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Jon Favreau(I)

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Jon Favreau
From 'Iron Man' to 'Jungle Book,' here's a look at our favorite moments from the films directed by Jon Favreau, as well as the various roles he has played throughout his acting career.
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Initially an indie film favorite, actor Jon Favreau has progressed to strong mainstream visibility into the millennium and, after nearly two decades in the business, is still enjoying character stardom as well as earning notice as a writer/producer/director.

The amiable, husky-framed actor with the tight, crinkly hair was born in Queens, New York on October 19, 1966, the only child of Madeleine (Balkoff), an elementary school teacher, and Charles Favreau, a special education teacher. His father has French-Canadian, German, and Italian ancestry, and his mother was from a Russian Jewish family. He attended the Bronx High School of Science before furthering his studies at Queens College in 1984. Dropping out just credits away from receiving his degree, Jon moved to Chicago where he focused on comedy and performed at several Chicago improvisational theaters, including the ImprovOlympic and the Improv Institute. He also found a couple of bit parts in films.

While there, he earned another bit role in the film, Rudy (1993), and met fellow cast mate Vince Vaughn. Their enduring personal friendship would play an instrumental role in furthering both their professional careers within just a few years. Jon broke into TV with a role on the classic series, Seinfeld (1989) (as "Eric the Clown"). After filming rudimentary roles in the movies Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), Notes from Underground (1995) and Batman Forever (1995), he decided to do some risk taking by writing himself and friend Vaughn into what would become their breakthrough film. Swingers (1996), which he also co-produced, centers on Jon as a luckless, struggling actor type who is emotionally shattered after losing his girlfriend, but is pushed back into the L.A. social scene via the help of cool, worldly, outgoing actor/buddy Vaughn. These two blueprint roles went on to define the character types of both actors on film.

In 1997, Jon appeared favorably on several episodes of the popular TV sitcom, Friends (1994), as "Pete Becker", the humdrum but extremely wealthy suitor for Courteney Cox's "Monica" character, and also appeared to fine advantage on the Tracey Takes On... (1996) comedy series. He later took on the biopic mini-movie, Rocky Marciano (1999), portraying the prizefighter himself in a highly challenging dramatic role and received excellent reviews. Other engagingly offbeat "everyman" films roles came Jon's way -- the ex-athlete in the working class film, Dogtown (1997); a soon-to-be groom whose bachelor party goes horribly awry in the comedy thriller Very Bad Things (1998); a newlywed opposite Famke Janssen in Love & Sex (2000); a wild and crazy linebacker in The Replacements (2000); as Ben Affleck's legal partner in Daredevil (2003); and another down-and-out actor in The Big Empty (2003). He wrote and directed himself and Vaughn as two fellow boxers who involve themselves in criminal activity in Made (2001). Both he and Vaughn produced. He also directed the highly popular Will Ferrell comedy Elf (2003), in which he had a small part.

Jon went on to re-team favorably with his friend, Vince Vaughn, who enjoyed a meteoric rise into the comedy star ranks, in such light-weight features as The Break-Up (2006), Four Christmases (2008) and Couples Retreat (2009), the last of which he co-wrote with Vaughn.

Jon has made even greater strides as a writer, producer and/or director in recent years with the exciting mega-box office action-packed Iron Man (2008), starring Robert Downey Jr., and its sequels, Iron Man 2 (2010) and Iron Man 3 (2013). Jon's character of "Happy Hogan" would be featured in a number of Marvel Comic adventures. Other offerings behind the scenes have included the adventure dramedy Chef (2014), in which he also starred in the title role; the revamped film version of The Avengers (2012) also starring Downey Jr., and it's sequels Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019); and the animated Disney features The Jungle Book (2016) and The Lion King (2019) and the TV series The Chef Show (2019).

