David Faustino

David Faustino
Faustino at the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	David Anthony Faustino (1974-03-03) March 3, 1974 (age 47) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, rapper, radio personality
Years active	1980–present
Spouse(s)	Andrea Elmer (m. 2004; div. 2007)
Partner(s)	Lindsay Bronson
Children	1

David Anthony Faustino (born March 3, 1974) is an American actor, rapper and radio personality, primarily known for his role as Bud Bundy on the FOX sitcom Married... with Children. He has also voiced animated characters for Nickelodeon, including Mako on The Legend of Korra and Helia on Nickelodeon's revival of Winx Club.

Early life[]

Faustino was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 3, 1974, to Roger Faustino, a costumer, and Kay Faustino (nee Freeman), a homemaker.^[1] His younger brother Michael made many guest appearances on Married... with Children, including the episode David co-wrote, "T*R*A*S*H".

Career[]

Acting[]

Faustino made his television debut at the age of 3 months when he appeared on the Lily Tomlin Special.^[2] He did not start regularly acting until 1980 after a small role on Little House on the Prairie. Throughout the early to mid-1980s, Faustino guest-starred on a number of TV shows such as Highway to Heaven, Family Ties, St. Elsewhere, and The Love Boat.

In 1987, he landed a full-time gig on Married... with Children, which was his big break. He played Bud, the younger of the two Bundy children, in 259 episodes, from April 5, 1987, until the season finale on June 9, 1997. He reprised the role of Bud Bundy in such series as Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Top of the Heap. Faustino also appeared on Burke's Law, MADtv, and The New Addams Family.

In 2001, Faustino appeared in the independent film Killer Bud, produced by Aglet Productions.

In 2002, he appeared in the reality television special Celebrity Boot Camp (a shortened version of the Boot Camp series for celebrities).

In 2005 Faustino guest-starred on two episodes of One on One.

In April 2007 he was featured in an American McDonald's commercial introducing the "Dollar Menunaires."

Faustino also starred as Jason Dockery in the movie RoboDoc (2008).

He developed and starred in Star-ving, a weekly Internet comedy series on Crackle, an online video network backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment.^[3] A total of 12 episodes of Star-ving were produced. Faustino played an exaggerated version of himself in the series, which he wrote and developed with several friends as an "anti-Entourage." "This is a very twisted take on what I've been through all these years," Faustino said.^[4]

Faustino appeared with the cast of Married... with Children again at the 7th Annual TV Land Awards in 2009, presented by Dr. Phil. He also had cameo appearances in two episodes of the HBO series Entourage.

Faustino co-starred in the feature Not Another B Movie which was distributed by Troma Entertainment in 2011.

In 2011, Faustino was cast in Nickelodeon's revival of Winx Club as the voice of Helia.^[5] By the next year, Nickelodeon cast him again in The Legend of Korra as the voice of firebender Mako,^[6] a central character named after the late Mako Iwamatsu (the voice of Iroh in the first two seasons of the original series Avatar: The Last Airbender). He also voiced Dagur the Deranged as a secondary villain on season one and main villain in season 2 of DreamWorks Dragons.

In 2017, Faustino appeared in the Bones 12th-season episode "The Radioactive Panthers in the Party," playing a fictional version of himself as a suspect in the death of an aspiring filmmaker.

Music[]

Faustino has been in the music industry in the rap genre under the name D' Lil.

In 1992 D' Lil released the album Balistyx, which spawned one single titled "I Told Ya."^[2][7]

In 1995 he was featured in KRS-One video for MC's Act Like They Don't Know.

He co-wrote a 2008 independent electronica album with Austin-based musician Jon Dishongh titled Hollowdreams, which he also produced alongside close friend Corin Nemec.

Radio[]

Faustino has hosted Old Scratch Radio, a digital radio program featuring older hip-hop music on the Skee 24/7 radio stream through Dash Radio.

Personal life[]

Faustino co-founded and co-hosted a nightclub in Los Angeles named Balistyx, which is the same name as his rap album.^[2] The club was "the first hip-hop/funk club on the Sunset Strip," and was originally held on Thursday nights at the Whisky a Go Go in 1991. The club closed after a final New Year's Eve party at The Roxy in 1993.^[8]

After meeting at a spiritual center in Los Angeles and dating for five years, he married Andrea Elmer on January 24, 2004, at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Nevada. They separated in May 2006. Faustino sought not to pay spousal support, according to the papers filed in Los Angeles. On February 6, 2007, Faustino officially filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing irreconcilable differences.^[9]

Faustino was arrested for misdemeanor possession of marijuana in May 2007. A disorderly intoxication charge was later dropped after Faustino agreed to enroll in a drug rehabilitation facility.^[10][11]

On November 14, 2015, his girlfriend Lindsay Bronson gave birth to their daughter.^[12]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Television[]

Music videos[]

References[]

External links[]

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