David Faustino

 ( 1974 Births ) 

David Anthony Faustino (; born March 3, 1974) is an American actor who played 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.

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

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Career

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

In 1986 and 1987, David played the older of two young sons in the Disney films Mr. Boogedy and Bride of Boogedy.

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. The following year, 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 2007–09, Faustino developed and starred in Star-ving, a weekly Internet comedy series on Sony Crackle, an online video network backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment. 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. He also starred as Jason Dockery in the 2008 film RoboDoc.

Faustino appeared with the cast of Married... with Children again at the 7th Annual TV Land Awards in 2009, presented by Phil McGraw. 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. The same year, he was cast in Nickelodeon's revival of Winx Club as the voice of Helia. By the next year, Nickelodeon cast him again in the sequel series The Legend of Korra as the voice of firebender Mako, a central character named after the late Mako Iwamatsu (the original voice actor of Iroh in the first two seasons of the original series ). He also voiced Dagur the Deranged as a secondary villain in season one and the main villain in season 2 of DreamWorks Dragons, and Later, a redeemed character in Race to the Edge.

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.

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Music In 1992, Faustino released the rap album Balistyx, which spawned one single titled "I Told Ya."

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Personal life

Faustino co-founded and co-hosted a nightclub in Los Angeles named Balistyx, which is the same name as his rap album. 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.

After meeting at a spiritual center in Los Angeles and dating for five years, he married pop musician 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 alimony, 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.Jones, Oliver. "Married ... With Children's David Faustino Divorcing", People magazine, February 6, 2007

Faustino was arrested for misdemeanor possession of marijuana in Florida in May 2007. A disorderly intoxication charge was later dropped after Faustino agreed to enroll in a drug rehabilitation facility. Report on Faustino's arrest

On November 14, 2015, his girlfriend Lindsay Bronson gave birth to their daughter.

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Filmography

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Film

1982	Neil Simon's I Ought to Be in Pictures	Martin
1983	The Star Chamber	Tony Hardin
1986	Mister Boogedy	Corwin Davis
1987	Bride of Boogedy
1990	I'm Naked Thinking of You	Cousin Dave
1991	Perfect Harmony	Paul
1994	Men Lie
1994	Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story	Joey Pagan
1996	Kiss & Tell	Strip-E, "The Bird"
1998	12 Bucks	Cornfed
	Lovers & Liars	Darrel
1999	Dirt Merchant	Sponge
2000	Get Your Stuff	Ron
2001	MacArthur Park	Bobby
	The Heist	Chuck
	Killer Bud	Buzz Frawley
	10 Attitudes	Billy (Attitude #3)
2005	Freezerburn	Paul the P.A.
2006	National Lampoon's Pucked	Carl
	Nice Guys	Ben
	Puff, Puff, Pass	Steve
2007	Leo	David
2008	The Hustle	Derrick
	RoboDoc	Jason Dockery	Associate producer
	Boston Strangler: The Untold Story	Albert DeSalvo
	Unconventional	Himself
2009	Official Rejection	Himself	Documentary
	Busted	Wilburt
	Official Rejection	Himself
2010	Hollywont	Rob
	Not Another B Movie	Hines
2012		Helia	Voice
2013		Helia	Voice
	I Know That Voice	Himself
2015	Entourage	Himself
	Bachelors	Gus
2023		Normal Nate	Voice
	Nite Tales 2: The Movie	Himself	Completed

