Jon Favreau

Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau is an American actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the 2003 Christmas comedy film, Elf, where he also portrayed Dr. Ben Leonardo. He also voiced Reilly the beaver in Sony Pictures' Open Season and its 2008 sequel and Jerome the Grizzly Bear in Zookeeper.
For Disney, he portrayed Happy Hogan in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, What If...?, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. He also served as director and executive producer for Iron Man and Iron Man 2. The first Iron Man film was made before Disney acquired Marvel. Additionally, he served as an executive producer for The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. Additionally, he voiced Pre Vizla in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and played Rio Durant in Solo.
Favreau also played Richards in the 2012 Touchstone Pictures drama film, People Like Us. That same year, he had a voice role as "Thark Bookie" in John Carter.
As the director of the 2016 live-action Jungle Book, Favreau aimed to amalgamate the spirit of the original Jungle Book with the faithfulness and storytelling of Rudyard Kipling's original tale. He used Kipling's rendition of The Jungle Book as an opportunity to kick-start Neel Sethi's career into stardom. He also directed the live-action 2019 film, The Lion King, a remake of the 1994 film. Favreau was named a Disney Legend in 2019 as an executive producer on the Disney+ series The Mandalorian and voices Paz Vizla in the series. He is also an executive producer on The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka, and Star Wars: Rangers of the New Republic.
== Disney Roles ==
Crumford Lorak
(Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
Hurley
(G-Force)
Happy Hogan
(Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Thark Bookie
(John Carter)
Pre Vizla
(Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
Fred the Pygmy Hog
(The Jungle Book)
Rio Durant
(Solo)
Richards
(People Like Us)
== Gallery ==
Jon Favreau at the premiere of Iron Man in April 2008.
Jon Favreau at the premiere of G-Force in July 2009.
Jon Favreau speaks at the Revolution panel at the 2012 Summer TCA Tour.
Jon Favreau speaks onstage at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con.
Jon Favreau attending the 2015 D23 Expo.
Jon Favreau visiting The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in March 2016.
Jon Favreau at the premiere of The Jungle Book in April 2016.
Jon Faverau speaks onstage during the 20th annual Hollywood Film Awards in November 2016.
Jon Favreau speaks onstage at the 2017 D23 Expo.
Jon Favreau attending the 70th annual Directors Guild Awards in February 2018.
Jon Favreau at the premiere of Avengers: Infinity War in April 2018.
Jon Favreau at the premiere of The Lion King remake in July 2019.
Jon Favreau at the Disney Legends event at the 2019 D23 Expo.
Jon Favreau arrives at the 77th annual Golden Globes in January 2020.