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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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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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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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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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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Chef | Carl Casper | 2014-05-08 |
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Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe | Self | 2014-03-18 |
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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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Identity Thief | Harold Cornish | 2013-02-07 |
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People Like Us | Richards | 2012-06-29 |
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John Carter | Thark Bookie | 2012-03-07 |
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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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Brother's Justice | Self | 2010-10-22 |
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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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Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible | Self | 2010-11-12 |
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Couples Retreat | Joey | 2009-09-19 |
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G-Force | Hurley the Guinea Pig (voice) | 2009-07-24 |
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I Love You, Man | Barry | 2009-03-20 |
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I Am Iron Man | Self | 2008-09-30 |
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Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man | Himself | 2008-09-30 |
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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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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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Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy | Self | 2004-08-17 |
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Wimbledon | Ron Roth | 2004-09-13 |
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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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Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' | 2003-07-29 | |
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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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Deep Impact | Gus Partenza | 1998-05-08 |
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Very Bad Things | Kyle Fisher | 1998-09-11 |
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Swingers | Mike Peters | 1996-10-18 |
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Persons Unknown | Terry | 1996-12-27 |
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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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Batman Forever | Assistant | 1995-06-16 |
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Notes from Underground | Zerkov | 1995-09-12 |
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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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Hoffa | Extra | 1992-12-25 |
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Folks! | Chicago Taxi Driver | 1992-05-01 |