Nat Faxon

Nat Faxon

Biography: 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.

Place of Birth: Not available

Birthday: October 11, 1975

Deathday: N/A

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Known For

Club Dread
Club Dread

2004-02-27

Orange County
Orange County

2002-01-11

The Moon and Back
The Moon and Back

2022-10-07

Beerfest
Beerfest

2006-08-25

The Slammin' Salmon
The Slammin' Salmon

2009-12-11

Lower Learning
Lower Learning

2008-10-10

Zookeeper
Zookeeper

2011-07-06

The TV Set
The TV Set

2007-04-06

The Babymakers
The Babymakers

2012-08-03

The Way Way Back
The Way Way Back

2013-06-06

Bird & Squirrel
Bird & Squirrel

2021-02-18

Tammy
Tammy

2014-07-02

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

2022-06-23

Sex Tape
Sex Tape

2014-07-17

Orion and the Dark
Orion and the Dark

2024-02-01

Freeloaders
Freeloaders

2012-12-18

The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday

2022-12-02

Operator
Operator

2016-10-14

Bad Teacher
Bad Teacher

2011-05-16

A Happening of Monumental Proportions
A Happening of Monumental Proportions

2017-05-05

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

2007-12-21

Father of the Year
Father of the Year

2018-07-20

Life of the Party
Life of the Party

2018-05-10

Charlie's Angels
Charlie's Angels

2019-11-14

Romy and Michele: In the Beginning
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning

2005-05-30

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-ween
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-ween

2019-10-08

Slackers
Slackers

2002-02-01

Captain Underpants: Epic Choice-o-rama
Captain Underpants: Epic Choice-o-rama

2020-02-11

Ready or Not
Ready or Not

2019-08-21

YES DAY
YES DAY

2021-03-11

Hamlet 2
Hamlet 2

2008-01-21

Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas
Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas

2020-12-04

The Medicine Show
The Medicine Show

2001-10-10