaurant.

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
as Manny
Nightclub manager Darnell Wright is a perpetual playboy who is almost as devoted to his job as he is to the pursuit of beautiful women. After he sets ...

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
1996
as Rufus
When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and s...

Friday
1995
as Big Worm
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.

Sledgehammer O'Possum - Out and About
1995
as Sledgehammer O'Possum
A trouble-making possum named Sledgehammer frustrates a dog's plans to enjoy a quiet summer day out.

Fear of a Black Hat
1994
as Jam Boy 1
Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockumentary' lampoons all of hardcore rap's hot-button i...

The Meteor Man
1993
as Maurice
One night Jefferson Reed gets hit in the chest by a souped-up chunk of meteor. So he can fly, but he's scared of heights. He can master the informatio...

Bebe's Kids
1992
as Robin Harris (voice)
When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's children, whom she is looking after, he knows he's in...

Sell Your House
N/A
as Self
A documentary about the perils and pitfalls of indie filmmaking. When you SELL YOUR HOUSE to fund a feature film, nothing can go wrong... right?