1966-10-19 Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Jonathan Kolia Favreau (/ˈfævroʊ/ FAV-roh; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. 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), 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 also 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 presents 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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The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland | Self | 2025-09-21 |
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Deadpool & Wolverine | Happy Hogan | 2024-07-24 |
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Disney 100: Remember That | Self | 2023-10-23 |
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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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Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee | Self | 2019-12-20 |
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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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Solo: A Star Wars Story | Rio Durant (voice) | 2018-05-15 |
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Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition | Ben - Walter Hobbs' Doctor | 2018-11-27 |
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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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A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming | Self | 2017-06-03 |
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The Jungle Book | Pygmy Hog (voice) | 2016-04-07 |
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Term Life | Jimmy Lincoln | 2016-04-29 |
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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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The Wolf Pack | Self | 2014-03-20 |
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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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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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Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe | Self | 2012-09-25 |
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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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With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story | Self | 2010-07-24 |
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Brother's Justice | Self | 2010-10-22 |
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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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I Love You, Man | Barry | 2009-03-20 |
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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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Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man | Self | 2008-09-30 |
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Open Season 2 | Reilly (uncredited) | 2008-09-24 |
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Iron Man | Hogan | 2008-04-30 |
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Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland | Self | 2006-09-08 |
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Open Season | Reilly (voice) | 2006-09-27 |
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The Break-Up | Johnny O | 2006-06-01 |
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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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Elf | Doctor / Mr. Narwhal (voice) | 2003-11-07 |
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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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The Big Empty | John Person | 2003-05-16 |
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Made | Bobby | 2001-07-13 |
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The Replacements | Daniel Bateman | 2000-08-11 |
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Love & Sex | Adam Levy | 2000-02-23 |
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Rocky Marciano | Rocky Marciano | 1999-05-15 |
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Deep Impact | Gus Partenza | 1998-05-08 |
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Very Bad Things | Kyle Fisher | 1998-09-11 |
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Dogtown | Ezra Good | 1997-04-06 |
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Just Your Luck | Straker | 1996-11-29 |
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Persons Unknown | Terry | 1996-12-27 |
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Swingers | Mike Peters | 1996-10-18 |
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Notes from Underground | Zerkov | 1995-09-12 |
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Batman Forever | Assistant | 1995-06-16 |
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PCU | Gutter | 1994-04-29 |
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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Elmer Rice | 1994-09-07 |
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Speechless | Debate Control Room Operator (uncredited) | 1994-12-16 |
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Grandpa's Funeral | Paul Metsler | 1994-01-01 |
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Rudy | D-Bob | 1993-09-17 |
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Folks! | Chicago Taxi Driver | 1992-05-01 |
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Hoffa | Extra | 1992-12-25 |