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Jon Favreau
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Jonathan Kolia Favreau (/ˈfævroʊ/ FAV-roh; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award and two Saturn Awa…
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Jonathan Kolia Favreau (/ˈfævroʊ/ FAV-roh; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades including an Emmy Award and two Saturn Awards. 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), Wimbledon (2004), 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 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 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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2027
Oswald
TV show Executive Producer
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2026
Lion
TV show Executive Producer
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2026
Disney Worldbuilders
Movie Self
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2026
Disney+ Insider: The Mandalorian and Grogu - A New Mission Launches at Disneyland Resort
Movie Self - Director, 'The Mandalorian and Grogu'
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2026
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Movie Director
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2025
Frankenstein
Movie Thanks
- 2025
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2024
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
Megalopolis
Movie Thanks
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2024
Deadpool & Wolverine
Movie Happy Hogan
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2023
Disney 100: Remember That
Movie Self
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2023
Ahsoka
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
Zen - Grogu and Dust Bunnies
Movie Thanks
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2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV show Self - Director
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2022
Obi-Wan Kenobi
TV show Thanks
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2022
Prehistoric Planet
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett
TV show Self
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2021
The Book of Boba Fett
TV show Paz Vizsla (voice) (uncredited)
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2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Movie Happy Hogan
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2021
What If...?
TV show Happy Hogan / Zombie Happy (voice)
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2021
Marvel Studios Assembled
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2020
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2020
Alien Xmas
Movie Obie (voice) (uncredited)
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2020
Black Is King
Movie Thanks
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2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
TV show Self - Host, Executive Producer & Creator
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2019
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Movie Self
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2019
The Mandalorian
TV show Paz Vizsla (voice)
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2019
The Lion King
Movie Producer
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2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Movie Happy Hogan
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2019
The Chef Show
TV show Self
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2019
Avengers: Endgame
Movie Happy Hogan
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2018
The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass
Movie Self
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2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Movie Rio Durant (voice)
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2018
Avengers: Infinity War
Movie Executive Producer
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2018
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
TV show Self
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2017
Chef
Movie Original Story
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2017
Young Sheldon
TV show Director
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2017
The Orville
TV show Producer
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2017
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Movie Happy Hogan
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2017
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
Movie Self
