What is the net worth of Jon Favreau?
Jon Favreau is an American actor, director, screenwriter, voice artist, and producer who has a net worth of $100 million. Favreau is widely recognized for his work as a director in the “Iron Man” franchise, “Elf” (2003) and “The Lion King” (2019). He also wrote and starred in Swingers (1996), Made (2001), Couples Retreat (2009) and Chef (2014) and had a recurring role on Friends as . Pete Becker. Monica Geller’s millionaire boyfriend.
Jon is also known for his voice work in projects such as ‘Open Season’ (2006), ‘G-Force’ (2009), ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ (2018) and ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ (2010 ) -2013). He also created “The Mandalorian”, a “Star Wars” TV series that began airing on Disney+ in 2019. Jon owns 2 production companies: Fairview Entertainment and Golem Creations.
Youth
Jon Favreau was born Jonathan Kolia Favreau on October 19, 1966, in Flushing, Queens, New York. His mother, Madeleine, taught elementary school and died of leukemia in 1979, and his father, Charles, worked as a special education teacher. Jon attended a gifted school, the Bronx High School of Science, and graduated in 1984. He enrolled at Queens College as a pre-engineering student, but dropped out in 1987 and took a job at Bear Stearns. . While attending Queens College, Favreau was involved in the Center for Human Relations and the Program Board of the College Union and served as chair of the Freshmen Weekend committee. Jon briefly returned to college in 1988, but dropped out again and in the same vein in Chicago,
Career
In 1992, Favreau was cast in the biographical football drama Rudy, which was filmed in Illinois and Indiana; Vince Vaughn also had a role in the film and would become Jon’s friend and frequent collaborator. In 1994, Favreau appeared on “PCU” and played Eric the Clown in an episode of “Seinfeld. He moved to Los Angeles and his screenplay “Swingers” was made into a movie with Jon and Vince in 1996. The movie was a hit. with both critics and audiences and earned director Doug Liman an MTV Movie Award for Best New Director. The following year, Favreau appeared in 6 episodes of “Friends,” and in 1998, he starred in the science fiction film “Deep Impact” and the dark comedy “Very Bad Things.” He starred in the 1999 TV movie Rocky Marciano. and in 2000, he appeared in the football comedy The Replacements and played himself in an episode of The Sopranos. He reunited with Vaughn in 2001 for Made, which Jon wrote, directed and produced (Vince also produced the film). Also in 2001, Favreau directed an episode of Judd Apatow’s Fox series Undeclared and began hosting Dinner for Five, which aired until 2005 on the Independent Film Channel.
In 2003, Favreau appeared in Daredevil, The Big Empty, and Something’s Gotta Give. He also directed Will Ferrell and Zooey Deschanel in “Elf,” which grossed $220 million worldwide and quickly became a Christmas classic. Jon directed “Zathura: A Space Adventure” in 2005, and although the film received positive reviews, its gross of $64.3 million was less than its budget ($65 million). In 2006, he teamed up with Vaughn again for “The Break-Up,” voiced Reilly the beaver in “Open Season,” and starred in “My Name Is Earl” and “Monk.” Favreau then directed his first Marvel film, 2008’s Iron Man, which grossed $585.3 million worldwide; he also directed the 2010 film “Iron Man 2,” which was even more successful with a worldwide gross of $623.9 million. Although Jon didn’t return to direct 2013’s Iron Man 3, he produced all 3 films in the franchise and played Happy Hogan, Tony Stark’s driver. He also produced the Marvel films ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ (2015), ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ (2018) and ‘Avengers: Endgame’ (2019).
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Favreau reunited with Vince Vaughn in “Four Christmases” (2008) and “Couples Retreat” (2009), which was written by Jon, Vince and Dana Fox. He directed and produced 2011’s “Cowboys & Aliens,” which grossed $174.8 million worldwide, just $11.8 million over its budget. Favreau’s directorial follow-up, 2014’s Chef (which he also wrote, starred in and produced), received positive reviews and won an award at the Tribeca Film Festival, as well as an AARP Movies for Grown ups. In 2016, he directed The Jungle Book, which grossed $966.6 million. The Jungle Book was the highest-grossing film Jon directed until 2019’s The Lion King, which grossed an astounding $1.657 billion, making it the highest-grossing animated film. musical, remake and Disney movie of all time. Also in 2019, Favreau began hosting “The Chef Show” with Roy Choi on Netflix, and “The Mandalorian” began airing on Disney+; in addition to creating the series, Jon serves as writer, director, and executive producer.
Personal life
Jon married Joya Tillem on November 24, 2000, and the couple welcomed son Max in July 2001, daughter Madeleine in April 2003, and daughter Brighton in August 2006. Favreau enjoys playing poker and has competed on “Celebrity Poker “. Showdown” in 2004, playing for charity against Andy Richter, Maura Tierney, Tom Everett Scott and James Blake.
Awards and honors
Favreau has won several awards for his work, including a 1997 Florida Film Critics Circle Award for “Swingers,” a 2014 Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award for “Chef,” a 2016 Hollywood Film Award . for “The Jungle Book” and a CinEuphoria 2020. Award for “The Lion King.” In 2019, the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films honored him with the Visionary Award, 10 years after awarding him Best Director for “Iron Man.” The Visual Effects Society Awards presented Jon with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018, and he was named a Disney Legend in 2019.
immobility
In 2016, Favreau paid $5.25 million for the former Allan Aquarium in Venice, California, as well as an adjacent home, with plans to use the space as headquarters for his production companies.
