Jon Favreau made his acting debut in the 1992 American comedy-drama film ‘Folks!’ where he played the role of a taxi driver. The film was largely panned by critics and received a 0% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Following his debut, he went on to appear in films like ‘Rudy’ (1993), ‘PCU’ (1994), ‘Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle’ (1994), ‘Speechless’ (1994), and ‘Batman Forever’ (1995). In 1996, he starred as ‘Mike Peters’ in the Doug Liman-directed American comedy-drama film ‘Swingers.’ The film received a positive response from critics and was a major commercial success. Favreau was also the writer of the film. He next appeared in films like ‘Deep Impact’ (1998), ‘Very Bad Things’ (1998), ‘Rocky Marciano’ (1999), ‘Love & Sex’ (2000), and ‘The Replacements’ (2000). He made his directorial debut in the American crime comedy film ‘Made’ where he was also the writer and producer. The film opened to a fairly positive critical reception and received a 71% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In 2003, he portrayed Franklin "Foggy" Nelson in the American superhero film ‘Daredevil’ directed by Mark Steven Johnson. The film received a lukewarm response from critics but managed to gross over $179.2 million on a $78 million budget. In 2003, he directed the American Christmas comedy film ‘Elf’ written by David Berenbaum. The film earned praise from critics and went on to become a massive commercial success, grossing over $223.3 million on a $33 million budget.Â
He continued to star in films like ‘Wimbledon’ (2004), ‘The Break-Up’ (2006), ‘Open Season’ (2006), ‘Iron Man’ (2008), ‘Four Christmases’ (2009), ‘G-Force’ (2009), ‘Iron Man 2’ (2010) also director, ‘Zookeeper’ (2011), ‘John Carter’ (2012), ‘Identity Thief’ (2013), ‘Iron Man 3’ (2013), ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ (2013), ‘Chef’ (2014), ‘The Jungle Book’ (2016), ‘Term Life’ (2016), ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ (2017), ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ (2018), ‘Avengers: Endgame’ (2019), ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ (2019), and ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ (2021). He was last seen voicing ‘Paz Vizsla’ in the American space Western television series ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ in 2022.