Portrait of Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau

Acting

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.

Born: October 19, 1966

Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Filmography

2024
Deadpool & Wolverine

as Happy Hogan

2022
LIGHT & MAGIC

as Self - Director

2022
2021
The Book of Boba Fett

as Paz Vizsla (voice) (uncredited)

2021
2021
What If...?

as Happy Hogan / Zombie Happy (voice)

2021
What If...?

as Happy Hogan (voice)

2021
What If...?

as Happy Hogan / Happy 'The Freak' Hogan (voice)

2021
What If...?

as Sir Harold 'The Happy' Hogan / Happy 'The Freak' Hogan (voice)

2021
Marvel Studios Assembled

as Self (archive footage)

2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Alien Xmas

as Obie (voice) (uncredited)

2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

as Self - Host, Executive Producer & Creator

2019
The Mandalorian

as Paz Vizsla (voice)

2019
2019
2019
Avengers: Endgame

as Happy Hogan

2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story

as Rio Durant (voice)

2017
2016
Chelsea

as Self

2016
Term Life

as Jimmy Lincoln

2016
The Jungle Book

as Pygmy Hog (voice)

2015
Entourage

as Jon Favreau

2014
Chef

as Carl Casper

2014
2013
2013
Iron Man 3

as Happy Hogan

2013
Identity Thief

as Harold Cornish

2012
People Like Us

as Richards

2012
John Carter

as Thark Bookie

2011
Zookeeper

as Jerome the Bear (voice)

2010
Conan

as Self

2010
Iron Man 2

as Happy Hogan

2009
2009
G-Force

as Hurley the Guinea Pig (voice)

2009
2008
Four Christmases

as Denver McVie

2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

as Pre Vizsla (voice)

2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

as Pre Vizsla / Warrior Commander (voice)

2008
2008
Iron Man

as Hogan

2006
Open Season

as Reilly (voice)

2006
The Break-Up

as Johnny O

2005
2005
My Name Is Earl

as Mr. Patrick

2005
Robot Chicken

as Zeus / Race Announcer (voice)

2004
Wimbledon

as Ron Roth

2003
Elf

as Doctor / Mr. Narwhal (voice)

2003
The Big Empty

as John Person

2003
Daredevil

as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson

2002
Monk

as Dr. Oliver Bloom

2001
Made

as Bobby

2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

as Crumford Lorak (voice)

2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

as Crumford Lorax (voice)

2000
The Replacements

as Daniel Bateman

2000
Love & Sex

as Adam Levy

1999
Rocky Marciano

as Rocky Marciano

1999
Family Guy

as Host of KISS Forum (voice)

1999
Dilbert

as Holden Callfielder (voice)

1999
1998
The King of Queens

as Sean McGee

1998
Very Bad Things

as Kyle Fisher

1998
Deep Impact

as Gus Partenza

1997
Dogtown

as Ezra Good

1996
1996
Just Your Luck

as Straker

1996
Swingers

as Mike Peters

1996
1995
MADtv

as Self

1995
Batman Forever

as Assistant

1994
Speechless

as Debate Control Room Operator (uncredited)

1994
Friends

as Pete Becker

1994
PCU

as Gutter

1994
Grandpa's Funeral

as Paul Metsler

1993
Rudy

as D-Bob

1993
1992
Hoffa

as Extra

1992
Folks!

as Chicago Taxi Driver

1989
Seinfeld

as Eric the Clown