
Jon Favreau
Born: 1966-10-19
Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For

Deadpool & Wolverine

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Avengers: Endgame

Iron Man

The Wolf of Wall Street

Iron Man 2

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Iron Man 3

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Elf

The Replacements

The Jungle Book

John Carter

Batman Forever

Open Season

Deep Impact

Daredevil

Something's Gotta Give

Couples Retreat

Four Christmases

Wimbledon

The Break-Up

Chef

Made

Identity Thief

Swingers

PCU

G-Force

Open Season 2

I Love You, Man

Hoffa

Persons Unknown

Speechless

Alien Xmas

Entourage

Zookeeper

Rocky Marciano

Rudy

Folks!

Dogtown

Very Bad Things

People Like Us

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland

I Am Iron Man

Just Your Luck

Love & Sex

Term Life

Misery Loves Comedy

Notes from Underground

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

The Big Empty

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

Disney 100: Remember That

The Wolf Pack

Brother's Justice

Brother's Justice

Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe

Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'

Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland

Grandpa's Funeral

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming

The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass
