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 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 him for his role as Sean "Sweet" Johnson, simply known as Sweet, in the Rockstar North game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Filmography

• 2025STZ — Curtis
• 2024The Last Stop in Yuma County — Vernon
• 2023Back on the Strip — Desmond 'Da Body' Day
• 2023Prince of Detroit — Teddy Hall
• 2022Block Party — Gus
• 2022Santa Games — Santa Charles
• The Upshaws — Terry
• 2020Bulletproof 2 — Jack Carter
• 2020She Ball — Big Meat Tuna
• 2020The War with Grandpa — Store Manager
• Step Up — Al
• Detroiters — Farmer Zack
• 2017Grow House — Rollin' Reg
• 2017Ripped — Reeves
• 2016She's Got a Plan — Dr. Funkman
• 2015Brotherly Love — Uncle Ron
• 2015November Rule — Theo
• 2014Q — Mr. Blue
• 2014Tell — Dwight Johnson
• black-ish — Sha
• 2013All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Atlanta
• 2013White T — Anthony
• 2012Backstage at Budz House
• 2012The Paperboy — Comedian
• 2011Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son — Kurtis Kool (uncredited)
• 2011Budz House — Big Shitty
• 2011King of the Underground — Faizon
• 2011The Cookout 2 — David Turner
• 2011Zookeeper — Bruce the Bear (voice)
• 2009A Day in the Life — 'Black' Ike Smith
• 2009Couples Retreat — Shane
• 2009Steppin: The Movie
• 2008Days of Wrath — Cash Flow
• 2008Of Boys and Men — Roman
• The Wendy Williams Show
• 2007Tao of The Golden Mask — Director
• 2007The Perfect Holiday — Jamal
• 2007Who's Your Caddy? — Big Large
• 2006All You've Got — Coach Harlan
• 2006Idlewild — Ace
• 2006Just My Luck — Damon Phillips
• 2005Animal — Double T
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Coach
• My Name Is Earl — Reverend Greene
• 2004Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction — Sweet (voice)
• The Big House
• 2004Torque — Sonny
• 2003Elf — Gimbels Manager
• 2003Hustle and Heat — David Rabinowitz
• That's So Raven — Cyrus
• 2003The Fighting Temptations — Prison Warden
• 2003Wonderland — Greg Diles
• 2002Blue Crush — Leslie
• 2002Play'd: A Hip Hop Story — Domino Breed
• 2001Inhumanity
• 2001Made — Horrace
• 2001Mr. Bones — Fats Pudbedder
• 2001The Luau — Hustle
• 20003 Strikes — Tone
• 2000The Replacements — Jamal Jackson
• 1998The Players Club — Peters
• 1997B.A.P.S — Tiger J
• 1997Money Talks — Cellmate
• 1996A Thin Line Between Love and Hate — Manny
• 1996Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood — Rufus
• 1995Friday — Big Worm
• 1995Sledgehammer O'Possum - Out and About — Sledgehammer O'Possum
• The Parent 'Hood — Wendell Wilcox
• The Wayans Bros. — Nigel Lovejoy
• What a Cartoon! — Sledgehammer O'Possum (voice)
• 1994Fear of a Black Hat — Jam Boy 1
• 1993The Meteor Man — Maurice
• 1992Bebe's Kids — Robin Harris (voice)

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2026Sell Your House — Self
• 2017Dying Laughing — Self
• 2011A Russell Peters Christmas — Self
• 2011Pauly Shore's Vegas is My Oyster — Self
• 2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy — Self
• 2009‘Friday’ Straight Up — Self
• Black Poker Stars Invitational — Self – Player