Jon Favreau Net Worth

Net Worth  Net Worth: $60 Million

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Jonathan Kolia Favreau, commonly known as Jon Favreau, is a famous American film and television director, actor, voice actor, comedian, as well as a screenwriter. To the public, Jon Favreau is perhaps best known for portraying such notable character as D-Bob in David Anspaugh’s sports film “Rudy”, Kyle Fisher in the black comedy film starring Cameron Diaz, Jeremy Piven and Daniel Stern entitled “Very Bad Things”, as well Carl Casper in the 2014 comedy film called “Chef”, which he also wrote, directed and co-produced. As a director, Jon Favreau is known for such films as “Iron Man” with Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow and Terrence Howard, which grossed more than $585 million at the box office, and its sequel “Iron Man 2”, a box office hit with over $623 million earned. Favreau also excelled as a director in the 2011 sci-fi film called “Cowboys & Aliens”, where the main characters were played by Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde. Jon Favreau’s salary from the latter film amounted to as much as $10 million.


Jon Favreau Net Worth $60 Million


Aside from that, Jon Favreau worked as an executive producer on the superhero film entitled “The Avengers”, which grossed more than $1.5 billion in the box office, and the third installment of the Iron Man series “Iron Man 3”. Most of the movies directed by Favreau are released through “Fairview Entertainment”, a production company which was he founded.

A well-known producer as well as an actor, how rich is Jon Favreau? Sources state that in 2010, Favreau earned $12 million from the “Iron Man 2” movie, while in 2011 he added $2 million to his wealth. Currently, Jon Favreau’s net worth is estimated to be $60 million. Most of which has come from his involvement in the film industry.

Jon Favreau was born in 1966, in Queens, New York, where he studied at the Bronx High School of Science and later enrolled at Queens College. Favreau never graduated from college, since he desired to pursue a career in acting instead. With a vision of becoming an actor, Favreau moved to Chicago, where he was immediately offered a role opposite Sean Astin in “Rudy”. Shortly afterwards, Favreau traveled to Los Angeles, where Favreau finally received more public recognition, as he wrote and starred in the comedy-drama film directed by Doug Liman entitled “Swingers”. He then landed a role in several episodes of “Friends”, and appeared in the “Tracey Takes On…” sketch series.

Favreau debuted as a director in 2001, when he wrote, co-produced and directed a comedy-crime film entitled “Made”, which featured a cast of Vince Vaughn, Sean Combs and Peter Falk. Even though the movie grossed only $5.3 million in the box office, it was met with largely positive reviews from the critics, as well as the audience. Currently, Jon Favreau is working on an upcoming superhero film called “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, “The Jungle Book” and “Term Life”.

A well-known actor and director, Jon Favreau has an estimated net worth of $60 million.

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