Jonathan Favreau (/ˈfævroʊ/; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. As an actor, he is known for roles in films such as "Rudy" (1993), "Swingers" (1996) (which he also wrote), "Very Bad Things" (1998), "Daredevil" (2003), "The Break-Up" (2006), "Couples Retreat" (2009), and "Chef" (2014) (which he also wrote and directed). He has additionally directed the films "Elf" (2003), "Zathura: A Space Adventure" (2005), "Iron Man" (2008), "Iron Man 2" (2010), "Cowboys & Aliens" (2011), "The Jungle Book" (2016), and "The Lion King" (2019) and served as an executive producer on "The Avengers" (2012), "Iron Man 3" (2013), "Avengers: Age of Ultron" (2015), "Avengers: Infinity War" (2018) and "Avengers: Endgame" (2019). Favreau also portrays Happy Hogan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and played Pete Becker during season three of the television sitcom "Friends". He produces films under his banner, Fairview Entertainment. The company has been credited as co-producers in most of Favreau's directorial ventures. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Favreau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.