Nat Faxon
- Professione
- Recitazione
- Nascita
- 11 ottobre 1975
- Luogo di nascita
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biografia
Nathaniel Wales Faxon is an American actor, comedian, director, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing The Descendants (2011) and starred in the FOX comedy series Ben and Kate (2012–2013), the FX comedy series Married 2014–2015) and voices Elfo in the Netflix adult animated television series Disenchantment (2018-).
He is an alumnus of the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings, where he began performing in 2001.
He's best known for his appearances in comedic films such as Orange County (2002), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Bad Teacher (2011), Zookeeper (2011), Tammy (2014), Sex Tape (2014), Life of the Party (2018), Father of the Year (2018), and several Broken Lizard films including Beerfest (2006). He also appeared in Charlie's Angels (2019).
He co-starred in Darren Star's semi-autobiographical satire Grosse Pointe and had recurring roles in several television series such as The Cleveland Show, Joey, Up All Night and Reno 911!.
He has been featured in a series of prominent Holiday Inn commercials featuring Joe Buck as well as an ad by Blockbuster. However, he did not get a significant lead role until 2012 when he starred as the titular Ben in Ben and Kate.
He starred alongside Judy Greer in the FX comedy series Married (2014), which ran for two seasons. He's had major recurring roles as Jeremy de Longpre on the series Allen Gregory, Nick on Netflix's Friends from College, The Swede on Our Flag Means Death, Arthur on Loot, and Marshall on the series A League of Their Own. He's also had a recurring role as Neville, Jackie's love interest, on The Conners.
He provides the voice for Captain Underpants and Mr. Krupp in The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants as well as the Captain Underpants specials. He also provides the voice for Chief on the series Housebroken.
He co-wrote and co-directed The Way, Way Back (2013) and Downhill (2020) with writing partner Jim Rash.
Film con Nat Faxon
- Finché morte non ci separi 2019 · ★ 7.1
- Bad Teacher - Una cattiva maestra 2011 · ★ 5.6
- Sex Tape - Finiti in rete 2014 · ★ 5.4
- Charlie's Angels 2019 · ★ 6.3
- C'era una volta un'estate 2013 · ★ 7.1
- Il Signore dello Zoo 2011 · ★ 5.4
- YES DAY 2021 · ★ 6.7
- Tammy 2014 · ★ 5.3
- Life of the Party - Una mamma al college 2018 · ★ 6.1
- Walk Hard - La storia di Dewey Cox 2007 · ★ 6.6
- Orion e il Buio 2024 · ★ 6.5
- Festa della Birra 2006 · ★ 5.9
- Orange County 2002 · ★ 6.0
- Il padre dell'anno 2018 · ★ 5.4
- Vacanze di sangue 2004 · ★ 5.2
- Beavis & Butt-Head alla conquista dell'Universo 2022 · ★ 6.9
- Slackers 2002 · ★ 5.2
- The Slammin' Salmon 2009 · ★ 5.8
- Hamlet 2 2008 · ★ 5.9
- Provetta d’amore 2012 · ★ 5.0
- The TV Set 2007 · ★ 6.1
- Operator 2016 · ★ 5.8
- Lower Learning 2008 · ★ 4.6
- Super Troopers 3 2026 · ★ 6.2
- Freeloaders 2012 · ★ 4.6
- A Happening of Monumental Proportions 2017 · ★ 5.2
- Lo spettrale racconto di Capitan Mutanda Hack-o-ween 2019 · ★ 6.6
- Capitan Mutanda e il Mega Feliciatale 2020 · ★ 6.4
- Romy and Michele: In the Beginning 2005 · ★ 5.2
- The Moon and Back 2022 · ★ 5.6
- L'epica scelta di Capitan Mutanda 2020 · ★ 8.0
- The Medicine Show 2001 · ★ 5.0
- The Trainer 2024 · ★ 6.8
- Bird & Squirrel 2021
- The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday 2022
- Mermaid 2026
- Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels 2025
- Greetings From Samson 2026
Film diretti da Nat Faxon
- C'era una volta un'estate 2013 · ★ 7.1
- Downhill 2020 · ★ 5.2
- The Heart
- Team Hoyt