# David Faustino

David Anthony Faustino (/fɔːˈstiːnoʊ/; 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.

## 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".

## Career
### Acting

Faustino made his television debut at the age of three months, when he appeared on 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 a number of 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 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 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. 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 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, and Later, 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.

### Music

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

## 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 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 Florida in May 2007. A disorderly intoxication charge was later dropped after Faustino agreed to enroll in a drug rehabilitation facility.
On November 14, 2015, his girlfriend Lindsay Bronson gave birth to their daughter.

## Filmography
### Film

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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 | Corwin Davis | |
| 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 | |
| 1998 | Lovers & Liars | Darrel | |
| 1999 | Dirt Merchant | Sponge | |
| 2000 | Get Your Stuff | Ron | |
| 2001 | MacArthur Park | Bobby | |
| 2001 | The Heist | Chuck | |
| 2001 | Killer Bud | Buzz Frawley | |
| 2001 | 10 Attitudes | Billy (Attitude #3) | |
| 2005 | Freezerburn | Paul the P.A. | |
| 2006 | National Lampoon's Pucked | Carl | |
| 2006 | Nice Guys | Ben | |
| 2006 | Puff, Puff, Pass | Steve | |
| 2007 | Leo | David | |
| 2008 | The Hustle | Derrick | |
| 2008 | RoboDoc | Jason Dockery | Associate producer |
| 2008 | Boston Strangler: The Untold Story | Albert DeSalvo | |
| 2008 | Unconventional | Himself | |
| 2009 | Official Rejection | Himself | Documentary |
| 2009 | Busted | Wilburt | |
| 2009 | Official Rejection | Himself | |
| 2010 | Hollywont | Rob | |
| 2010 | Not Another B Movie | Hines | |
| 2012 | Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom | Helia | Voice |
| 2013 | Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure | Helia | Voice |
| 2013 | I Know That Voice | Himself | |
| 2015 | Entourage | Himself | |
| 2015 | Bachelors | Gus | |
| 2023 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Normal Nate | Voice |
| TBA | Nite Tales 2: The Movie | Himself | Completed |

### Television

Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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 |
| 1983 | Shooting Stars | Patrick | Television film |
| 1983 | Fantasy Island | Michael Ashley | Episode: "Random Choices/My Mother, the Swinger" |
| 1983 | 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" |
| 1984 | St. Elsewhere | Boy | Episode: "Two Balls and a Strike" |
| 1984 | E/R | Randy Beal | Episode: "Save the Last Dance for Me" |
| 1985 | Highway to Heaven | Robbie Down | Episode: "Plane Death" |
| 1985 | I Had Three Wives | Andrew Beaudine | Main role |
| 1985 | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Actor | Episode: "Utopia Now" |
| 1986 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Louie Dawson | Episode: "The Drug Knot" |
| 1986 | 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" |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Bud Bundy | |
| 1991 | Perfect Harmony | Paul | Television film |
| 1991 | Top of the Heap | Bud Bundy | Episode: "The Agony and the Agony" |
| 1991 | 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?" |
| 1994 | 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" |
| 1999 | The New Addams Family | Greg the Alien | Episode: "The Close Encounters of the Addams Kind" |
| 1999 | Unhappily Ever After | Jimbo Bacilli | Episode: "Tiffany Burger" |
| 2000 | Batman Beyond | Sean Miller | Voice, episode: "The Last Resort" |
| 2000 | Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family | Older Chance, Narrator | 2 episodes; uncredited |
| 2000 | Nash Bridges | Simon/Denny | 2 episodes |
| 2000–2003 | Static Shock | Brandon / Starburst, Executive | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family | Older Change, Narrator | Episode: "Borderline Normal" Uncredited |
| 2001 | Intimate Portrait | Narrator | Episode: "Katey Sagal" |
| 2001 | The Zeta Project | Scruffy | Voice, episode: "His Maker's Name" |
| 2001 | The Test | Himself | Episode: "The Sex Etiquette Test" |
| 2001 | Going to California | Kurt Beamis | Episode: "The Big Padoodle" |
| 2002 | The X-Files | Michael Daley | Episode: "Sunshine Days" |
| 2002 | The Rerun Show | Pete | Episodes: "The Partridge Family: My Son, the Feminist/Married... with Children: The Dance Show" |
| 2003 | Mickeypalooza | Himself | Television special |
| 2004 | The Bernie Mac Show | Droobie | Episode: "Droobie or Not Droobie" |
| 2004 | The Help | Adam Ridgeway | 5 episodes |
| 2004 | Entourage | Himself | Episode: "The Review" |
| 2005 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Curt Crunch | Voice, episode: "Wrestle Maniacs" |
| 2005 | One on One | Ian/Chad | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | TV Land Confidential | Himself | Episode: "Changing Times and Trends" |
| 2006 | American Dad! | Himself | Voice, episode: "Rough Trade" |
| 2006 | Loonatics Unleashed | Arthur / Time Skip | Voice, episode: "Time After Time" |
| 2007 | TV Land Confidential | Himself | Interviewee, episode: "Finales" |
| 2008 | The Batman | Fox / David | Voice, episode: "Attack of the Terrible Trio" |
| 2008 | Rules of the Game | | Executive producer |
| 2009 | Star-ving | Himself | Executive producer, director, and writer |
| 2009 | Robot Chicken | Himself, Dr. Rudy Wells, Grandfather | Voice, episode: "Love, Maurice" |
| 2009 | Entourage | Himself | Episode: "Scared Straight" |
| 2009 | Dark Christmas | Himself |
| 2010 | 7 Days | Himself | Member of Team 1 Episode dated October 22, 2010 |
| 2010 | Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated | Bud Shelton | Voice, episode: "Revenge of the Man Crab" |
| 2011 | Clunkers | | Episode: "Intervention" |
| 2011 | 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" |
| 2013 | Bad Samaritans | Dax Wendell | |
| 2015 | The Exes | Donny Lutz | Episode: "Good Will Hinting" |
| 2015 | Real Husbands of Hollywood | Himself | Episode: "Model Behavior" |
| 2015–2018 | Dragons: Race to the Edge | Dagur | Voice, recurring role |
| 2016 | TMI Hollywood | Host | Episode: "The Fast and the Faustino" |
| 2016 | Atomic Shark | Fletcher | Television film |
| 2016 | Sharknado: The 4th Awakens | Bud | Television film |
| 2017 | Bones | Fictional version of himself | Episode: "The Radioactive Panthers in the Party" |
| 2017 | 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" |
| 2019 | Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas | Ronny | Voice |
| TBA | Inside Jokes: AKA Reel Jokes | | Television film |
| TBA | Hollywould | Leggie | Voice, 2 episodes Post-production |

### Music videos

Music videos :
| Year | Song title | Notes |
| 1992 | "I Told Ya" | D' Lil |
| 1993 | "Dazzey Duks" | Duice |
| 1995 | MC's Act Like They Don't Know | KRS-One |