Biografie
Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau (born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, voice artist, and comedian. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in Rudy, Swingers (which he also wrote), Very Bad Things, and The Break-Up. His notable directorial efforts include Elf, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, and Cowboys & Aliens. His most prominent television role was that of Pete Becker, Monica Geller's boyfriend during season three of the television sitcom Friends.
Favreau was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, the son of Madeleine, an elementary school teacher who died of leukemia in 1979, and Charles Favreau, a special education teacher. His mother was Jewish and his father is a Catholic of Italian and distant French-Canadian ancestry. Favreau attended Hebrew school and had a Bar Mitzvah.
Favreau graduated from the Bronx High School of Science in 1984 and attended Queens College from 1984 to 1987, before dropping out. His friend from college, Mitchell Pollack, said that Favreau went by the nickname "Hack" because of his talent in the game, Hacky Sack. He briefly worked for Bear Stearns on Wall Street before returning to Queens College for a semester in early 1988. He dropped out of college for good (a few credits shy of completing his degree), and in the summer of 1988, moved to Chicago to pursue a career in comedy. He performed at several Chicago improvisational theaters, including the ImprovOlympic and the Improv Institute.
Favreau married Joya Tillem on November 24, 2000. The couple have three children: a son, Max, born July 25, 2001, and two daughters, Madeleine, born April 2003, and Brighton Rose, born August 2006. Joya Tillem is a physician and is the niece of lawyer/talk show host Len Tillem.
Favreau is a very close friend of actor Vince Vaughn and the two have collaborated on several movies.
Favreau credits the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons with giving him "...a really strong background in imagination, storytelling, understanding how to create tone and a sense of balance."
Filmografie Jon Favreau
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Action, Comedy, Adventure Regie: Jon WattsMet: Zendaya, Jon Favreau, Jake GyllenhaalFollowing the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.The Jungle Book
Family, Adventure, Animation (modern) Regie: Jon FavreauMet: Neel Sethi, Idris Elba, Scarlett JohanssonAn orphan boy is raised in the jungle with the help of a pack of wolves, a bear, and a black panther.Iron Man 3
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure Regie: Shane BlackMet: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle,...When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, Stark starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.Couples Retreat
Comedy Regie: Peter BillingsleyMet: Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman,...The film is a comedy centered around four couples who settle into a tropical-island resort for a vacation. While one of the couples is there to work on the marriage, the others fail to realize that participation in the resort's therapy sessions is not optional.I Love You Man
Romantic comedy Regie: John HamburgMet: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones,...In "I Love You, Man," a comedy from John Hamburg, Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey (Rashida Jones), discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter... Verder lezen...Iron Man
Action Regie: Jon FavreauMet: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard,...Based on the long-running Marvel comic book series, "Iron Man" tells the story of Tony Stark, the enigmatic heir to the Stark Enterprises fortune. A driven inventor and executive who seems to have it all, Tony is haunted by his dark side. Though he commands his empire by day, by night he secretly... Verder lezen...Daredevil
Action, Thriller Regie: Mark Steven JohnsonMet: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell,...A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.Bioscopen
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