---
name: "Faizon Love"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/faizon-love"
fi1m_id: "faizon-love"
imdb_id: "nm0522324"
tmdb_id: 62066
wikidata_id: "Q155449"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 June 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T03:15:32.641094+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Faizon Love

## Identity

Faizon Love

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/faizon-love
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** faizon-love
- **IMDb ID:** nm0522324
- **TMDB ID:** 62066
- **Wikidata ID:** Q155449
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faizon_Love, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155449, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522324/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62066

Actor. Born 14 June 1968 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 June 1968, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- **Active:** 2000–2003
- **Also known as:** Langston Faizon Santisima, Faison Love, فیژن لاو
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faizon_Love, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q155449, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0522324/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62066

## Biography

Faizon Love is a Cuban-American actor and comedian. Born Langston Faizon Santisima on 14 June 1968 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, he began his career as a stand-up comedian and made his acting debut Off-Broadway at the age of nineteen.

Love's film debut was voicing Robin Harris in *Bebe's Kids* (1992). He appeared in *The Meteor Man* (1993) and had a breakout role as Big Worm in *Friday* (1995). Subsequent credits include *Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood* (1996), *The Replacements* (2000) as Jamal Jackson, *Elf* (2003) as the Gimbels Manager, and *Couples Retreat* (2009). He voiced Sean "Sweet" Johnson in the video game *Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas* (2004) and played Wendell Wilcox in the sitcom *The Parent 'Hood* (1995–1999).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Elf* (2003), Fi1m 75, as Gimbels Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/elf.md)

## Complete filmography (72)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *STZ* (2025), as Curtis
- *The Last Stop in Yuma County* (2024), as Vernon
- *Back on the Strip* (2023), as Desmond 'Da Body' Day
- *Prince of Detroit* (2023), as Teddy Hall
- *Santa Games* (2022), as Santa Charles
- *Block Party* (2022), as Gus
- *The Upshaws* (2021), series, as Terry
- *The War with Grandpa* (2020), as Store Manager
- *She Ball* (2020), as Big Meat Tuna
- *Bulletproof 2* (2020), as Jack Carter
- *Step Up* (2018), series, as Al
- *Ripped* (2017), as Reeves
- *Grow House* (2017), as Rollin' Reg
- *Detroiters* (2017), series, as Farmer Zack
- *She's Got a Plan* (2016), as Dr. Funkman
- *Brotherly Love* (2015), as Uncle Ron
- *November Rule* (2015), as Theo
- *Tell* (2014), as Dwight Johnson
- *black-ish* (2014), series, as Sha
- *Q* (2014), as Mr. Blue
- *All Star Comedy Jam: Live from Atlanta* (2013), Actor
- *White T* (2013), as Anthony
- *Backstage at Budz House* (2012), Actor
- *The Paperboy* (2012), as Comedian
- *Budz House* (2011), as Big Shitty
- *The Cookout 2* (2011), as David Turner
- *Zookeeper* (2011), as Bruce the Bear (voice)
- *King of the Underground* (2011), as Faizon
- *Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son* (2011), as Kurtis Kool (uncredited)
- *Couples Retreat* (2009), as Shane
- *A Day in the Life* (2009), as 'Black' Ike Smith
- *Steppin: The Movie* (2009), Actor
- *Of Boys and Men* (2008), as Roman
- *Days of Wrath* (2008), as Cash Flow
- *The Perfect Holiday* (2007), as Jamal
- *Who's Your Caddy?* (2007), as Big Large
- *Tao of The Golden Mask* (2007), Director
- *Idlewild* (2006), as Ace
- *All You've Got* (2006), as Coach Harlan
- *Just My Luck* (2006), as Damon Phillips
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), series, as Reverend Greene
- *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia* (2005), series, as Coach
- *Animal* (2005), as Double T
- *Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - The Introduction* (2004), as Sweet (voice)
- *The Big House* (2004), series, Actor
- *Torque* (2004), as Sonny
- *Elf* (2003), as Gimbels Manager — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/elf.md)
- *Hustle and Heat* (2003), as David Rabinowitz
- *Wonderland* (2003), as Greg Diles
- *The Fighting Temptations* (2003), as Prison Warden
- *That's So Raven* (2003), series, as Cyrus
- *Blue Crush* (2002), as Leslie
- *Play'd: A Hip Hop Story* (2002), as Domino Breed
- *Mr. Bones* (2001), as Fats Pudbedder
- *Made* (2001), as Horrace
- *The Luau* (2001), as Hustle
- *Inhumanity* (2001), Actor
- *The Replacements* (2000), as Jamal Jackson
- *3 Strikes* (2000), as Tone
- *The Players Club* (1998), as Peters
- *Money Talks* (1997), as Cellmate
- *B.A.P.S* (1997), as Tiger J
- *A Thin Line Between Love and Hate* (1996), as Manny
- *Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood* (1996), as Rufus
- *Friday* (1995), as Big Worm
- *Sledgehammer O'Possum - Out and About* (1995), as Sledgehammer O'Possum
- *What a Cartoon!* (1995), series, as Sledgehammer O'Possum (voice)
- *The Parent 'Hood* (1995), series, as Wendell Wilcox
- *The Wayans Bros.* (1995), series, as Nigel Lovejoy
- *Fear of a Black Hat* (1994), as Jam Boy 1
- *The Meteor Man* (1993), as Maurice
- *Bebe's Kids* (1992), as Robin Harris (voice)

## Gallery

- ![Faizon Love](https://film.one/media/person/3741467/gallery-65be44722dd1.jpg) Faizon Love — BOSS TALK 101, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Faizon_Love_2025.jpg/1280px-Faizon_Love_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Faizon Love at a Porn Star Karaoke event on December 6, 2005](https://film.one/media/person/3741467/gallery-d9b2d9743e34.jpg) Faizon Love at a Porn Star Karaoke event on December 6, 2005 — Photo from www.lukeisback.com, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Faizon_Love_at_Porn_Star_Karaoke.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Faizon Love](https://film.one/media/person/3741467/gallery-824a2c8465e5.jpg) Faizon Love — Image via TMDB

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