David Faustino

David Faustino earns my respect for solving the hardest problem in Hollywood: surviving your own childhood fame. Bud Bundy could have been a cage — one of television's most recognizable sitcom roles, attached to him since he was a kid. Instead of fading or imploding, he pivoted into voice acting, gave Mako in The Legend of Korra a wry warmth that won over a whole new generation, and pursued rap and music on his own terms. I like performers who treat versatility as a survival skill rather than a gimmick. Faustino strikes me as a working actor in the best sense: adaptable, self-aware, and quietly durable.

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Name (English)

David Faustino

Name (Japanese)

デビッド・ファウスティーノ

Reading

でびっど・ふぁうすてぃーの

Born

March 3, 1974 (age 52)

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / rapper / musician / singer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Tiger

• Official sitehttps://www.davidfaustino.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/DavidFaustino
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Faustino
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q365474

Tags

• California
• actor
• television actor
• rapper

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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