- Faizon Love
infobox actor
birthname=Langston Faizon Santisima
birthdate=birth date and age|1968|6|14
birthplace=Newark, New Jersey
occupation=Stage,film ,television actor Faizon Love (born Langston Faizon Santisima;
June 14 ,1968 )Fact|date=September 2008 is an Americanactor .Most of Love's publicity materials state that he was born in
Newark, New Jersey , [cite web|url=http://the-replacements.warnerbros.com/cmp/cast.html#FAIZON|title=The Cast|work=The Replacements|publisher=Warner Bros. |date=2000|accessdate=2007-01-13] cite web
url=http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/just_my_luck/notes.pdf
title=Just My Luck
publisher=Regency Entertainment
date=2006
accessdate=2007-01-13] but other publicity sources give his birthplace as eitherSantiago de Cuba [cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20040318225754/abc.go.com/primetime/thebighouse/bios/faizon_love.html|title=Family Tree|work=The Big House|publisher=ABC|date=April 2004|accessdate=2007-01-13] [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522324/|title=Faizon Love|publisher=IMDb |accessdate=2007-01-13] orSan Diego, California . [cite web|url=http://starbulletin.com/2002/01/28/features/story1.html|title=Big screen wave riders|author=Ryan, Tim|publisher="Honolulu Star-Bulletin "|date=2002-01-28 |accessdate=2007-01-13]Love got his start as a
stand-up comedian and made his acting debut in anOff-Broadway at the age of 19. His first film "Bebe's Kids " had him providing the voice ofRobin Harris . Harris died before production began and Love replaced him with an accurate impression. He then had a role in "The Meteor Man" starringRobert Townsend . Townsend then cast Love in a co-starring role on hissitcom "The Parent 'Hood ".He followed up this role with a breakout performance as the drug dealer Big Worm in the film "Friday" in 1995. 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".Filmography
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Bébé's Kids " (1992) - Robin Harris
*"The Meteor Man" (1993) - Maurice
*"Fear of a Black Hat " (1994) - Jam Boy
*"Friday" (1995) - Big Worm
*"Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood " (1996) - Rufus
*"A Thin Line Between Love and Hate "(1996) - Manny
*"B*A*P*S " (1997) - Tiger J
*"Money Talks " (1997) - Cellmate
*"The Players Club " (1998) - Officer Peters
*"3 Strikes" (2000) - Tone
*"The Replacements" (2000) - Jahmal Abdul Jackson
*"The Luau " (2001) - Hustle
*"Made" (2001) - Horrace
*"Mr. Bones" (2001) - Pudbedder
*"" (2002) - Domino Breed
*"Blue Crush " (2002) - Leslie
*"Wonderland " (2003) - Greg Diles
*"The Fighting Temptations " (2003) - Prison Warden
*"Elf" (2003) - Gimbel's Manager
*"Ride or Die" (2003) - David Rabinawitz
*"The Big House "(2004) - Warren Cleveland
*"Just My Luck " (2006) - Damon Phillips
*"All You've Got " (2006) - Coach Harlan
*"Idlewild" (2006) - Ace
*"Who's Your Caddy? " (2007)
*"The Perfect Holiday " (2007) - Jamal
*"Days of Wrath " (2008) - Cash Flow
*"Ice Age 3 " (2009) - Cedric (voice)References
External links
*imdb name|id=0522324|name=Faizon Love
*tvtome person|39002
*voice actor|id=5540|name=Faizon Love
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