
Jon Favreau
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Biography
Jonathan Kolia Favreau (/ˈfævroʊ/ FAV-roh; born October 19, 1966) is an American filmmaker and actor. As an actor, Favreau has appeared in 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 for and/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 & Grogu (2026). Recently, Favreau has been known for his work on the Star Wars franchise with Dave Filoni, creating the Disney+ original series The Mandalorian (2019–present), 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 the upcoming 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.
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Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Sopranos

Family Guy

MADtv

Honest Trailers

Friends

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Monk

Chicago Hope

Fallen Angels

My Name Is Earl

Marvel Studios Assembled

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Real Time with Bill Maher

LIGHT & MAGIC

Seinfeld

The King of Queens

Robot Chicken

The Book of Boba Fett

What If...?

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

Marvel Studios Legends

The Mandalorian

The Celebrity Apprentice

The Daily Show

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Dilbert

Chelsea

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

Avengers: Endgame

Avengers: Doomsday

Zookeeper

Elf

Batman Forever

Deadpool & Wolverine

The Movies That Made Us

Iron Man 2

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

John Carter

Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'

The Jungle Book

Iron Man

Deep Impact

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Term Life

The Wolf of Wall Street

The Break-Up

Four Christmases

I Love You, Man

Open Season

Something's Gotta Give

PCU

The Replacements

Iron Man 3

The Mandalorian: Making of Season 2

Daredevil

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Wimbledon

The Wolf Pack

Master & Apprentice: A Special Look at Ahsoka

Couples Retreat

Very Bad Things

Identity Thief

I Am Iron Man

Love & Sex

Rudy

G-Force

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Chef

The Chef Show

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett
Production Credits

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Avengers: Endgame

The Book of Boba Fett

Iron Man

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Black Is King

About a Boy

The Jungle Book 2

The Mandalorian and Grogu

Lion

Revolution

Avengers: Infinity War

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

The Avengers

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Grimsby

The Jungle Book

Iron Man 2

Iron Man 3

Cowboys & Aliens

The Orville

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies

Elf

Prehistoric Planet

The Chef Show

Couples Retreat

The Mandalorian

Chef

The Office

Megalopolis

The Lion King

Avengers: Age of Ultron

Young Sheldon

Ahsoka
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