Celebrity Biographies
Jon Favreau
His name is the same as the man who writes Obama’s speeches, but he has nothing to do with it. Well known to Friends fans , as he was Monica’s boyfriend in several episodes, he has had a considerable career as an actor, and is currently one of the hottest directors after directing the hit Iron Man .
Born on October 19, 1966 in the New York neighborhood of Flushing, Jonathan Kolia Favreau is the son of a marriage of teachers made up of a Jew and a Catholic. He graduated from the Bronx Institute of Science, and later went on to study at Queens College. In the summer of 1988 he decided to move to Chicago to start a career as a comedian. In that city he managed to act in a couple of theaters dedicated to improvisation.
After a couple of jobs as an extra in How to Survive Family and Hoffa, A Pulse to Power , Favreau landed his first major role playing tutor D-Bob, in Rudy Dare to Glory , a film that against all odds had some success. Although he starred in Swingers , and appeared briefly in several films, such as Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle , Batman Forever or Deep Impact , his work on television was more relevant. After appearing in episodes of Seinfeld and Chicago Hope, began to be known with his portrayal of Pete Becker, an eccentric millionaire who dates Monica, in six episodes of Friends , which was a phenomenon at the time.
Since her work on Friends her career has gone up. Shortly after he starred in the dark comedy Very Bad Things , where he was a guy about to get married whose friends throw him a wild bachelor party in which a dancer dies. He was also “Foggy” Nelson, the partner and friend of Ben Affleck in Daredevil , he appeared in The Sopranos playing a film director who seemed to be interested in the gangster film Christopher, and he was the protagonist of Rocky Marciano – television biopic of the famous boxer-. Also, he was involved in Team Strength , When You Least Expect It , Wimbledon, At Home Nowhere and other titles.
Also interested in filmmaking, Jon Favreau began working behind the scenes directing a couple of telefilms, which preceded his film debut, Disorganized Crime , which had some impact. Elf and Zathura, A Space Adventure followed . Although he really made a splash with Iron Man , a translation of one of Marvel’s most famous superheroes, starring Robert Downey Jr. , which swept the box office. They soon commissioned him to direct the sequel. In addition, Favreau has starred in All In , a comedy that became #1 the week it opened in the United States.