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Television

1974	Lily Tomlin Special	Himself
1980	Little House on the Prairie	Josh	Episode: "The Silent Cry"
1981	Trapper John, M.D.	Little Boy	Episode: "'Tis the Season"
1982	In the Custody of Strangers	David	Television film
1983	Summer Girl	Jason Shelburne	Television film
	Shooting Stars	Patrick	Television film
	Fantasy Island	Michael Ashley	Episode: "Random Choices/My Mother, the Swinger"
	Family Ties	Keith Baily	Episode: "To Snatch a Keith"
1984	The Love Boat	Scott Russell	Episode: "Ace in the Hole/Uncle Joey's Song/Father in the Cradle"
	St. Elsewhere	Boy	Episode: "Two Balls and a Strike"
	E/R	Randy Beal	Episode: "Save the Last Dance for Me"
1985	Highway to Heaven	Robbie Down	Episode: "Plane Death"
	I Had Three Wives	Andrew Beaudine	Main role
	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Actor	Episode: "Utopia Now"
1986	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Louie Dawson	Episode: "The Drug Knot"
	The Twilight Zone	Micah Frost	Episode: "The Storyteller"
1987–1997	Married... with Children	Bud Bundy	259 episodes
1987	Adventures of the Gummi Bears	Cavin	Voice, season 3
1990	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Bud Bundy	Episode: "Musso & Frank"
	The Earth Day Special
1991	Perfect Harmony	Paul	Television film
	Top of the Heap	Bud Bundy	Episode: "The Agony and the Agony"
	Blossom	Himself	Episode: "Blossom – A Rockumentary"
1992	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Travis Bickle	Episode: "Words Up!"
1992	Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?	Himself	Episode: "The Immigration Station Perpetration"
1994	Burke's Law	Carl Loomis	Episode: "Who Killed the Soap Star?"
	Robin's Hood	Actor	Episode: "Memories Are Made of This"
1996	Madtv	Himself	Episode: "#1.12"
1996	Dead Man's Island	Haskell Prescott	Television film
1997	Madtv	Host	Episode: "#2.21"
1999	Jesse	Dwayne	Episode: "The Best Deal Possible"
	The New Addams Family	Greg the Alien	Episode: "The Close Encounters of the Addams Kind"
	Unhappily Ever After	Jimbo Bacilli	Episode: "Tiffany Burger"
2000	Batman Beyond	Sean Miller	Voice, episode: "The Last Resort" A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
		Older Chance, Narrator	2 episodes; uncredited
	Nash Bridges	Simon/Denny	2 episodes
2000–2003	Static Shock	Brandon / Starburst, Executive	Voice, 2 episodes
2001		Older Change, Narrator	Episode: "Borderline Normal" Uncredited
	Intimate Portrait	Narrator	Episode: "Katey Sagal"
	The Zeta Project	Scruffy	Voice, episode: "His Maker's Name"
	The Test	Himself	Episode: "The Sex Etiquette Test"
	Going to California	Kurt Beamis	Episode: "The Big Padoodle"
2002	The X-Files	Michael Daley	Episode: "Sunshine Days"
	The Rerun Show	Pete	Episodes: "The Partridge Family: My Son, the Feminist/Married... with Children: The Dance Show"
2004	The Bernie Mac Show	Droobie	Episode: "Droobie or Not Droobie"
	The Help	Adam Ridgeway	5 episodes
	Entourage	Himself	Episode: "The Review"
2005	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Curt Crunch	Voice, episode: "Wrestle Maniacs"
	One on One	Ian/Chad	2 episodes
	TV Land Confidential	Himself	Episode: "Changing Times and Trends"
2006	American Dad!	Himself	Voice, episode: "Rough Trade"
	Loonatics Unleashed	Arthur / Time Skip	Voice, episode: "Time After Time"
2007	TV Land Confidential	Himself	Interviewee, episode: "Finales"
2008	The Batman	Terrible Trio	Voice, episode: "Attack of the Terrible Trio"
	Rules of the Game		Executive producer
2009	Star-ving	Himself	Executive producer, director, and writer
	Robot Chicken	Himself, Dr. Rudy Wells, Grandfather	Voice, episode: "Love, Maurice"
	Entourage	Himself	Episode: "Scared Straight"
	Dark Christmas	Himself
2010	7 Days	Himself	Member of Team 1 Episode dated October 22, 2010
	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Bud Shelton	Voice, episode: "Revenge of the Man Crab"
2011	Clunkers		Episode: "Intervention"
	Working Class	Derek	Episode: "Short, Then Sweet"
2011–2015	Winx Club	Helia	Voice, Nickelodeon dub
2012	SuperFuckers	Jack Krak	Voice, main role
2012–2014	The Legend of Korra	Mako	Voice, main role
2013–2014	DreamWorks Dragons	Dagur the Deranged	Voice, 8 episodes
2013	Modern Family	Tater	Episode: "Bad Hair Day"
	Bad Samaritans	Dax Wendell
2015	The Exes	Donny Lutz	Episode: "Good Will Hinting"
2015	Real Husbands of Hollywood	Himself	Episode: "Model Behavior"
2015–2018		Dagur	Voice, recurring role
2016	TMI Hollywood	Host	Episode: "The Fast and the Faustino"
	Atomic Shark	Fletcher	Television film
		Bud	Television film
2017	Bones	Fictional version of himself	Episode: "The Radioactive Panthers in the Party"
	The Young and the Restless	Howard Green	8 episodes
2018	Cape Kids	IQ	Voice
2019	Drop the Mic	Himself	Episode: "Jason Mitchell vs. Adina Porter / David Faustino vs. Joey Lawrence"
		Ronny	Voice
	Inside Jokes: AKA Reel Jokes		Television film
	Hollywould	Leggie	Voice, 2 episodes Post-production

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Music videos

1992	"I Told Ya"	D' Lil
1993	"Dazzey Duks"	Duice
1995	MC's Act Like They Don't Know	KRS-One

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External links

Categories: 1974 Births, Living People, 20th-century American Male Actors, 21st-century American Male Actors, 21st-century American Male Musicians, 21st-century American Rappers, American Male Child Actors, American Male Rappers, American Male Television Actors, American Male Voice Actors, Male Actors From Los Angeles, Rappers From Los Angeles

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