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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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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The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass | Self | 2018-10-16 |
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Elf: Buddy's Sing and Cheer Along Edition | Ben - Walter Hobbs' Doctor | 2018-11-27 |
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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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The Jungle Book | Pygmy Hog (voice) | 2016-04-07 |
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Term Life | Jimmy Lincoln | 2016-04-29 |
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Misery Loves Comedy | Self | 2015-01-23 |
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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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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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John Carter | Thark Bookie | 2012-03-07 |
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Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe | Self | 2012-09-25 |
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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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Iron Man 2 | Happy Hogan | 2010-04-28 |
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Brother's Justice | 2010-10-22 | |
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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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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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Iron Man | Hogan | 2008-04-30 |
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I Am Iron Man | Self | 2008-09-30 |
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Open Season 2 | Reilly (uncredited) | 2008-09-24 |
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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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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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The Big Empty | John Person | 2003-05-16 |
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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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Something's Gotta Give | Leo | 2003-12-12 |
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Daredevil | Franklin "Foggy" Nelson | 2003-02-14 |
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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 | 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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Batman Forever | Assistant | 1995-06-16 |
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Notes from Underground | Zerkov | 1995-09-12 |
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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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Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | Elmer Rice | 1994-09-07 |
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PCU | Gutter | 1994-04-29 |
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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 |