Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau

1966-10-19

Biography

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.

Also appears in

Daredevil

Daredevil

5.3

Batman Forever

Batman Forever

5.4

Couples Retreat

Couples Retreat

5.6

Entourage

Entourage

6.2

G-Force

G-Force

5.5

Identity Thief

Identity Thief

5.9

Chef

Chef

7.1

I Love You, Man

I Love You, Man

6.6

Rudy

Rudy

7.3

Swingers

Swingers

6.9

Something’s Gotta Give

Something’s Gotta Give

6.6

Very Bad Things

Very Bad Things

6.3

Hoffa

Hoffa

6.3

Wimbledon

Wimbledon

6.2

People Like Us

People Like Us

6.8

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

6.9

Term Life

Term Life

6.0

The Big Empty

The Big Empty

6.1

Alien Xmas

Alien Xmas

6.5

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

6.0