Love, Faizon 1968–

(Faizon, Faizon A. Love)

PERSONAL

Original name, Langston Faizon Santisima; born June 14, 1968, in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba (some sources cite Newark, NJ).

Addresses: Agent—The Artists Group, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2490, Los Angeles, CA 90067-4144; Innovative Artists, 1505 10th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401. Manager—Industry Entertainment, 955 South Carrillo Dr., Third Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career: Actor, comedian, and singer. Appeared in advertisements. Also known as Faizon and Faizon A. Love.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Voice of Robin Harris, Bebe's Kids (animated; also known as Robin Harris' Bebe's Kids), Paramount, 1992.

Jam Boy, Fear of a Black Hat (also known as The Trial of N. W. H.), Samuel Goldwyn, 1993.

Maurice (screaming woman's husband), The Meteor Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1993.

Big Worm, Friday, New Line Cinema, 1995.

Manny, A Thin Line between Love and Hate (also known as A Thin Line between Love & Hate), New Line Cinema, 1996.

Rufus, Don't Be a Menace to South Central while Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (also known as Don't Be a Menace), Miramax, 1996.

Cellmate, Money Talks, New Line Cinema, 1997.

Tiger J, B*A*P*S (also known as B.A.P.S), New Line Cinema, 1997.

Officer Peters, The Players Club, New Line Cinema, 1998.

(In archive footage) Big Worm, Next Friday, New Line Cinema, 2000.

Jamal Jackson, The Replacements, Warner Bros., 2000.

Tone, 3 Strikes, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2000.

Horrace, Made, Artisan Entertainment, 2001.

Hustle, The Luau, Xenon Entertainment Group, 2001.

Pudbedder, Mr. Bones, Conquistador Entertainment, 2001.

Inhumanity, York Entertainment, 2001.

Leslie, Blue Crush (also known as Surf Girls, Surf Girls of Maui, and Untitled Surf Project), Universal, 2002.

David Rabinawitz, Ride or Die (also known as Hustle and Heat), Columbia/TriStar, 2003.

Gimbel's manager, Elf, New Line Cinema, 2003.

Greg Diles, Wonderland (also known as The Wonderland Murders), Lions Gate Films, 2003.

Prison warden, The Fighting Temptations (musical), Paramount, 2003.

Sonny, Torque, Warner Bros., 2004.

Double T, Animal, DEJ Productions, 2005.

Ace, Idlewild (musical; also known as My Life in Idlewild, Speakerboxxx, and Untitled OutKast Project), Universal/HBO Films, 2006.

"Black" Ike Smith, A Day in the Life, Lions Gate Films, 2006.

Coach Harlan, All You've Got (also known as Rumble), MTV Films, 2006.

Phillips, Just My Luck (also known as Lady Luck and Lucky), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2006.

Television Appearances; Series:

Townsend Television, Fox, 1993.

Wendell Wilcox, The Parent 'Hood, The WB, 1995–98.

Himself, Step to the Mic, 2000.

Warren, The Big House, ABC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Domino Breed, Play'd: A Hip Hop Story, VH1, 2002.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

2003 Vibe Awards: Beats, Style, Flavor (also known as 2003 Vibe Awards), UPN, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

WIOU (also known as W.I.O.U.), CBS, 1990.

Nigel Lovejoy, "Mama, I Wanna Act," The Wayans Bros., The WB, 1996.

Himself, Dinner for Five, Independent Film Channel, 2002, 2004 (multiple episodes), 2005.

Cyrus, "Radio Heads," That's So Raven (also known as Absolutely Psychic and That's So Raven!), Disney Channel, 2004.

Stage Appearances:

Bitter Heart Midtown, National Black Theatre, Harlem, New York City, c. 1987.

RECORDINGS

Music Videos:

Missy Elliott featuring Ludacris, "Gossip Folks," 2002.

Mariah Carey, "We Belong Together," 2005.

Video Games:

Voice of Sean "Sweet" Johnson, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (also known as Grand Theft Auto V, GTA 4, GTA: San Andreas, and San Andreas), Rockstar Games/KE Media, 2004.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Who's Who among African Americans, Gale, 2005.

Periodicals:

People Weekly, September 16, 1996, p. 157.

Upscale, March, 1997, p. 51.