Langston Faizon Santisima (born June 14, 1968), professionally known
as Faizon Love, is a Cuban-American actor and comedian. He is best
known for roles in the films The Meteor Man, Don't Be a Menace to
South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Friday, B*A*P*S,
Torque, Elf, The Replacements, Made, and Couples Retreat. Also, he is
known for his role as Wendell Wilcox on The Parent 'Hood from
1995â€"1998. He also played Maurice Starr on BET's The New Edition
Story.Love was born Langston Faizon Santisima in Santiago de Cuba and
grew up as a "military brat"; he was raised in Southeast San Diego,
California and Newark, New Jersey because of his father's career in
the United States Navy. Both of his parents are of Cuban descent. Love
got his start as a stand-up comedian at age 15 and made his acting
debut in an Off-Broadway at the age of 19 shortly after graduating
from Morse High School. His motion-picture debut, Bebe's Kids, had him
providing the voice of comedian Robin Harris, who died before
production began on the film; Love offered a close vocal impression of
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 supplier Big Worm in the 1995 film Friday. Follow-up films
have included 3 Strikes, Elf, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While
Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Money Talks, Wonderland, The Fighting
Temptations, and Idlewild. In 2001, Love guest-starred in the Ludacris
single "Freaky Thangs" from the album Word of Mouf. The same year, he
made a cameo appearance as a bus driver, in the music video for Lil
Jon & The East Side Boys' single "Put Yo Hood Up". In 2004, Love
appeared in Rockstar's video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as the
voice of Sean "Sweet" Johnson, the leader of the Grove Street Families
and the older brother of the game's protagonist, Carl Johnson, voiced
by Young Maylay.Love co-starred in Couples Retreat (2009), a comedy
film chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a
tropical island resort. In 2011 Love starred in a theatrical
production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder, alongside Washington
Wizards teammates Gilbert Arenas and Etan Thomas.
as Faizon Love, is a Cuban-American actor and comedian. He is best
known for roles in the films The Meteor Man, Don't Be a Menace to
South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Friday, B*A*P*S,
Torque, Elf, The Replacements, Made, and Couples Retreat. Also, he is
known for his role as Wendell Wilcox on The Parent 'Hood from
1995â€"1998. He also played Maurice Starr on BET's The New Edition
Story.Love was born Langston Faizon Santisima in Santiago de Cuba and
grew up as a "military brat"; he was raised in Southeast San Diego,
California and Newark, New Jersey because of his father's career in
the United States Navy. Both of his parents are of Cuban descent. Love
got his start as a stand-up comedian at age 15 and made his acting
debut in an Off-Broadway at the age of 19 shortly after graduating
from Morse High School. His motion-picture debut, Bebe's Kids, had him
providing the voice of comedian Robin Harris, who died before
production began on the film; Love offered a close vocal impression of
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 supplier Big Worm in the 1995 film Friday. Follow-up films
have included 3 Strikes, Elf, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While
Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Money Talks, Wonderland, The Fighting
Temptations, and Idlewild. In 2001, Love guest-starred in the Ludacris
single "Freaky Thangs" from the album Word of Mouf. The same year, he
made a cameo appearance as a bus driver, in the music video for Lil
Jon & The East Side Boys' single "Put Yo Hood Up". In 2004, Love
appeared in Rockstar's video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as the
voice of Sean "Sweet" Johnson, the leader of the Grove Street Families
and the older brother of the game's protagonist, Carl Johnson, voiced
by Young Maylay.Love co-starred in Couples Retreat (2009), a comedy
film chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a
tropical island resort. In 2011 Love starred in a theatrical
production of Our Town by Thornton Wilder, alongside Washington
Wizards teammates Gilbert Arenas and Etan Thomas.
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