
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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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Sopranos

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Family Guy

MADtv

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Friends

Monk

Chicago Hope

Fallen Angels

My Name Is Earl

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Real Time with Bill Maher

Seinfeld

The King of Queens

LIGHT & MAGIC

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

Marvel Studios Assembled

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

The Movies That Made Us

The Infinity Saga

Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

John Carter

Iron Man 2

Iron Man

The Jungle Book

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Deep Impact

Four Christmases

The Wolf of Wall Street

Term Life

The Break-Up

Open Season

I Love You, Man

Something's Gotta Give

The Replacements

PCU

Iron Man 3

Deadpool & Wolverine

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Daredevil

Spider-Man: Homecoming

The Wolf Pack

Wimbledon

Very Bad Things

Couples Retreat

Identity Thief

Master & Apprentice: A Special Look at Ahsoka

I Am Iron Man

G-Force

Love & Sex

Rudy

Chef

The Chef Show

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Production Credits

The Book of Boba Fett

The Chef Show

Lion

Grimsby

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Iron Man

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies

Iron Man 3

The Orville

About a Boy

The Avengers

Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Lion King

Chef

Avengers: Infinity War

Ahsoka

Revolution

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

The Mandalorian & Grogu

The Mandalorian

Black Is King

Avengers: Endgame

Iron Man 2

The Jungle Book

Cowboys & Aliens

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Office

Prehistoric Planet

Young Sheldon

Elf

The Jungle Book 2

Couples Retreat

Avengers: Age of Ultron
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