Jon Favreau
Acting
- Born:
- 1966-10-19
- Place of birth:
- 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
Disney Worldbuilders
Disney+ Insider: The Mandalorian and Grogu - A New Mission Launches at Disneyland Resort
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland
Deadpool & Wolverine
Disney 100: Remember That
LIGHT & MAGIC
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett
The Book of Boba Fett
Spider-Man: No Way Home
What If...?
Marvel Studios Assembled
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Alien Xmas
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
The Mandalorian
Spider-Man: Far From Home
The Chef Show
Avengers: Endgame
Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years - More Than a Hero
The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass
Solo: A Star Wars Story
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Spider-Man: Homecoming
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
Chelsea
Term Life
The Jungle Book
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
IMDb on the Scene
Entourage
Misery Loves Comedy
The Director's Chair
Chef
The Wolf Pack
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Wolf of Wall Street
Iron Man 3
Identity Thief
People Like Us
John Carter
Zookeeper
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Conan
Brother's Justice
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Iron Man 2
Couples Retreat
G-Force
I Love You, Man
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Four Christmases
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man
Iron Man
Open Season
Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland
The Break-Up
Iconoclasts
My Name Is Earl
Robot Chicken
Still Swingin’
Elf: Film School for Kids
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell
Elf: How they Made the North Pole
Elf: That's a Wrap
Elf Jukebox
Wimbledon
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
The Celebrity Apprentice
Something's Gotta Give
Elf
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Big Empty
Real Time with Bill Maher
Daredevil
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Monk
HypaSpace
Made
Dinner for Five
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
The Replacements
Love & Sex
Rocket Power
Rocky Marciano
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Family Guy
Dilbert
The Sopranos
The King of Queens
Very Bad Things
Deep Impact
Dogtown
Persons Unknown
Just Your Luck
Swingers
The Daily Show
MADtv
Notes from Underground
Batman Forever
Speechless
Friends
Chicago Hope
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
PCU
Grandpa's Funeral
Rudy
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Fallen Angels
Hoffa
The Larry Sanders Show
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Folks!
Seinfeld
Jeopardy!