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.
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| 1 | Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) Recently popular movies | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 2 | Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) Most waited movies 2023 and after | Happy Hogan | 7.9 | |
| 3 | Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) Top 100 by FilmGator | Happy Hogan | 8.6 | |
| 4 | Alien Xmas (2020) | Obie (voice) (uncredited) | 6 | |
| 5 | Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee (2019) | Self | - | - |
| 6 | Avengers: Endgame (2019) Top 100 by FilmGator | Happy Hogan | 8.7 | |
| 7 | The Lion King (2019) | Director / Writer | 7.1 | |
| 8 | Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) Top 100 by FilmGator | Happy Hogan | 7.9 | |
| 9 | Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) | Rio Durant (voice) | 6.9 | |
| 10 | A Fan's Guide to Spider-Man Homecoming (2017) | Self | 10 | |
| 11 | Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) | Happy Hogan | 7.8 | |
| 12 | Chef (2017) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 13 | Term Life (2016) | Jimmy Lincoln | 5 | |
| 14 | The Jungle Book (2016) Oscars winners 2017 | Director / Writer | 7.5 | |
| 15 | Entourage (2015) | Jon Favreau | 6.4 | |
| 16 | Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond (2015) | Self | - | - |
| 17 | Misery Loves Comedy (2015) | Self | 7 | |
| 18 | Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014) | Self | 7.7 | |
| 19 | Chef (2014) | Director / Writer | 7.3 | |
| 20 | The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) Top 100 by FilmGator | Manny Riskin | 8.1 | |
| 21 | Identity Thief (2013) | Harold Cornish | 6.6 | |
| 22 | Iron Man 3 (2013) Oscars 2014 | Happy Hogan | 7.6 | |
| 23 | Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic Universe (2012) | Self | 10 | |
| 24 | People Like Us (2012) | Richards | 6.4 | |
| 25 | John Carter (2012) | Thark Bookie | 6.8 | |
| 26 | Zookeeper (2011) | Jerome the Bear (voice) | 5.8 | |
| 27 | Cowboys & Aliens (2011) | Director / Writer | 6 | |
| 28 | With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010) | Self | 7 | |
| 29 | Brother's Justice (2010) | Self | 6.5 | |
| 30 | Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010) | Self | 8 | |
| 31 | Iron Man 2 (2010) Oscars 2011 | Director / Writer | 7.3 | |
| 32 | G-Force (2009) | Hurley the Guinea Pig (voice) | 5.2 | |
| 33 | I Love You, Man (2009) | Barry | 6.9 | |
| 34 | Couples Retreat (2009) | Director / Writer | 5.6 | |
| 35 | Open Season 2 (2008) | Reilly (uncredited) | 6.1 | |
| 36 | Four Christmases (2008) | Denver McVie | 6.1 | |
| 37 | I Am 'Iron Man' (2008) | Self | 8 | |
| 38 | Iron Man (2008) Top 100 by FilmGator | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 39 | Open Season (2006) | Reilly (voice) | 6.6 | |
| 40 | The Break-Up (2006) | Johnny O | 5.7 | |
| 41 | Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005) | Director / Writer | 6.6 | |
| 42 | Wimbledon (2004) | Ron Roth | 6.3 | |
| 43 | Elf (2003) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 44 | Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' (2003) | - | 5 | |
| 45 | Daredevil (2003) | Franklin "Foggy" Nelson | 5.2 | |
| 46 | Something's Gotta Give (2003) Oscars 2004 | Leo | 6.7 | |
| 47 | The Big Empty (2003) | John Person | 6.3 | |
| 48 | The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002) | Director / Writer | - | - |
| 49 | Made (2001) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 50 | Love & Sex (2000) | Adam Levy | 5 | |
| 51 | The Replacements (2000) | Daniel Bateman | 7 | |
| 52 | Deep Impact (1998) | Gus Partenza | 6.4 | |
| 53 | Very Bad Things (1998) | Kyle Fisher | 7.7 | |
| 54 | Swingers (1996) | Director / Writer | 6.4 | |
| 55 | Just Your Luck (1996) | Straker | 8 | |
| 56 | Persons Unknown (1996) | Terry | - | - |
| 57 | Batman Forever (1995) | Assistant | 5.6 | |
| 58 | Speechless (1994) | Debate Control Room Operator (uncredited) | 3 | |
| 59 | PCU (1994) | Gutter | 5.2 | |
| 60 | Rudy (1993) | D-Bob | 6.8 | |
| 61 | Hoffa (1992) | Extra | 6.4 | |
| 62 | Folks! (1992) | Chicago Taxi Driver | - | - |
