1966-10-19 Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Jonathan Kolia Favreau (/ˈfævroʊ/ FAV-roh; born October 19, 1966) is an American filmmaker and actor. As an actor, Favreau has appeared in films such as Rudy (1993), PCU (1994), Swingers (1996), Very Bad Things (1998), Deep Impact (1998), The Replacements (2000), Daredevil (2003), 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 for and/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 & Grogu (2026). Recently, Favreau has been known for his work on the Star Wars franchise with Dave Filoni, creating the Disney+ original series The Mandalorian (2019–present), 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 the upcoming 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.
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Deadpool & Wolverine | Happy Hogan | 2024-07-24 |
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Master & Apprentice: A Special Look at Ahsoka | Self | 2023-08-14 |
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A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened | Self (archive footage) | 2023-03-11 |
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Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Self (archive footage) | 2022-05-03 |
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Spider-Man: No Way Home | Happy Hogan | 2021-12-15 |
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Alien Xmas | Obie (voice) (uncredited) | 2020-11-20 |
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Spider-Man: Far From Home | Happy Hogan | 2019-06-28 |
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Avengers: Endgame | Happy Hogan | 2019-04-24 |
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Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee | Self | 2019-12-20 |
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Solo: A Star Wars Story | Rio Durant (voice) | 2018-05-15 |
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The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass | Self | 2018-10-16 |
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Spider-Man: Homecoming | Happy Hogan | 2017-07-05 |
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The 44th President: In His Own Words | Self | 2017-01-15 |
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A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming | Self | 2017-06-03 |
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Term Life | Jimmy Lincoln | 2016-04-29 |
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The Jungle Book | Pygmy Hog (voice) | 2016-04-07 |
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Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond | Self | 2015-12-10 |
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Misery Loves Comedy | Self | 2015-01-23 |
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Entourage | Jon Favreau | 2015-06-03 |
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Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self | 2014-03-18 |
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Chef | Carl Casper | 2014-05-08 |
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The Wolf Pack | Self | 2014-03-20 |
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Identity Thief | Harold Cornish | 2013-02-07 |
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The Wolf of Wall Street | Manny Riskin | 2013-12-25 |
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Iron Man 3 | Happy Hogan | 2013-04-18 |
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John Carter | Thark Bookie | 2012-03-07 |
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People Like Us | Richards | 2012-06-29 |
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Zookeeper | Jerome the Bear (voice) | 2011-07-06 |
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Brother's Justice | 2010-10-22 | |
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Iron Man 2 | Happy Hogan | 2010-04-28 |
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Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | Self | 2010-11-12 |
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Brother's Justice | Self | 2010-10-22 |
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With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Self | 2010-07-24 |
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I Love You, Man | Barry | 2009-03-20 |
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G-Force | Hurley the Guinea Pig (voice) | 2009-07-24 |
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Couples Retreat | Joey | 2009-09-19 |
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Four Christmases | Denver McVie | 2008-11-26 |
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I Am Iron Man | Self | 2008-09-30 |
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Iron Man | Hogan | 2008-04-30 |
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Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man | Himself | 2008-09-30 |
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Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland | Self | 2006-09-08 |
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The Break-Up | Johnny O | 2006-06-01 |
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Open Season | Reilly (voice) | 2006-09-27 |
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Wimbledon | Ron Roth | 2004-09-13 |
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Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy | Self | 2004-08-17 |
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Something's Gotta Give | Leo | 2003-12-12 |
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Daredevil | Franklin "Foggy" Nelson | 2003-02-14 |
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Elf | Doctor / Mr. Narwhal (voice) | 2003-11-07 |
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Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' | 2003-07-29 | |
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The Big Empty | John Person | 2003-05-16 |
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Made | Bobby | 2001-07-13 |
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Love & Sex | Adam Levy | 2000-02-23 |
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The Replacements | Daniel Bateman | 2000-08-11 |
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Rocky Marciano | Rocky Marciano | 1999-05-15 |
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Very Bad Things | Kyle Fisher | 1998-09-11 |
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Deep Impact | Gus Partenza | 1998-05-08 |
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Dogtown | Ezra Good | 1996-10-01 |
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Just Your Luck | Straker | 1996-11-29 |
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Swingers | Mike Peters | 1996-10-18 |
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Persons Unknown | Terry | 1996-12-27 |
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Batman Forever | Assistant | 1995-06-16 |
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Notes from Underground | Zerkov | 1995-09-12 |
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Elmer Rice | 1994-09-07 |
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PCU | Gutter | 1994-04-29 |
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Grandpa's Funeral | Paul Metsler | 1994-01-01 |
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Speechless | Debate Control Room Operator (uncredited) | 1994-12-16 |
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Rudy | D-Bob | 1993-09-17 |
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Hoffa | Extra | 1992-12-25 |
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Folks! | Chicago Taxi Driver | 1992-05-01 |