Jon Favreau
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 19, 1966 (age 60)
- Birthplace
- Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Jonathan Kolia Favreau (/ˈfævroʊ/ FAV-roh; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award and two Saturn Awards. 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), Wimbledon (2004), 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 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 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.
Known For
Photos
Filmography
Disney Worldbuilders
Movie · as Self
Disney+ Insider: The Mandalorian and Grogu - A New Mission Launches at Disneyland Resort
Movie · as Self - Director, 'The Mandalorian and Grogu'
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland
Movie · as Self
Deadpool & Wolverine
Movie · as Happy Hogan
Disney 100: Remember That
Movie · as Self
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Movie · as Self - Commentator
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett
TV · as Self · 1 ep
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV · as Self - Director · 1 ep
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Movie · as Happy Hogan
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
What If...?
TV · as Happy Hogan / Zombie Happy (voice), Happy Hogan (voice), Happy Hogan / Happy 'The Freak' Hogan (voice), Sir Harold 'The Happy' Hogan / Happy 'The Freak' Hogan (voice) · 1 ep
The Book of Boba Fett
TV · as Paz Vizsla (voice) (uncredited) · 1 ep
Alien Xmas
Movie · as Obie (voice) (uncredited)
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
TV · as Self - Host, Executive Producer & Creator · 11 eps
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Movie · as Self
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Movie · as Happy Hogan
Avengers: Endgame
Movie · as Happy Hogan
The Chef Show
TV · as Self · 25 eps
The Mandalorian
TV · as Paz Vizsla (voice) · 1 ep
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Movie · as Rio Durant (voice)
The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass
Movie · as Self
Marvel Studios: The First 10 Years - More Than a Hero
Movie · as Self
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Movie · as Happy Hogan
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
Movie · as Self
Term Life
Movie · as Jimmy Lincoln
The Jungle Book
Movie · as Pygmy Hog (voice)
Chelsea
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Misery Loves Comedy
Movie · as Self
Entourage
Movie · as Jon Favreau
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Movie · as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self · 2 eps
IMDb on the Scene
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Wolf Pack
Movie · as Self
Chef
Movie · as Carl Casper
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Movie · as Self
The Director's Chair
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Iron Man 3
Movie · as Happy Hogan
The Wolf of Wall Street
Movie · as Manny Riskin
Identity Thief
Movie · as Harold Cornish
People Like Us
Movie · as Richards
John Carter
Movie · as Thark Bookie
Zookeeper
Movie · as Jerome the Bear (voice)
Iron Man 2
Movie · as Happy Hogan
Brother's Justice
Movie · as Self
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Movie · as Self
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Movie · as Self
Conan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Love You, Man
Movie · as Barry
Couples Retreat
Movie · as Joey
G-Force
Movie · as Hurley the Guinea Pig (voice)
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Iron Man
Movie · as Hogan
Four Christmases
Movie · as Denver McVie
Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man
Movie · as Self
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
TV · as Pre Vizsla (voice), Pre Vizsla / Warrior Commander (voice) · 5 eps
Open Season
Movie · as Reilly (voice)
Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland
Movie · as Self
The Break-Up
Movie · as Johnny O
Still Swingin’
Movie · as Self
My Name Is Earl
TV · as Mr. Patrick · 1 ep
Iconoclasts
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Robot Chicken
TV · as Zeus / Race Announcer (voice) · 1 ep
Wimbledon
Movie · as Ron Roth
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
Movie · as Self
Elf: Film School for Kids
Movie · as Self
Elf: Tag Along with Will Ferrell
Movie · as Self
Elf: How they Made the North Pole
Movie · as Self
Elf: That's a Wrap
Movie · as Self
Elf Jukebox
Movie · as Self
The Celebrity Apprentice
TV · 1 ep
Something's Gotta Give
Movie · as Leo
Daredevil
Movie · as Franklin Nelson
The Big Empty
Movie · as John Person
Elf
Movie · as Doctor / Mr. Narwhal (voice)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Monk
TV · as Dr. Oliver Bloom · 1 ep
HypaSpace
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Made
Movie · as Bobby
Dinner for Five
TV · 50 eps
The Replacements
Movie · as Daniel Bateman
Love & Sex
Movie · as Adam Levy
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
TV · as Crumford Lorak (voice), Crumford Lorax (voice) · 4 eps
Rocky Marciano
Movie · as Rocky Marciano
Family Guy
TV · as Host of KISS Forum (voice) · 1 ep
Rocket Power
TV · 1 ep
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Sopranos
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dilbert
TV · as Holden Callfielder (voice) · 1 ep
Very Bad Things
Movie · as Kyle Fisher
Deep Impact
Movie · as Gus Partenza
The King of Queens
TV · as Sean McGee · 1 ep
Dogtown
Movie · as Ezra Good
Swingers
Movie · as Mike Peters
Persons Unknown
Movie · as Terry
Just Your Luck
Movie · as Straker
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Notes from Underground
Movie · as Zerkov
Batman Forever
Movie · as Assistant
MADtv
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Movie · as Elmer Rice
PCU
Movie · as Gutter
Grandpa's Funeral
Movie · as Paul Metsler
Speechless
Movie · as Debate Control Room Operator (uncredited)
Friends
TV · as Pete Becker · 6 eps
Chicago Hope
TV · as Tim Carney · 2 eps
Rudy
Movie · as D-Bob
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Fallen Angels
TV · as Leo · 1 ep
Hoffa
Movie · as Extra
Folks!
Movie · as Chicago Taxi Driver
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Larry Sanders Show
TV · as Jon · 1 ep
Rugrats
TV · as Mack Granite (voice) · 1 ep
Seinfeld
TV · as Eric the Clown · 1 ep
Jeopardy!
TV · as Self - Clue Presenter · 1 ep