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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Known For
Deadpool & Wolverine
Happy Hogan
2024
A Disturbance in the Force: How the Star Wars Holiday Special Happened
Self (archive footage)
2023
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Director · (1 episode)
2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self · (1 episode)
2022
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett
Self · (1 episode)
2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Book of Boba Fett
Paz Vizsla (voice) (uncredited) · (1 episode)
2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Happy Hogan
2021
What If...?
Happy Hogan / Zombie Happy (voice) · (1 episode)
2021
What If...?
Happy Hogan (voice) · (1 episode)
2021
What If...?
Happy Hogan / Happy 'The Freak' Hogan (voice) · (1 episode)
2021
What If...?
Sir Harold 'The Happy' Hogan / Happy 'The Freak' Hogan (voice) · (1 episode)
2021
Marvel Studios Assembled
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2021
Marvel Studios Assembled
Self · (1 episode)
2021
The Holiday Movies That Made Us
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2020
Alien Xmas
Obie (voice) (uncredited)
2020
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self - Host, Executive Producer & Creator · (11 episodes)
2020
Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee
Self
2019
The Mandalorian
Paz Vizsla (voice) · (1 episode)
2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Happy Hogan
2019
The Chef Show
Self · (25 episodes)
2019
Avengers: Endgame
Happy Hogan
2019
The Animagic World of Rankin/Bass
Self
2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Rio Durant (voice)
2018
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Self · (2 episodes)
2018
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Happy Hogan
2017
A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming
Self
2017
The 44th President: In His Own Words
Self
2017
Chelsea
Self · (1 episode)
2016
Term Life
Jimmy Lincoln
2016
The Jungle Book
Pygmy Hog (voice)
2016
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Self
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
IMDb on the Scene
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Entourage
Jon Favreau
2015
Misery Loves Comedy
Self
2015
The Director's Chair
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Chef
Carl Casper
2014
The Wolf Pack
Self
2014
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Wolf of Wall Street
Manny Riskin
2013
Iron Man 3
Happy Hogan
2013
Identity Thief
Harold Cornish
2013
People Like Us
Richards
2012
John Carter
Thark Bookie
2012
Honest Trailers
Happy Hogan (archive footage) · (2 episodes)
2012
Zookeeper
Jerome the Bear (voice)
2011
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Self
2010
Conan
Self · (1 episode)
2010
Brother's Justice
Self
2010
Brother's Justice
2010
With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story
Self
2010
Iron Man 2
Happy Hogan
2010
Couples Retreat
Joey
2009
G-Force
Hurley the Guinea Pig (voice)
2009
I Love You, Man
Barry
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
2009
Four Christmases
Denver McVie
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Pre Vizsla / Warrior Commander (voice) · (1 episode)
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Pre Vizsla (voice) · (5 episodes)
2008
I Am Iron Man
Self
2008
Wired: The Visual Effects of Iron Man
Himself
2008
Iron Man
Hogan
2008
Open Season
Reilly (voice)
2006
Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland
Self
2006
The Break-Up
Johnny O
2006
Iconoclasts
Self · (1 episode)
2005
My Name Is Earl
Mr. Patrick · (1 episode)
2005
Robot Chicken
Zeus / Race Announcer (voice) · (1 episode)
2005
Wimbledon
Ron Roth
2004
Made Men: The 'GoodFellas' Legacy
Self
2004
The Celebrity Apprentice
(1 episode)
2004
Something's Gotta Give
Leo
2003
Elf
Doctor / Mr. Narwhal (voice)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil'
2003
The Big Empty
John Person
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self · (1 episode)
2003
Daredevil
Franklin "Foggy" Nelson
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(1 episode)
2003
Monk
Dr. Oliver Bloom · (1 episode)
2002
HypaSpace
Self · (1 episode)
2002
Made
Bobby
2001
Dinner for Five
(50 episodes)
2001
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Crumford Lorak (voice) · (4 episodes)
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Crumford Lorax (voice) · (1 episode)
2000
The Replacements
Daniel Bateman
2000
Love & Sex
Adam Levy
2000
Rocket Power
(1 episode)
1999
Rocky Marciano
Rocky Marciano
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self · (3 episodes)
1999
Family Guy
Host of KISS Forum (voice) · (1 episode)
1999
Dilbert
Holden Callfielder (voice) · (1 episode)
1999
The Sopranos
Self · (1 episode)
1999
The King of Queens
Sean McGee · (1 episode)
1998
Very Bad Things
Kyle Fisher
1998
Deep Impact
Gus Partenza
1998
Persons Unknown
Terry
1996
Just Your Luck
Straker
1996
Swingers
Mike Peters
1996
Dogtown
Ezra Good
1996
The Daily Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1996
MADtv
Self · (1 episode)
1995
Notes from Underground
Zerkov
1995
Batman Forever
Assistant
1995
Speechless
Debate Control Room Operator (uncredited)
1994
Friends
Pete Becker · (6 episodes)
1994
Chicago Hope
(2 episodes)
1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Elmer Rice
1994
PCU
Gutter
1994
Grandpa's Funeral
Paul Metsler
1994
Rudy
D-Bob
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
1993
Fallen Angels
Leo · (1 episode)
1993
Hoffa
Extra
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self · (2 episodes)
1992
Folks!
Chicago Taxi Driver
1992
Seinfeld
Eric the Clown · (1 episode)
1989