Jon Favreau
Born: 1966-10-19 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2026
- Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu ... (Producer)
2025
- Frankenstein ... (Thanks)
- The Happiest Story on Earth: 70 Years of Disneyland - 20/20 Special Edition as Self
2024
- Deadpool & Wolverine as Happy Hogan
- Star Wars: Skeleton Crew ... (Executive Producer)
- Megalopolis ... (Thanks)
2023
- Ahsoka ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Prehistoric Planet ... (Executive Producer)
- Obi-Wan Kenobi ... (Thanks)
- Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett as Self
- LIGHT & MAGIC as Self - Director
- Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies ... (Thanks)
2021
- Spider-Man: No Way Home as Happy Hogan
- What If...? as Happy Hogan / Zombie Happy (voice)
- The Book of Boba Fett as Paz Vizsla (voice) (uncredited)
- Marvel Studios Assembled as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian as Self - Host, Executive Producer & Creator
- Black Is King ... (Thanks)
- Alien Xmas as Obie (voice) (uncredited)
- The Holiday Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
2019
- The Mandalorian as Paz Vizsla (voice)
- Avengers: Endgame as Happy Hogan
- Spider-Man: Far From Home as Happy Hogan
- The Lion King ... (Producer)
- The Chef Show as Self
- Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee as Self
2018
- Avengers: Infinity War ... (Executive Producer)
- Solo: A Star Wars Story as Rio Durant (voice)
- The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling as Self
- The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass as Self
2017
- Young Sheldon ... (Director)
- Spider-Man: Homecoming as Happy Hogan
- The Orville ... (Director)
- Chef ... (Original Story)
- A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming as Self
2016
- The Jungle Book as Pygmy Hog (voice)
- Chelsea as Self
- Term Life as Jimmy Lincoln
- Grimsby ... (Thanks)
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Avengers: Age of Ultron ... (Executive Producer)
- Entourage as Jon Favreau
- Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self
- Misery Loves Comedy as Self
- IMDb on the Scene as Self
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Chef as Carl Casper
- About a Boy ... (Director)
- Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe as Self
- The Wolf Pack as Self
- The Director's Chair as Self
2013
- The Wolf of Wall Street as Manny Riskin
- Iron Man 3 as Happy Hogan
- Identity Thief as Harold Cornish
2012
- The Avengers ... (Executive Producer)
- John Carter as Thark Bookie
- Revolution ... (Director)
- People Like Us as Richards
- Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe as Self
2011
- Cowboys & Aliens ... (Director)
- Zookeeper as Jerome the Bear (voice)
2010
- Conan as Self
- Iron Man 2 as Happy Hogan
- Brother's Justice as Self
- Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible as Self
- With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self
2009
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Couples Retreat as Joey
- G-Force as Hurley the Guinea Pig (voice)
- I Love You, Man as Barry
2008
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Pre Vizsla (voice)
- Iron Man as Hogan
- Four Christmases as Denver McVie
- I Am Iron Man as Self
- Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man as Himself
2007
- In Case of Emergency ... (Director)
2006
- Open Season as Reilly (voice)
- The Break-Up as Johnny O
- Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland as Self
2005
- The Office ... (Director)
- Robot Chicken as Zeus / Race Announcer (voice)
- My Name Is Earl as Mr. Patrick
- Zathura: A Space Adventure ... (Director)
- Green Street Hooligans ... (Executive Producer)
- Iconoclasts as Self
2004
- The Celebrity Apprentice
- Wimbledon as Ron Roth
- Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy as Self
2003
- Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- Elf as Doctor / Mr. Narwhal (voice)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Something's Gotta Give as Leo
- Daredevil as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
- Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
- The Big Empty as John Person
2002
- Monk as Dr. Oliver Bloom
- The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest ... (Screenplay)
- HypaSpace as Self
2001
- Made as Bobby
- Undeclared ... (Director)
- Dinner for Five
2000
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Crumford Lorak (voice)
- The Replacements as Daniel Bateman
- Love & Sex as Adam Levy
1999
- Family Guy as Host of KISS Forum (voice)
- The Sopranos as Self
- Rocket Power
- The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self
- Dilbert as Holden Callfielder (voice)
- Rocky Marciano as Rocky Marciano
1998
- The King of Queens as Sean McGee
- Deep Impact as Gus Partenza
- Very Bad Things as Kyle Fisher
1997
- Dogtown as Ezra Good
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Swingers as Mike Peters
- Persons Unknown as Terry
- Just Your Luck as Straker
1995
- Batman Forever as Assistant
- Notes from Underground as Zerkov
- MADtv as Self
1994
- Friends as Pete Becker
- Chicago Hope as Tim Carney
- PCU as Gutter
- Speechless as Debate Control Room Operator (uncredited)
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Elmer Rice
- Grandpa's Funeral as Paul Metsler
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Fallen Angels as Leo
- Rudy as D-Bob
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- Folks! as Chicago Taxi Driver
- Hoffa as Extra
1989
- Seinfeld as Eric the Clown