Favreau's marriage to Joya Tillem on November 24, 2000, produced son Max and two daughters, Madeleine and Brighton Rose. Joya is the niece of KGO (AM) lawyer and talk show host, Len Tillem. On the sly, the actor/writer/producer/director enjoys playing on the World Poker Tour.
BornOctober 19, 1966
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  • Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys

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Jon Favreau in The Replacements (2000)
Samuel L. Jackson and Jon Favreau in Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
Gwyneth Paltrow, Jon Favreau, and Roy Choi in The Chef Show (2019)
Jon Favreau and Roy Choi in The Chef Show (2019)
Jon Favreau in Rudy (1993)
Sean Astin and Jon Favreau in Rudy (1993)
Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jon Favreau in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Robert Downey Jr., Jon Favreau, and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Jon Favreau in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Jon Favreau in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Jon Favreau in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Jason Alexander and Jon Favreau in Seinfeld (1989)

Known for

John Leguizamo, Sofía Vergara, Jon Favreau, and Emjay Anthony in Chef (2014)
Chef
7.3
  • Producer(produced by)
  • 2014
Jeff Bridges, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Terrence Howard in Iron Man (2008)
Iron Man
7.9
  • Producer
  • 2008
Vince Vaughn in Swingers (1996)
Swingers
7.2
  • Producer
  • 1996
Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Endgame
8.4
  • Producer
  • 2019

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Producer

  • Ahsoka
    • Post-production
  • Skeleton Crew
    • Post-production
  • Jungle Book 2
    • In Development
  • The Rangers of the New Republic
    • In Production
  • The Mandalorian (2019)
    The Mandalorian
  • Prehistoric Planet (2022)
    Prehistoric Planet
  • Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett (2022)
    Disney Gallery: Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett
  • Ming-Na Wen and Temuera Morrison in The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
    The Book of Boba Fett
  • Brendan Wayne in Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian (2020)
    Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian
  • Alien Xmas (2020)
    Alien Xmas
  • James Earl Jones and JD McCrary in The Lion King (2019)
    The Lion King
    • (produced by, p.g.a.)
  • The Chef Show (2019)
    The Chef Show
  • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
    Avengers: Endgame
  • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Vin Diesel, Paul Bettany, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Chris Pratt, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Benedict Wong, Anthony Mackie, Chris Hemsworth, Dave Bautista, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chadwick Boseman, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Letitia Wright, and Tom Holland in Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
    Avengers: Infinity War
  • Ivana Baquero, Austin Butler, and Poppy Drayton in The Shannara Chronicles (2016)
    The Shannara Chronicles
  • Iain Armitage in Young Sheldon (2017)
    Young Sheldon
  • Scott Grimes, Penny Johnson Jerald, Seth MacFarlane, Peter Macon, Adrianne Palicki, J. Lee, Mark Jackson, and Halston Sage in The Orville (2017)
    The Orville
  • Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong'o, and Neel Sethi in The Jungle Book (2016)
    The Jungle Book
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., James Spader, Paul Bettany, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Chris Hemsworth in Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
    Avengers: Age of Ultron

Actor

  • Ming-Na Wen and Temuera Morrison in The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
    The Book of Boba Fett
    • (voice, uncredited)
  • Willem Dafoe, Jamie Foxx, Rhys Ifans, Benedict Cumberbatch, Zendaya, and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
    Spider-Man: No Way Home
  • Josh Keaton, Jeffrey Wright, Lake Bell, Chadwick Boseman, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams, Hudson Thames, Hayley Atwell, and Ross Marquand in What If...? (2021)
    What If...?
    • (voice)
  • The Mandalorian (2019)
    The Mandalorian
    • (voice, uncredited)
  • Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019)
    Spider-Man: Far from Home
  • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Brie Larson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Danai Gurira, and Karen Gillan in Avengers: Endgame (2019)
    Avengers: Endgame
  • Woody Harrelson, Paul Bettany, Thandiwe Newton, Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Emilia Clarke, Charlotte Louise, and Joonas Suotamo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
    Solo: A Star Wars Story
    • (voice)
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
    Spider-Man: Homecoming
  • Jon Favreau and Tom Holland in Spider-Man: Homecoming, NBA Finals: Watch the Game (2017)
    Spider-Man: Homecoming, NBA Finals: Watch the Game
  • Vince Vaughn and Hailee Steinfeld in Term Life (2016)
    Term Life
  • Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, Lupita Nyong'o, and Neel Sethi in The Jungle Book (2016)
    The Jungle Book
    • (voice)
  • Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, and Jerry Ferrara in Entourage (2015)
    Entourage
  • John Leguizamo, Sofía Vergara, Jon Favreau, and Emjay Anthony in Chef (2014)
    Chef
  • Leonardo DiCaprio and Jonah Hill in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
    The Wolf of Wall Street
  • Don Cheadle, Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Paul Bettany, Rebecca Hall, and Stephanie Szostak in Iron Man 3 (2013)
    Iron Man 3

