Jon Favreau

Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau is an American actor and filmmaker, best known for directing the 2003 Christmas comedy film . He also voiced Reilly in the 2006 Sony Pictures animated film ' and Jerome the Grizzly Bear in '.

For Disney, he portrayed Happy Hogan in Iron Man, , Iron Man 3, and Spider-Man: Homecoming, and he will reprise his role for Avengers 4. He also served as a director and executive producer for Iron Man and Iron Man 2. Additionally, 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, Favreau aimed to amalgamate the spirit of Disney's The Jungle Book with the faithfulness and storytelling of Rudyard Kipling's original tale. He used Kipling's 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.

Additionally, Favreau voiced Pre Vizula in Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series, and will voice Rio in Solo.