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| 3 | ->''"The Protégé learns from The Master. The Master learns from ''The God.''"'' |
| 4 | -->-- '''WebVideo/FilthyFrank''' on Jon Favreau and [[Film/Chef2014 his cooking skills]] |
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| 6 | Jonathan Kolia Favreau (born October 19, 1966 in Queens, New York) is an American actor, director and producer. |
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| 8 | Like half the famous comedians in America, he is a [[Creator/TheSecondCity Second City]] alum. Often works with Creator/VinceVaughn. He kickstarted the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse when he directed ''Film/IronMan1'', and plays the role of Harold "Happy" Hogan in it additionally. His collaboration with Creator/{{Disney}} also extends to the direction of some of their animal-centric [[Film/DisneyLiveActionRemakes remakes]] ("live-action" or "photorealistic", you decide) and ''Franchise/StarWars'', as the creator and {{showrunner}} of the franchise's first live-action TV show, ''Series/TheMandalorian''. He is also a "friend of the show" for ''WebVideo/BingingWithBabish'', in which he has appeared multiple times (he even gave Andrew "Babish" Rea the carving fork Carl Casper used to twirl the spaghetti in the aglio e olio scene). |
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| 10 | Not to be confused with the former speechwriter for UsefulNotes/BarackObama who now hosts the popular podcast ''Pod Save America''. |
| 11 | ---- |
| 12 | !!Directing / producing filmography: |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | * ''Film/{{Made}}'' (2001) |
| 15 | * ''Film/{{Elf}}'' (2003) |
| 16 | * ''Film/{{Zathura}}'' (2005) |
| 17 | * ''Film/IronMan1'' (2008) |
| 18 | ** ''Film/IronMan2'' (2010) |
| 19 | * ''Film/CowboysAndAliens'' (2011) |
| 20 | * ''Series/{{Revolution}}'' (2013) |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{Chef|2014}}'' (2014) |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|2016}}'' (2016) |
| 23 | * ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 The Lion King]]'' (2019) |
| 24 | * ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet'' (2022, producer) |
| 25 | [[/index]] |
| 26 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'': |
| 27 | [[index]] |
| 28 | ** ''Series/TheMandalorian'' (2019-present, showrunner) |
| 29 | ** ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' (2021-present) |
| 30 | ** ''The Mandalorian & Grogu'' (TBA, director) |
| 31 | [[/index]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | !!Acting filmography: |
| 34 | * ''Film/{{Rudy}}'' (1993) -- D-Bob |
| 35 | * ''Film/{{PCU}}'' (1994) -- Gutter |
| 36 | * ''Film/{{Swingers}}'' (1996; also co-produced) -- Mike Peters |
| 37 | * ''Series/{{Friends}}'' (1997; 6 episodes) -- Pete Becker |
| 38 | * ''Film/VeryBadThings'' (1998) -- Kyle Fisher |
| 39 | * ''Film/DeepImpact'' (1998) -- Dr. Gus Partenza |
| 40 | * ''Love & Sex'' (2000) -- Adam Levy |
| 41 | * ''Film/TheReplacements2000'' (2000) -- Daniel "Danny" Bateman |
| 42 | * ''Film/{{Daredevil|2003}}'' (2003) -- Franklin "Foggy" Nelson |
| 43 | * ''Film/{{Elf}}'' (2003) -- Mr. Narwhal (voice), Doctor Ben |
| 44 | * ''Series/MyNameIsEarl'' (2006) -- Mr. Patrick |
| 45 | * ''Film/TheBreakUp'' (2006) -- Johnny O |
| 46 | * ''WesternAnimation/OpenSeason'' (2006) -- Reilly (voice) |
| 47 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse -- Harold "Happy" Hogan |
| 48 | ** ''Film/IronMan1'' (2008) |
| 49 | ** ''Film/IronMan2'' (2010) |
| 50 | ** ''Film/IronMan3'' (2013) |
| 51 | ** ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' (2017) |
| 52 | ** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019) |
| 53 | ** ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' (2019) |
| 54 | ** ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' (2021, four episodes) |
| 55 | ** ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' (2021) |
| 56 | * ''Film/FourChristmases'' (2008) -- Denver [=McVie=] |
| 57 | * ''Film/ILoveYouMan'' (2009) -- Barry |
| 58 | * ''Film/GForce'' (2009) -- Hurley the Guinea Pig (voice) |
| 59 | * ''Film/CouplesRetreat'' (2009) -- Joey |
| 60 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'' |
| 61 | ** ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' (2010, 2013; 6 episodes) -- Pre Vizsla (voice) |
| 62 | ** ''[[Film/{{Solo}} Solo: A Star Wars Story]]'' (2018) -- Rio Durant (voice) |
| 63 | ** ''Series/TheMandalorian'' (2019) -- Paz Vizsla (voice) |
| 64 | ** ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett'' (2022, one episode) -- Paz Vizla (voice) |
| 65 | * ''Film/{{Zookeeper|2011}}'' (2011) -- Jerome the Bear (voice) |
| 66 | * ''Film/JohnCarter'' (2012) -- Thark Bookie (voice) |
| 67 | * ''People Like Us'' (2012) -- Richards |
| 68 | * ''Film/IdentityThief'' (2013) -- Harold Cornish |
| 69 | * ''Film/TheWolfOfWallStreet'' (2013) -- Manny Riskin |
| 70 | * ''Film/{{Chef|2014}}'' (2014) -- Carl Casper |
| 71 | * ''Series/{{Entourage}}'' (2015) -- AsHimself |
| 72 | * ''Term Life'' (2016) -- Jimmy Lincoln |
| 73 | * ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|2016}}'' (2016) -- Pygmy Jog (voice) |
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| 75 | ---- |
| 76 | !!Tropes associated with Jon Favreau include: |
| 77 | |
| 78 | * AuthorAppeal: |
| 79 | ** Favreau is a clear fan of old-style gangster movies like ''Film/{{Goodfellas}}''. His recent Disney productions either have heavy criminal underworld/gangster themes and characters like ''The Mandalorian''; while his Disney remakes have their villains' characterizations altered to be more like mob bosses (such as [[Film/TheJungleBook2016 King Louie]] being rewritten into an Italian mob boss, and [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 Scar meeting Shenzi]] to offer an alliance is played up as a meeting between crime lords). |
| 80 | ** Favreau also has a fascination with father-son relations. ''Elf'' and the ''Iron Man'' movies feature a protagonist with daddy issues. Likewise both ''Chef'' and ''Mandalorian'' star a working single father trying to raise a child. It's implied that this theme was inspired by Favreau's upbringing in which he was raised by his father after his mother died from leukemia. |
| 81 | * CreatorsOddball: ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet'', a SpeculativeDocumentary about dinosaurs, is quite a departure from the family-friendly comedies and franchise series that Favreau worked on. |
| 82 | * PlayingAgainstType: In the ''Star Wars'' TV shows, Favreau plays a Mandalorian terrorist and his zealous descendant. Both are far cries from Favreau's typically comedic roles. |
| 83 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Most films he has directed are far on the idealistic side, especially ''Film/{{Elf}}''[[note]]He reportedly had to fight tooth and claw to talk Will Ferrell and his creative team out of trying to make it into a cynical PG-13 comedy[[/note]], ''Film/{{Zathura}}'' and ''Film/IronMan1''. Even ''Film/{{The Jungle Book|2016}}'', which is considerably more cynical than the film it's remaking, is ultimately upbeat and with a positive message. |
| 84 | * TypeCasting: Favreau ends up playing a lot of plucky comic-relief sidekicks, most notably as Happy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. |
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