Faizon Love

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.

Known For

Birth Location Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Born 1968-06-14

Movies

STZ as Curtis
2024
Back on the Strip as Desmond 'Da Body' Day
2023
Santa Games as Santa Charles
2022
Block Party as Gus
2022
The War with Grandpa as Store Manager
2020
2020
Bulletproof 2 as Jack Carter
2020
Ripped as Reeves
2017
Grow House as Rollin' Reg
2017
Dying Laughing as Himself
2017
She's Got a Plan as Dr. Funkman
2016
November Rule as Theo
2015
Tell as Dwight Johnson
2014
Q as Mr. Blue
2014
2013
The Paperboy as Comedian
2012
Budz House as Big Shitty
2011
The Cookout 2 as David Turner
2011
Zookeeper as Bruce the Bear (voice)
2011
2011
2011
Couples Retreat as Shane
2009
A Day in the Life as 'Black' Ike Smith
2009
Of Boys and Men as Roman
2008
2007
Who's Your Caddy? as Big Large
2007
Idlewild as Ace
2006
All You've Got as Coach Harlan
2006
Just My Luck as Damon Phillips
2006
Animal as Double T
2005
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction as Sean 'Sweet' Johnson (voice) (uncredited)
2004
Torque as Sonny
2004
Hustle and Heat as David Rabinowitz
2003
Elf as Gimbel's Manager
2003
The Fighting Temptations as Prison Warden
2003
Blue Crush as Leslie
2002
Play'd: A Hip Hop Story as Domino Breed
2002
Mr. Bones as Fats Pudbedder
2001
Made as Horrace
2001
The Luau as Hustle
2001
2001
The Replacements as Jamal Jackson
2000
3 Strikes as Tone
2000
The Players Club as Peters
1998
Money Talks as Cellmate
1997
B.A.P.S as Tiger J
1997
Friday as Big Worm
1995
Sledgehammer O'Possum - Out and About as Sledgehammer O'Possum
1995
Fear of a Black Hat as Jam Boy 1
1994
The Meteor Man as Maurice
1993
Bebe's Kids as Robin Harris (voice)
1992

Movies

2007