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Jon Favreau

His is a dual threat who is known for accumulating both production and directorial credentials in the movie he directs. He is the man who got inspired by the role playing game Dungeons& Dragons because it game him "...a really strong background in imagination, storytelling, understanding how to create tone and a sense of balance." Importantly, he is also known as the person who always strikes to work on something new. And, his rich career has simply illustrated the notion.

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Born on October 19, 1966, in Flushing, Queens, New York, U.S to an academician parents, 1984 Bronx High School of Science graduate Jon dropped out of Queens College in 1987 to be a comedian and moved to Chicago in the summer of 1988. Awesomely, his comedy-theatre experience helped him massively in his career later.

Before landing his first on-screen role in the football focused hit dream fable Rudy, he did stand-up in various improve theatres such as ImprovOlympic and the Improv Institute.

Now fats forwarding to 2015, we know him as a celebrated man, thanks o his amazing working credentials as a Hollywood actor, producer, director and screenwriter.

Among movie enthusiasts, he is especially known for his roles in movies such as Swingers, Rudy, The Break-UP, Chef and Very Bad Things, and also for his short appearances in the hit television sitcom friends. Nevertheless, his notable credentials as a director and producer include super-rated movies such as Iron Man, Elf, Iron Man 2, Chef and Cowboy & Aliens.  Moreover, he is also credited for co-producing The Avengers and Iron Man 3. Most importantly, he is a founder of his production company Fairview Entertainment.

Now moving on to his physical configuration, Jon is a tall man with the height of 6 feet and 0.5 inches. Nevertheless, he has a weighted body, and a short hairstyle. Currently, he goes by a goatee facial hairstyle. Analyzing his past to present pictures, the boyfriend of Monica Geller in season 3 of Friends has certainly gained a lot of weight.

He has gained tremendous amount of weight in the past and doesn't look anything like his Swinger's (which he also wrote) character playmaker Mike.  However, he was always a board and stocky guy even when he wasn't overweighed. As per as we know, he started gaining weight post 1995 and gained substantial amount of weight post 2008.

And, in 2007, he was successful in saying good-bye to 85lbs (went from 290 to 205) with the assistance of his longtime partner Joya, his wife and a doctor of internal medicine.

Be what as it may, he is a massive foodie. As of 205, he is 49 years of age. His love of food may have increased his weight, but it has brought him popularity as well because of projects such as Chef, Dinner For Five, and Top Chef of New Orleans.

Talking about his relationship status, Tom and Joya, a Jewish, tied the knot on November 24, 2000. The couple has three children; a teen son, a teen daughter and a pre-teen daughter.

The multidimensional personality who is worth around 60 million US dollar is currently busy directing upcoming movie The jungle Book, an American 3D adventure fantasy musical film, which he is producing in collaboration with Walt Disney Pictures. Simply, he is confident in repeating similar success he had in Chef (2015) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

If you didn't know, he is of mixed ethnicity (French-Canadian, German, Italian from father and Ashkenazi Jewish from mother) and he was raised Jewish. He went to Hebrew school as a kid.

And less people know that he worked in the field of finance (for Bear Stearns on Wall Street)  on the brink his final semester. However, he dropped out Queens when he was a few credit shy for completing his degree.

Fans can follow Jon on his Twitter (1.89 M followers) and Instagram (62.6k followers) profiles. His Twitter handle is JonFavreau, and his Twitter bio is given as:

"actor/writer/director

Hollywood

Joined March 2009"

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Quick Facts
Birth Date: 19 Oct, 1966
Age: 53 yrs
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Flushing
Education: The Bronx High School of Science
Queens College
Gender: Male
Description: American actor, director, and screenwriter
Twitter Id: Jon_Favreau
Net Worth 2021: 100 million
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Last Modified: Feb 19 2023
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