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| Jon Favreau | |
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| Born | Jonathan Kolia Favreau October 19, 1966 Queens, New York |
| Characters played | Happy Hogan Happy Hogan Happy Hogan Happy Hogan Happy Hogan |
Jonathan Kolia Favreau (born October 19, 1966), credited as Jon Favreau, is an actor who plays Happy Hogan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and reprises the role for What If...?.
Biography[]
Favreau played the role in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far from Home, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. As a director he made Iron Man and Iron Man 2. He served as producer on Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame.
As an actor, other notable works include Folks!, Hoffa, Rudy, Seinfeld, Chicago Hope, Batman Forever, The Larry Sanders Show, Swingers, Persons Unknown, Friends, Dogtown, Deep Impact, Dilbert, The Sopranos, The Replacements, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Made, Family Guy, Daredevil, Elf, Something's Gotta Give, The King of Queens, My Name is Earl, Monk, Open Season, Four Christmases, Robot Chicken, I Love You, Man, Zookeeper, John Carter, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Identity Thief, The Wolf of Wall Street, Chef, The Jungle Book, Solo: A Star Wars Story, and The Mandalorian.
It was playing Foggy Nelson in the Daredevil film, alongside Michael Clarke Duncan, that Favreau began discussions with Marvel that would lead to him directing Iron Man and thus beginning the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
As a director, his credits include Bad Cop, Bad Cop, Smog, Made, Elf, Zathura: A Space Adventure, Cowboys & Aliens, Revolution, The Office, About a Boy, Chef, The Jungle Book, The Orville, Young Sheldon, The Lion King, The Chef Show, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Jungle Book 2.
As a producer, his credits include Swingers, Smog, Made, The Big Empty, Dinner for Five, In Case of Emergency, Cowboys & Aliens, Chef, About a Boy, Revolution, The Shannara Chronicles, The Jungle Book, The Orville, Young Sheldon, The Chef Show, The Lion King, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Ahsoka.