Jon Favreau

Jonathan Kolia Favreau (born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. As an actor, Favreau appeared in the films Rudy (1993), PCU (1994), Swingers (1996), Very Bad Things (1998), The Replacements (2000), Daredevil (2003), The Break-Up (2006), Couples Retreat (2009), I Love You, Man (2009), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Chef (2014). As a film producer, Favreau became deeply involved with the Marvel Comics series, particularly through his collaboration with Robert Downey Jr. He played Happy Hogan and directed Iron Man (2008) and Iron Man 2 (2010). Additionally, he served as an executive producer and appeared in character in The Avengers (2012), Iron Man 3 (2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019), and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). As a director, he worked on Elf (2003), Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), Chef (2014), The Jungle Book (2016), and The Lion King (2019).

Favreau is one of the creators, executive producers, and directors of Disney+'s original Star Wars series The Mandalorian (from 2019 to the present). He also serves as director and executive producer of the spin-off series The Book of Boba Fett. Under his production company, Fairview Entertainment, he produces films and simultaneously presents the cooking television series The Chef Show.