Writer

  • The Rangers of the New Republic
    • In Production
  • The Mandalorian (2019)
    The Mandalorian
  • Ming-Na Wen and Temuera Morrison in The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
    The Book of Boba Fett
    • (creator)
  • FilmToons Logic (2021)
    FilmToons Logic
    • (uncredited)
  • Saif Ali Khan and Svar Kamble in Chef (2017)
    Chef
  • John Leguizamo, Sofía Vergara, Jon Favreau, and Emjay Anthony in Chef (2014)
    Chef
  • Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis, Malin Akerman, Kristen Bell, Jon Favreau, Faizon Love, and Kali Hawk in Couples Retreat (2009)
    Couples Retreat
  • Jake Busey, Rosario Dawson, Adam Garcia, Anjul Nigam, and Ethan Suplee in The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002)
    The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest
  • Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau in Made (2001)
    Made
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  • Vince Vaughn in Swingers (1996)
    Swingers
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"Mandalorian" and "Boba Fett" Stars Reveal the Scenes They're Most Proud Of
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"Mandalorian" and "Boba Fett" Stars Reveal the Scenes They're Most Proud Of
Why Boba Fett Wants Revenge on Mace Windu
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Why Boba Fett Wants Revenge on Mace Windu
Everything We Know About "The Book of Boba Fett"
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Everything We Know About "The Book of Boba Fett"
Everything We Know About the Future of Star Wars
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Everything We Know About the Future of Star Wars
What to Watch If You Love "The Mandalorian"
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What to Watch If You Love "The Mandalorian"
Triple-Threat Jon Favreau's Many First Credits
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Triple-Threat Jon Favreau's Many First Credits
"The Mandalorian" Takes Star Wars to Wild West of Space
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"The Mandalorian" Takes Star Wars to Wild West of Space
The Lion King
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The Lion King
Jon Favreau Glad He Put Faith in Robert Downey Jr. and 'Iron Man'
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Jon Favreau Glad He Put Faith in Robert Downey Jr. and 'Iron Man'
'Lion King' Stars Pick Their Inner Disney Characters
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'Lion King' Stars Pick Their Inner Disney Characters
New 'Lion King' Characters Honor the Originals, But With a Twist
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New 'Lion King' Characters Honor the Originals, But With a Twist
What 'Far from Home' May Reveal About MCU Phase 4
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What 'Far from Home' May Reveal About MCU Phase 4

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    • October 19, 1966
    • Queens, New York City, New York, USA
    • November 24, 2000 - present (3 children)
    • Max Favreau
  • Other works
    Provides audio commentary with co-star Vince Vaughn on the DVD for Made (2001).
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    • 4 Interviews
    • 6 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    Met his close friend and on-screen partner Vince Vaughn when both secured supporting roles in Rudy (1993).
  • Quotes
    I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own. I'm a very lazy person by nature. I have to be really engaged, and then I go straight from lazy to obsessive. I couldn't study chemistry, but I could memorize all the books for Dungeons and Dragons. It was ridiculous. The trick is to find what I like to do.
    • Frequently appears in his own films
    • Cowboys & Aliens
      (2011)
      $10,000,000

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