David Faustino Biography

David Anthony Faustino (born March 3, 1974) is an American actor and rap artist primarily known for his role as Bud Bundy on the sitcom Married... with Children and voicing Mako in The Legend of Korra.

Early life

Faustino was born in Los Angeles, California on March 3, 1974, to Kay (née Freeman) and Roger Faustino, a costumer. His older stepbrother, Jeff Leiber, is also an actor, and his younger brother, Michael, made many guest appearances on Married... with Children including the episode David wrote, T*R*A*S*H.

Career

Faustino made his television debut at the age of three months when he appeared on the Lily Tomlin Special. Faustino did not start regularly acting until 1980 after a smaller part on Little House on the Prairie. Throughout the early to mid 80s, Faustino would go on to guest star in many well known TV shows such as Family Ties, St. Elsewhere, and The Love Boat. He would also guest star in many not-so-well-known TV shows. But in 1987 he landed a full-time gig on Married...with Children.

Fox's Married...with Children was Faustino's big break as he would play Bud, the younger of the two Bundy children. He played the character from its debut on April 5, 1987 until its final first-run episode broadcast on June 9, 1997. Faustino appeared in 257 episodes.

While filming the sitcom Married...with Children throughout the '90s, Faustino would continue to make guest appearances in many sitcoms and dramas. He reprised the role of Bud Bundy in such shows as Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Top of the Heap. Faustino also appeared in Burke's Law, MADtv and The New Addams Family.

In 2002, he appeared in the celebrity reality television special Celebrity Boot Camp (a shortened version of the Boot Camp series for B-list celebrities). In 2001, he appeared in the low-budget film Killer Bud produced by Aglet Productions. In 2005, Faustino guest-starred on two episodes of One on One with one of the roles was as Flex Washington's agent.

Faustino also starred as Jason Dockery in the 2008 movie RoboDoc. In April 2007, Faustino was featured in an American McDonald's commercial introducing the "Dollar Menunaires". He developed and stars in Star-ving, a weekly Internet comedy series on Crackle, an online video network backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment. There was a total of six episodes of Star-ving produced. Faustino plays 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 has also signed a deal with National Lampoon to be involved with three low-budget films.

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

In October 2010, he travelled to Auckland, New Zealand, to take part in the Armageddon 'pulp culture' Expo.

By 2012, Faustino was cast in The Legend of Korra as the voice of firebender Mako, a central character named after the late Mako Iwamatsu (the voice of Iroh in the original series).

Personal life

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.

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.

Faustino owns a night club in Los Angeles named Balistyx, which is the same name as his rap album.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1982	I Ought to be in Pictures	Martin
1983	The Star Chamber	Tony Hardin
1986	Mister Boogedy	Corwin Davis
1987	Bride of Boogedy	Corwin Davis
1991	Perfect Harmony	Paul
1994	Men Lie
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	Also Associate Producer
	Boston Strangler: The Untold Story	Albert De Salvo
	Unconventional	Himself
2009	Busted	Wilburt
	Official Rejection	Himself
	Not Another B Movie	Hines
2010	Hollywont	Rob
2012	Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom	Helia	Voice in Nickelodeon dub Supporting role
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Lily Tomlin Special	Himself	Was three months old
1980	Little House on the Prairie	Josh	Episode: "The Silent Cry"
1981	Trapper John, M.D.	Little Boy	Episode: "'Tis the Season"
1983	Fantasy Island	Michael Ashley	Episode: "Random Choices/My Mother, the Swinger"
	Family Ties	Keith Baily	Episode: "To Snatch a Keith"
1984	The Love Boat	Actor	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 Brown	Episode: "Plane Death"
	I Had Three Wives	Andrew Beaudine	Appeared in five episodes
	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Actor	Episode: "Utopia Now"
1986	CBS Schoolbreak Special	Louie Dawson	Episode: "The Drug Knot"
	The Twlight Zone	Micah Frost	Episode: "The Storyteller"
1987"1997	Married... with Children	Bud Bundy	Appeared in 257 episodes
1987	Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears	Cavin	Episode: "The Knights of Gummadoons"
1990	Parker Lewis Can't Lose	Bud Bundy	Episode: "Musso & Frank"
	The Earth Day Special	Bud Bundy
1991	Perfect Harmony	Paul	Disney TV Movie
	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!"
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"
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 Wallace	Voice role Episode: "The Last Resort"
	Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family	Older Chance, Narrator	Episode: "Just Act Normal", "The Line" Uncredited
	Nash Bridges	Simon/Denny	Episodes: "Hard Cell" and "Jump Start"
2001	Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family	Older Change, Narrator	Episode: "Borderline Normal" Uncredited
	Intimate Portrait	Narrator	Episode: "Katey Sagal"
	The Zeta Project	Scruffy	Voice role Episodes: "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"
2003	Static Shock	Starburst	Voice role Episode: "Showtime"
2004	The Bernie Mac Show	Droobie	Episode: "Droobie or Not Droobie"
	The Help	Adam Ridgeway	Episodes: "Pilot", "Dwayne Gets a Cold" "Pahtay", "Ollie Shares", "Doghouse"
	Entourage	Himself	Episode: "The Review"
2005	What's New, Scooby-Doo?	Curt Crunch	Voice role Episode: "Wrestle Maniacs"
	One On One	Ian/Chad	Episodes: "Contract High" and "Study Buddy"
	TV Land Confidential	Himself	Episode: "Changing Times and Trends"
2006	American Dad	Himself	Voice role Episode: "Rough Trade"
	Loonatics Unleashed	Arthur, Time Skip	Voice role Episode: "Time After Time"
2007	TV Land Confidential	Himself	Interviewee Episode: "Finales"
2008	The Batman	Fox / David	Voice role Episode: "Attack of the Terrible Trio"
	Rules of the Game		Executive Producer
2009	Robot Chicken	Himself, Dr. Rudy Wells, Grandfather	Voice role Episode: "Love, Maurice"
	Entourage	Himself	Episode: "Scared Straight"
	Star-ving	Himself	Also Executive Producer, Director, and Writer Web series
	Dark Christmas	Himself	Web series
2010	7 Days	Himself	Member of Team 1 Episode dated 22 October 2010
2011	Winx Club	Helia	Voice Role
2012	The Legend of Korra	Mako	Voice role Main character
2013	Dragons: Riders of Berk	Dagur the Deranged	Voice role
	Modern Family	Tater	Episode: "Bad Hair Day"
	Bad Samaritans	Dax Wendell	Web Series
Web series
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	SuperF*ckers	Jack Krak	Voice role Web series

Music

Aside from his acting, 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 entitled "I Told Ya."

Discography

• Balistyx (1992)

Singles

• "I Told Ya" (1992)