Jon Favreau

Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the 2003 Christmas comedy film , in which he also portrayed Dr. Ben Leonardo. He also appeared in various other films, such as , , , , , , , , , , , and . Additionally, he voiced Reilly the beaver in the 2006 animated film and its 2008 (albeit uncredited), as well as Jerome the Grizzly Bear in .
For Disney, he portrayed Happy Hogan in the trilogy, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home, What If...?, Spider-Man: No Way Home and Deadpool & Wolverine. He also served as director and executive producer for Iron Man and Iron Man 2 (the first Iron Man film having been made before Disney acquired Marvel), as well as an executive producer for The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. Additionally, he voiced Pre Vizsla 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. In that same year, he had a cameo voice role as Thark Bookie in John Carter.
As the director of the 2016 live-action adaptation of The Jungle Book, Favreau aimed to amalgamate the spirit of the original Jungle Book with the faithfulness and storytelling of '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 2019 CGI film The Lion King, a remake of the 1994 animated film. He will direct the Star Wars film The Mandalorian & Grogu.
Favreau was named a Disney Legend in 2019 as an executive producer on the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, in which he also voiced Paz Vizsla in the series. Additionally, he is an executive producer on The Book of Boba Fett, and Ahsoka.
==Filmography==
Year		Film/Television 	Position
1999		Hercules 	Voice Actor: Jealousy
2000		Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Voice Actor: Crumford Lorax
2001		The Legend of Tarzan 	Voice Actor: One Punch Mullargan
2008		 	Executive Producer/Role: Happy Hogan
2008		Star Wars: The Clone Wars 	Voice Actor: Pre Vizsla
2009		G-Force 	Voice Actor: Hurley
2010		 	Executive Producer/Role: Happy Hogan
2012		John Carter 	Role: Thark Bookie
2012		The Avengers 	Executive Producer
2012		People Like Us 	Role: Richards
2013		Iron Man 3 	Executive Producer/Role: Happy Hogan
2016		The Jungle Book 	Director/Voice Actor: Pygmy Hog
2017		Spider-Man: Homecoming 	Role: Happy Hogan
2018		Avengers: Infinity War 	Executive Producer/Role: Happy Hogan
2018		Solo 	Voice Actor: Rio Durant
2019		Avengers: Endgame 	Executive Producer/Role: Happy Hogan
2019		Spider-Man: Far From Home 	Role: Happy Hogan
2019		The Lion King 	Director
2019		The Mandalorian 	Executive Producer/Voice Actor: Paz Vizsla
2021		Spider-Man: No Way Home 	Role: Happy Hogan
2021		The Book of Boba Fett 	Executive Producer/Voice Actor: Paz Vizsla
2024		Deadpool & Wolverine 	Role: Happy Hogan
2026		The Mandalorian & Grogu 	Director/Writer/Producer
TBA 		Magic Kingdom 	Director/Story
TBA 		The Jungle Book 2 	Director
==Roles==
Crumford Lorak.png|Crumford Lorak(Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
Hurley.jpg|Hurley(G-Force)
Happy Hogan IM3.png|Happy Hogan(Marvel Cinematic Universe)
PazVizsla-CEUEE.jpg|Paz Vizsla(The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett)
Thark Bookie.jpg|Thark Bookie(John Carter)
PreVizsla-Eminence.jpg|Pre Vizsla(Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
The Jungle Book (2016) - Pygmy Hog.png|Fred the Pygmy Hog(The Jungle Book;2016 live-action adaptation)
Rio Durant - Solo.jpg|Rio Durant(Solo)
Favreau people like us.jpg|Richards(People Like Us)
==Gallery==
Jon Favreau Iron-Man premiere.jpg|Jon Favreau at the premiere of in April 2008.
Jon Favreau G-Force premiere.jpg|Jon Favreau at the premiere of G-Force in July 2009.
Jon Favreau Summer TCA Tour12.jpg|Jon Favreau speaks at the panel at the 2012 Summer TCA Tour.
Jon Favreau SDCC.jpg|Jon Favreau speaks onstage at the 2012 San Diego Comic Con.
Jon Favreau D23 Expo15.jpg|Jon Favreau attending the 2015 D23 Expo.
Jon Favreau visits Jimmy Fallon.jpg|Jon Favreau visiting in March 2016.
Jon Favreau JB16 premiere.jpg|Jon Favreau at the premiere of The Jungle Book remake in April 2016.
Jon Favreau 20th HFA.jpg|Jon Faverau speaks onstage during the 20th annual Hollywood Film Awards in November 2016.
Jon Favreau D23 Expo17.jpg|Jon Favreau speaks onstage at the 2017 D23 Expo.
Jon Favreau 70th DGA.jpg|Jon Favreau attending the 70th annual Directors Guild Awards in February 2018.
Jon Favreau AIW premiere.jpg|Jon Favreau at the premiere of Avengers: Infinity War in April 2018.
Jon Favreau TLK19 premiere.jpg|Jon Favreau at the premiere of The Lion King remake in July 2019.
Jon Favreau Disney Legend D23 Expo19.jpg|Jon Favreau at the Disney Legends event at the 2019 D23 Expo.
Jon Favreau 77th Golden Globes.jpg|Jon Favreau arrives at the 77th annual Golden Globes in January 2020.
==Trivia==
*Favreau is the first director to direct more than one live-action adaptation of an animated film.
*He previously worked with Roger Allers (one of the directors of the 1994 original Lion King film) in the 2006 animated film , in which Favreau voiced Reilly the beaver.
*Favreau's son, Max, portrayed young Peter Parker in .
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