Name	David Faustino
Height	5' 3"
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	3 March 1974
Place of Birth	Los Angeles, California, USA
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Born in California to a showbiz family, David Faustino has been acting since he was a baby, first appearing as Lily Tomlin’s child on one of her comedy TV specials when he was only three months old. By age 5, he had started performing in print ads and TV commercials. A year later, Faustino made his television debut in Act of Love, starring Ron Howard, and appeared in an episode of “Little House on the Prairie.” Then in 1982, he moved on to the big screen with Neil Simon’s I Ought to Be in Pictures, playing the son of Ann-Margret. He followed it up a year later with a role as Michael Douglas’ son in The Star Chamber, an action/drama directed by Peter Hyams. Meanwhile, his work on television films 40 Days for Danny (1982) and Summer Girl (1983) brought him Young Artist nominations for Best Young Actor.

Guest spots on several TV shows, including “Family Ties” (1983), “The Love Boat” (earned another Young Artist nod), “St. Elsewhere” and “E/R” (all 1984) as well as performances in television films like Velvet (1984) kept the young actor in public eye before he scored his first series regular as Victor Garber’s son, Robbie, on the CBS summer show “I Had Three Wives” (1985). Though short-lived, the show offered good opportunities for Faustino to demonstrate his acting skills. As a result, he was nominated a Young Artist Award for Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor. He further built high-quality reputation by taking home two more Young Artist nominations for his efforts in the made-for-television films The Drug Knot and the Disney Sunday Movie Mr. Boogedy (both 1986).

Faustino, however, did not receive huge breakthrough until 1987 when he won the role of Bud Bundy on the family sitcom “Married...With Children,” opposite Ed O’Neill, Christina Applegate and Katey Sagal. Finely playing the would-be loose and dissolute son, he earned Young Artist nods for Best Young Actor in six consecutive years from 1988 to 1993. The series itself became one of the longest-running sitcoms in TV history, lasting 11 seasons until it came to an end in 1997.

After MWC left the airwaves, Faustino found himself studying acting in New York. He returned to film in 1998 by playing supporting role Cornfed in the drama 12 Bucks, which was followed by costarring roles in the action The Heist (1999), B.J Nelson’s comedy Dirt Merchant (1999), director-writer Max Mitchell’s Get Your Stuff (2000) and the comedy Killer Bud (2001). He maintained his presence on the small screen by making guest starring roles in various shows, including “The New Addams Family,” “Nash Bridges,” “The X Files” and “The Bernie Mac Show.” In 2004, the Californian actor made his return to series TV with a recurring role on the WB comedy “The Help,” playing the eldest son of the wealthy Ridgeway clan, Adam Ridgeway.

Next, Faustino appeared along side Jason Mewes, Lacey Chabert, Andy Dick, Danny Trejo and Edward Furlong in the comedy film Nice Guys, portrayed Paul the P.A. in the black comedy Freezerburn and appeared in episodes of the TV show “One on One” (all 2005). He teamed up with Jon Bon Jovi to star in the independent comedy National Lampoon’s The Trouble with Frank (2006) and acted in a comedy film by director Mekhi Phifer, Puff, Puff, Pass (2006), as Steve. The same year, his voice could be heard as Arthur/Time Skip in an episode of the animated series “Loonatics Unleashed.”

Aside from acting, Faustino was a fruitless rap artist under the stage name D L’il. For a period, he was part of a hip hop group called “The Outlawed Posse.” He has been featured in a rap album entitled “Balistyx”, named after the night club which he owns, and on a 1992 Black & White Records release named “I Told Ya.” His rap career was parodied in “Married... with Children” as Bud’s botched effort to score by being a rapper called “Grandmaster B.”

“Basically, everything that I would do in my outside life ended up in the Married... with Children” script, whether it was my battle with zits, or just growing up.” David Faustino