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Jon Favreau

Jon Favreau

Acting

Born: October 19, 1966Queens, 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.

Known For
Filmography
The 08' Club

The 08' Club

Bartolome Gog

2027
The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland

The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland

Self

2025
Deadpool & Wolverine

Deadpool & Wolverine

Happy Hogan

2024
Disney 100: Remember That

Disney 100: Remember That

Self

2023
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Happy Hogan

2021
Alien Xmas

Alien Xmas

Obie (voice) (uncredited)

2020
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee

Self

2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Happy Hogan

2019
Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Endgame

Happy Hogan

2019
The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass

The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass

Self

2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Rio Durant (voice)

2018
Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Happy Hogan

2017
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming

A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming

Self

2017
Term Life

Term Life

Jimmy Lincoln

2016
The Jungle Book

The Jungle Book

Pygmy Hog (voice)

2016
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

Self

2015
Entourage

Entourage

Jon Favreau

2015
Misery Loves Comedy

Misery Loves Comedy

Self

2015
Chef

Chef

Carl Casper

2014
The Wolf Pack

The Wolf Pack

Self

2014
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Self

2014
The Wolf of Wall Street

The Wolf of Wall Street

Manny Riskin

2013
Iron Man 3

Iron Man 3

Happy Hogan

2013
Identity Thief

Identity Thief

Harold Cornish

2013
Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe

Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe

Self

2012
People Like Us

People Like Us

Richards

2012
John Carter

John Carter

Thark Bookie

2012
Zookeeper

Zookeeper

Jerome the Bear (voice)

2011
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible

Self

2010
Brother's Justice

Brother's Justice

Self

2010
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Self

2010
Iron Man 2

Iron Man 2

Happy Hogan

2010
Couples Retreat

Couples Retreat

Joey

2009
G-Force

G-Force

Hurley the Guinea Pig (voice)

2009
I Love You, Man

I Love You, Man

Barry

2009
Four Christmases

Four Christmases

Denver McVie

2008

Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man

Self

2008
Open Season 2

Open Season 2

Reilly (uncredited)

2008
Iron Man

Iron Man

Hogan

2008
Open Season

Open Season

Reilly (voice)

2006
Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland

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

Self

2006
The Break-Up

The Break-Up

Johnny O

2006
Wimbledon

Wimbledon

Ron Roth

2004
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy

Self

2004
Something's Gotta Give

Something's Gotta Give

Leo

2003
Elf

Elf

Doctor / Mr. Narwhal (voice)

2003
The Big Empty

The Big Empty

John Person

2003
Daredevil

Daredevil

Franklin "Foggy" Nelson

2003
Made

Made

Bobby

2001
The Replacements

The Replacements

Daniel Bateman

2000
Love & Sex

Love & Sex

Adam Levy

2000
Rocky Marciano

Rocky Marciano

Rocky Marciano

1999
Very Bad Things

Very Bad Things

Kyle Fisher

1998
Deep Impact

Deep Impact

Gus Partenza

1998
Dogtown

Dogtown

Ezra Good

1997
Persons Unknown

Persons Unknown

Terry

1996
Just Your Luck

Just Your Luck

Straker

1996
Swingers

Swingers

Mike Peters

1996
Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground

Zerkov

1995
Batman Forever

Batman Forever

Assistant

1995
Speechless

Speechless

Debate Control Room Operator (uncredited)

1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle

Elmer Rice

1994
PCU

PCU

Gutter

1994
Grandpa's Funeral

Grandpa's Funeral

Paul Metsler

1994
Rudy

Rudy

D-Bob

1993
Hoffa

Hoffa

Extra

1992
Folks!

Folks!

Chicago Taxi Driver

1992