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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 Star Wars: Episode VIII - A New Order
Suggested by matthewsimmons
Ben Solo, now a Jedi Knight has spent the past year connecting with the force. He returns to the temple where Luke is training Kira and Mara Jade has been training Flint. To his surprise, his sister, Breha, has return as well and is now a Jedi Knight herself. The election is coming up and Leia seems to be doing great in the polls to become the new Chancellor, however threats increase from the new terrorist group calling themselves "The First Order." Flint and is master, Mara Jade, travel to protect Leia from any threats, but they soon see she can take care of herself. Luke & Kira travel to find the mysterious dark force master of Starkiller but instead find the "Knights of Ren", a dark force group not connected to the Sith. Ben, Breha, and Lowie travel to Kashyyyk with Han to help Chewie and his people. However, while there the dark side master shows herself to Ben.
