Age: 59
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Jonathan Kolia Favreau (/ˈfævroʊ/ FAV-roh; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. 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), 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 also 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 presents the variety series Dinner for Five and the cooking series The Chef Show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Favreau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Jon Favreau
Director
for Director in SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN (Live Action)
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Based on the stop-motion animated Rankin/Bass short film. A mailman has to deliver letters to the North Pole, and most of them ask questions to Santa, like "Why do you wear a red suit?"; "Why do you go down the chimney?"; "Why do you deliver toys?"; "Why do you have flying reindeer?" The mailman (who delivered to Santa for years) decides to answer those questions for him. The story starts off in a glum gray town called Sombertown, ruled by a corrupt and selfish mayor. His guard captain shows him a baby that was left by his door, and the Burgermeister orders the kid away from him. By mishaps, the baby gets whooshed away into the woods, inhabited by a grouchy warlock. But the animals bring him to safety and bring him to the Kringles, who name him Kris and raise him to be a toymaker. When Kris grows up, he decides to bravely take the toys to Sombertown, where along the way, he becomes friends with a lost penguin, and he falls for a schoolteacher. After an accident involving a toy, the Burgermeister declares all toys illegal, and so Kris daringly delivers the toys in secret.
