Jon Favreau

Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau (born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker.

Jon portrayed Happy Hogan in Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, and Spider-Man: Homecoming, and he will reprise his role for Avengers: Infinity War and The Avengers 4. He also served as a director and executive producer for Iron Man and Iron Man 2. He served as an executive producer for The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Avengers: Infinity War, and The Avengers 4.

As the director of the 2016 Live Action Jungle Book, Jon Favreau aimed to amalgamate the spirit of Disney Animation's Jungle Book with the faithfulness and storytelling of Rudyard Kipling's original tale. Jon Favreau used his rendition of The Jungle Book as an opportunity to kick-start Neel Sethi's career into stardom. He is currently directing the upcoming live-action 2019 film The Lion King, a remake of the 1994 film.

Favreau also voiced Pre Vizula in Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, and he will voice an alien being in Solo.