Jon Favreau

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

11

Gender

Male

Birthday

1981-06-02 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Winchester - Massachusetts - USA

Jon Favreau

Biography

Jonathan Edward Favreau (born June 2, 1981) is an American political commentator, podcaster, and the former director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama. Favreau attended the College of the Holy Cross, where he took part in and/or directed numerous community and civic programs. He also accumulated numerous scholastic honors before graduating as valedictorian. After graduation, he went to work for the John Kerry presidential campaign in 2004, working to collect talk radio news for the campaign and was promoted to the role of Deputy Speechwriter. Favreau first met Barack Obama, then a state Senator from Illinois, while working on the Kerry campaign. In 2005, Obama's communications director Robert Gibbs recommended Favreau to Obama as a speechwriter.[8] Favreau was hired as Obama's speechwriter shortly after Obama's election to the United States Senate. Obama and Favreau grew close, and Obama referred to him as his "mind reader." He went on the campaign trail with Obama during his successful presidential election campaign. In 2009, he was named to the White House staff as Director of Speechwriting. In January 2017, he co-founded liberal media company Crooked Media with fellow former Obama staffers Tommy Vietor and Jon Lovett, and began co-hosting the political podcast Pod Save America with Vietor, Lovett and Dan Pfeiffer.

Known For

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • Real Time with Bill Maher

    Real Time with Bill Maher

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know

    Hasan Minhaj Doesn't Know

  • Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

    Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

  • Pod Save America

    Pod Save America

  • The Obama Years: The Power of Words

    The Obama Years: The Power of Words

  • Dress Rehearsal

    Dress Rehearsal