David Anthony Faustino is an American actor, voice actor and former rap artist primarily
known for his role as Bud Bundy on the FOX 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 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. His younger sister died in 1998 in a freak trolley accident when she
was visiting NBA superstar Bill Walton at his home in San Diego.
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 guest starred on many well-known TV shows
such as Family Ties, St. Elsewhere, and The Love Boat.
He also guest starred 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 played 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 continued 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 appeared in a single episode of Hell's Kitchen as a guest judge.
He ended up dating one of the contestants Lisa LaFranca.
Faustino broke up with her on a trip to the Ivory Coast, however there were no hard feelings
as David said she made the greatest zucchini casserole he's ever had.
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.
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.
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 co-founded and co-hosted a night club 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 "capped off with a final New Year’s Eve party at The Roxy to ring in 1993.
Filmography 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
Singles "I Told Ya"
Collaborations Co-wrote 2008 independent electronica album
with Austin-based musician Jon Dishon titled " Hollowdreams" on which he also produced
alongside close friend Corin Nemec.
References
External links David Faustino at the Internet Movie Database