
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 Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

The Sopranos

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Family Guy

MADtv

Honest Trailers

Friends

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

What If...?

Monk

Chicago Hope

Fallen Angels

My Name Is Earl

Marvel Studios Assembled

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Real Time with Bill Maher

Seinfeld

The King of Queens

Robot Chicken

The Book of Boba Fett

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

Marvel Studios Legends

The Mandalorian

The Celebrity Apprentice

The Daily Show

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

Chelsea

Dilbert

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

LIGHT & MAGIC

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

John Carter

Iron Man 2

Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe

Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'

The Jungle Book

Iron Man

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Deep Impact

Four Christmases

Term Life

The Break-Up

The Wolf of Wall Street

Open Season

I Love You, Man

PCU

Something's Gotta Give

Iron Man 3

The Replacements

Deadpool & Wolverine

Daredevil

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Spider-Man: Far From Home

The Mandalorian: Making of Season 2

The Wolf Pack

Wimbledon

Identity Thief

Couples Retreat

Master & Apprentice: A Special Look at Ahsoka

I Am Iron Man

Very Bad Things

Rudy

Love & Sex

G-Force

The Chef Show

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett

Chef
Production Credits

Lion

The Office

The Chef Show

Iron Man 2

Avengers: Age of Ultron

About a Boy

Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Black Is King

The Orville

Chef

The Lion King

Megalopolis

Ahsoka

Cowboys & Aliens

Couples Retreat

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Elf

The Book of Boba Fett

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

The Jungle Book 2

The Jungle Book

Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies

The Mandalorian

The Mandalorian and Grogu

Avengers: Infinity War

Zathura: A Space Adventure

Prehistoric Planet

The Avengers

Iron Man

Grimsby

Revolution

Avengers: Endgame

Iron Man 3

Young Sheldon

Obi-Wan Kenobi
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