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. 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.
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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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Avengers: Endgame | Happy Hogan | 2019-04-24 |
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Spider-Man: Far From Home | Happy Hogan | 2019-06-28 |
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Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee | Self | 2019-12-20 |
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The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass | Self | 2018-10-16 |
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Solo: A Star Wars Story | Rio Durant (voice) | 2018-05-15 |
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A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming | Self | 2017-06-03 |
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Spider-Man: Homecoming | Happy Hogan | 2017-07-05 |
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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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Entourage | Jon Favreau | 2015-06-03 |
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Misery Loves Comedy | Self | 2015-01-23 |
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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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Iron Man 3 | Happy Hogan | 2013-04-18 |
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The Wolf of Wall Street | Manny Riskin | 2013-12-25 |
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Identity Thief | Harold Cornish | 2013-02-07 |
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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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Iron Man 2 | Happy Hogan | 2010-04-28 |
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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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Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | Self | 2010-11-12 |
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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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G-Force | Hurley the Guinea Pig (voice) | 2009-07-24 |
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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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I Am 'Iron Man' | Self | 2008-10-01 |
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Iron Man | Hogan | 2008-04-30 |
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Four Christmases | Denver McVie | 2008-11-26 |
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Open Season | Reilly (voice) | 2006-09-27 |
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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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Wimbledon | Ron Roth | 2004-09-13 |
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Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy | Self | 2004-08-17 |
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The Big Empty | John Person | 2003-05-16 |
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Something's Gotta Give | Leo | 2003-12-12 |
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Elf | Doctor / Mr. Narwhal (voice) | 2003-11-07 |
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Daredevil | Franklin "Foggy" Nelson | 2003-02-14 |
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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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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 | 1997-04-06 |
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Swingers | Mike Peters | 1996-10-18 |
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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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Notes from Underground | Zerkov | 1995-09-12 |
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Batman Forever | Assistant | 1995-06-16 |
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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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PCU | Gutter | 1994-04-29 |
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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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Hoffa | Extra | 1992-12-25 |
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Folks! | Chicago Taxi Driver | 1992-05-01 |
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Still Swingin’ | Self |