Jon Favreau
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Favreau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2024 · Deadpool & Wolverine as Happy Hogan
- 2023 · Master & Apprentice: A Special Look at Ahsoka as Self
- 2023 · A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett as Self
- 2022 · Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · The Book of Boba Fett as Paz Vizsla (voice) (uncredited)
- 2021 · Spider-Man: No Way Home as Happy Hogan
- 2021 · What If...? as Happy Hogan / Zombie Happy (voice)
- 2021 · What If...? as Happy Hogan (voice)
- 2021 · What If...? as Happy Hogan / Happy 'The Freak' Hogan (voice)
- 2021 · What If...? as Sir Harold 'The Happy' Hogan / Happy 'The Freak' Hogan (voice)
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Assembled as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Assembled as Self
- 2020 · The Holiday Movies That Made Us as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian as Self - Host, Executive Producer & Creator
- 2019 · Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee as Self
- 2019 · The Mandalorian as Paz Vizsla (voice)
- 2019 · Spider-Man: Far From Home as Happy Hogan
- 2019 · The Chef Show as Self
- 2019 · Avengers: Endgame as Happy Hogan
- 2018 · The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass as Self
- 2018 · Solo: A Star Wars Story as Rio Durant (voice)
- 2018 · The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling as Self
- 2017 · Spider-Man: Homecoming as Happy Hogan
- 2017 · A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man: Homecoming as Self
- 2017 · The 44th President: In His Own Words as Self
- 2016 · Chelsea as Self
- 2016 · Term Life as Jimmy Lincoln
- 2016 · The Jungle Book as Pygmy Hog (voice)
- 2015 · Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · IMDb on the Scene as Self
- 2015 · Entourage as Jon Favreau
- 2015 · Misery Loves Comedy as Self
- 2014 · The Director's Chair as Self
- 2014 · Chef as Carl Casper
- 2014 · The Wolf Pack as Self
- 2014 · Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · The Wolf of Wall Street as Manny Riskin
- 2013 · Iron Man 3 as Happy Hogan
- 2013 · Identity Thief as Harold Cornish
- 2012 · People Like Us as Richards
- 2012 · John Carter as Thark Bookie
- 2011 · Zookeeper as Jerome the Bear (voice)
- 2010 · Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible as Self
- 2010 · Conan as Self
- 2010 · Brother's Justice as Self
- 2010 · Brother's Justice as
- 2010 · With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story as Self
- 2010 · Iron Man 2 as Happy Hogan
- 2009 · Couples Retreat as Joey
- 2009 · G-Force as Hurley the Guinea Pig (voice)
- 2009 · I Love You, Man as Barry
- 2009 · Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2008 · Four Christmases as Denver McVie
- 2008 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Pre Vizsla / Warrior Commander (voice)
- 2008 · Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Pre Vizsla (voice)
- 2008 · I Am Iron Man as Self
- 2008 · Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man as Himself
- 2008 · Iron Man as Hogan
- 2006 · Open Season as Reilly (voice)
- 2006 · Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland as Self
- 2006 · The Break-Up as Johnny O
- 2005 · Iconoclasts as Self
- 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Mr. Patrick
- 2005 · Robot Chicken as Zeus / Race Announcer (voice)
- 2004 · Wimbledon as Ron Roth
- 2004 · Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy as Self
- 2004 · The Celebrity Apprentice as
- 2003 · Something's Gotta Give as Leo
- 2003 · Elf as Doctor / Mr. Narwhal (voice)
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as
- 2003 · Beyond Hell's Kitchen - Making Daredevil as
- 2003 · The Big Empty as John Person
- 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
- 2003 · Daredevil as Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
- 2002 · Monk as Dr. Oliver Bloom
- 2002 · HypaSpace as Self
- 2001 · Made as Bobby
- 2001 · Dinner for Five as
- 2000 · Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Crumford Lorak (voice)
- 2000 · Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Crumford Lorax (voice)
- 2000 · The Replacements as Daniel Bateman
- 2000 · Love & Sex as Adam Levy
- 1999 · Rocket Power as
- 1999 · Rocky Marciano as Rocky Marciano
- 1999 · The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn as Self
- 1999 · Family Guy as Host of KISS Forum (voice)
- 1999 · Dilbert as Holden Callfielder (voice)
- 1999 · The Sopranos as Self
- 1998 · The King of Queens as Sean McGee
- 1998 · Very Bad Things as Kyle Fisher
- 1998 · Deep Impact as Gus Partenza
- 1996 · Persons Unknown as Terry
- 1996 · Just Your Luck as Straker
- 1996 · Swingers as Mike Peters
- 1996 · Dogtown as Ezra Good
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1995 · MADtv as Self
- 1995 · Notes from Underground as Zerkov
- 1995 · Batman Forever as Assistant
- 1994 · Speechless as Debate Control Room Operator (uncredited)
- 1994 · Friends as Pete Becker
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1994 · Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle as Elmer Rice
- 1994 · PCU as Gutter
- 1994 · Grandpa's Funeral as Paul Metsler
- 1993 · Rudy as D-Bob
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1993 · Fallen Angels as Leo
- 1992 · Hoffa as Extra
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- 1992 · Folks! as Chicago Taxi Driver
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Eric the Clown