Jon Favreau
- Acting
- October 19, 1966 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Jonathan Kolia Favreau (/ˈfævroʊ/ FAV-roh; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award and two Saturn Awards. As an actor, Favreau has appeared in many films such as Rudy (1993), PCU (1994), Swingers (1996), Very Bad Things (1998), Deep Impact (1998), The Replacements (2000), Daredevil (2003), Wimbledon (2004), The Break-Up (2006), Four Christmases (2008), Couples Retreat (2009), I Love You, Man (2009), People Like Us (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Chef (2014). As a filmmaker, Favreau has been significantly involved with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He directed, produced, and appeared as Happy Hogan in the films Iron Man (2008) and Iron Man 2 (2010). He also served as an executive producer or appeared as the character in the films The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). He has also directed the films Elf (2003), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Chef (2014), The Jungle Book (2016), The Lion King (2019), and The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026). Favreau has been known for his work on the Star Wars franchise with Dave Filoni, creating the Disney+ original series The Mandalorian (2019–2023), which Filoni helped develop, with both serving as executive producers. Alongside Filoni, he serves as an executive producer on all of the show's spin-off series, including The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, and Skeleton Crew. He produces films under his production company banner, Fairview Entertainment, and also presented the variety series Dinner for Five and the cooking series The Chef Show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Favreau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Oswald · Executive producer, Writer
- Lion · Executive producer
- Disney Worldbuilders · Self
- Disney+ Insider: The Mandalorian and Grogu - A New Mission Launches at Disneyland Resort · Self
- The Mandalorian and Grogu · Director, Producer
- Frankenstein · Thanks
- The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland · Self
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew · Executive producer
- Megalopolis · Thanks
- Deadpool & Wolverine · Happy Hogan
- Disney 100: Remember That · Self
- Ahsoka · Executive producer
- 'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen · Self
- Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies · Thanks
- LIGHT & MAGIC · Self
- Obi-Wan Kenobi · Thanks
- Prehistoric Planet · Executive producer
- Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett · Self
- The Book of Boba Fett · Paz Vizsla (voice) (uncredited), Executive producer
- Spider-Man: No Way Home · Happy Hogan
- What If...? · Happy Hogan / Zombie Happy (Voice), Happy Hogan (Voice)
- Marvel Studios Assembled · Self
- The Holiday Movies That Made Us · Self
- Alien Xmas · Obie (voice) (uncredited), Executive producer
- Black Is King · Thanks
- Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian · Self, Executive producer
- Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee · Self
- The Mandalorian · Paz Vizsla (Voice), Executive producer
- The Lion King · Producer, Director
- Spider-Man: Far From Home · Happy Hogan
- The Chef Show · Self, Executive producer
- Avengers: Endgame · Happy Hogan, Executive producer
- Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years - More Than a Hero · Self
- The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass · Self
- Solo: A Star Wars Story · Rio Durant (Voice)
- Avengers: Infinity War · Executive producer
- The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling · Self
- Chef · Story
- Young Sheldon · Director, Executive producer
- The Orville · Director, Producer
- Spider-Man: Homecoming · Happy Hogan
- A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming · Self
- Chelsea · Self
- Term Life · Jimmy Lincoln
- The Jungle Book · Pygmy Hog (Voice), Director
- Grimsby · Thanks
- The Shannara Chronicles · Executive producer
- Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond · Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Self
- IMDb on the Scene · Self
- Entourage · Jon Favreau
- Avengers: Age of Ultron · Executive producer
- Misery Loves Comedy · Self
- Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas · Original Film Writer
- The Director's Chair · Self
- Chef · Carl Casper, Director
- The Wolf Pack · Self
- Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe · Self
- About a Boy · Director
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- The Wolf of Wall Street · Manny Riskin
- Iron Man 3 · Happy Hogan, Executive producer
- Identity Thief · Harold Cornish
- Revolution · Director, Co-Executive Producer
- People Like Us · Richards
- The Avengers · Executive producer
- John Carter · Thark Bookie
- Cowboys & Aliens · Director, Executive producer
- Zookeeper · Jerome the Bear (Voice)
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible · Self
- Conan · Self
- Brother's Justice · Self
- With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story · Self
- Iron Man 2 · Happy Hogan, Director
- Couples Retreat · Joey, Screenplay
- G-Force · Hurley the Guinea Pig (Voice)
- I Love You, Man · Barry
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Four Christmases · Denver McVie
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars · Pre Vizsla / Warrior Commander (Voice), Pre Vizsla (Voice)