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Nat Faxon
Actor, Director, Writer, ProducerBorn October 11, 1975 (50 years)
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.
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.
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Nat Faxon Filmography
| 2026 | Super Troopers 3 · as Capt. Todd Markowski |
| 2025 | Bulldozer · as Steve |
| 2024 | Watson (TV Series) · as Hobie Mcsorley |
| 2024 | Orion and the Dark · as Insomnia (voice) |
| 2023 | Mulligan (TV Series) · as Matty Mulligan (voice) |
| 2023 | Frog and Toad (TV Series) · as Frog (voice) |
| 2022 | The Moon & Back · as Peter Gilbert |
| 2022 | Firebuds (TV Series) · as Throttle |
| 2022 | A League of Their Own (2022) (TV Series) · as Marshall |
| 2022 | Loot (TV Series) · as Arthur |
| 2022 | Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe · as Jim Hartson (voice) |
| 2022 | Gaslit (TV Series) · as Bob Haldeman |
| 2022 | Our Flag Means Death (TV Series) · as The Swede |
| 2021 | Marvel's Hit-Monkey (TV Series) · as Boone |
| 2021 | Ghosts (US) (TV Series) · as Alexander Hamilton |
| 2021 | HouseBroken (TV Series) · as Chief (voice) |
| 2021 | The Chicken Squad (TV Series) · as Endicott |
| 2021 | Yes Day · as Mr. Deacon |
| 2021 | Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here (TV Series) · as Randy |
| 2021 | The Great North (TV Series) · as Calvin Prescott (voice) |
| 2020 | Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas · as Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice) |
| 2020 | Star Wars: Detours (TV Series) · as Bossk (2012) |
| 2020 | The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space (TV Series) · as Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice) |
| 2020 | Solar Opposites (TV Series) · as Bryson (voice) |
| 2020 | Captain Underpants: Epic Choice-o-Rama · as Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp / Buffalobe (voice) |
| 2020 | It's Pony (TV Series) · as Mr. Underwood |
| 2019 | Charlie's Angels · as Peter Fleming |
| 2019 | The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-Ween · as Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice) |
| 2019 | Euphoria (US) (TV Series) · as Rick |
| 2019 | Tacoma FD (TV Series) · as Frenchie |
| 2019 | Love, Death & Robots (TV Series) · as Waffle Maker (voice) |
| 2019 | Ready or Not · as Justin (voice) |
| 2018 | Narcos: Mexico (TV Series) · as Ted Kaye |
| 2018 | The Kids Are Alright (TV Series) · as Tom |
| 2018 | The Conners (TV Series) · as Neville |
| 2018 | Disenchantment (TV Series) · as Elfo (voice) |
| 2018 | Father of the Year · as Mardy |
| 2018 | The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants (TV Series) · as Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice) |
| 2018 | Summer Camp Island (TV Series) · as Popular Banana Split (voice) |
| 2018 | Harvey Girls Forever! (TV Series) · as Stu |
| 2018 | Dallas & Robo (TV Series) · as Clark |
| 2018 | Life of the Party · as Lance |
| 2017 | The Guest Book (TV Series) · as Derek |
| 2017 | Friends from College (TV Series) · as Nick |
| 2017 | A Happening of Monumental Proportions · as Paramedic #2 |
| 2017 | Great News (TV Series) · as Anthony Lyon |
| 2017 | Jeff & Some Aliens (TV Series) · as Farmer |
| 2016 | Operator · as Gregg |
| 2016 | Speechless (TV Series) · as Undercover Boss |
| 2015 | SuperMansion (TV Series) · as Ivan Whiff |
| 2015 | The Grinder (TV Series) · as Lyle Gerhart |
| 2015 | Life in Pieces (TV Series) · as Hayes |
| 2015 | Catastrophe (2015) (TV Series) · as Pat |
| 2014 | Benched (TV Series) · as Harold |
| 2014 | Mike Tyson Mysteries (TV Series) · as Nat O'sullivan |
| 2014 | Marry Me (2014) (TV Series) · as Scooby |
| 2014 | Blaze and the Monster Machines (TV Series) · as Pickle |
| 2014 | black-ish (TV Series) · as Joseph Everton |
| 2014 | Married (TV Series) · as Russ Bowman |
| 2014 | Sex Tape · as Max |
| 2014 | Tammy · as Greg |
| 2014 | TripTank (TV Series) · as Army Bob |
| 2013 | Trophy Wife (TV Series) · as Steve |
| 2013 | The Way Way Back · as Roddy |
| 2012 | Freeloaders · as Fritz |
| 2012 | Ben and Kate (TV Series) · as Ben Fox |
| 2012 | The Babymakers · as Zig-Zag |
| 2012 | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (TV Series) · as Sinjin Knightfire |
| 2012 | Comedy Bang! Bang! (TV Series) · as Earl Or Crathmore |
| 2012 | Are You There, Chelsea? (TV Series) · as Tim Kornick |
| 2011 | Allen Gregory (TV Series) · as Jeremy De Longpre |
| 2011 | Up All Night (TV Series) · as Lawrence |
| 2011 | Zookeeper · as Dave |
| 2011 | Bad Teacher · as Mark |
| 2011 | Happy Endings (TV Series) · as Chef Leslie |
| 2009 | The Slammin' Salmon · as Carl The Manager |
| 2009 | The Cleveland Show (TV Series) · as Apologetic Janitor (voice) |
| 2009 | Glenn Martin DDS (TV Series) · as Trailer Park Teen |
| 2009 | dj and the fro (TV Series) · as Greta |
| 2009 | Party Down (TV Series) · as Garlan Greenbush |
| 2008 | Lower Learning · as Turner Abernathy |
| 2008 | Hamlet 2 · as Glenn From Copy Shop |
| 2007 | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story · as Awards Show Stage Manager |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | Lobby Lobster · as Cast |
| 2006 | Happy Hour (TV Series) |
| 2006 | Beerfest · as Rolf |
| 2006 | The TV Set · as Reporter |
| 2005 | My Name Is Earl (TV Series) · as Kenny's Boyfriend |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken (TV Series) · as Darkwing Duck / Poe Dameron (voice) |
| 2005 | Romy and Michele: In the Beginning · as Chad |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as (voice) |
| 2004 | Joey (TV Series) · as Bodie |
| 2004 | Significant Others (TV Series) · as Breck |
| 2004 | Club Dread · as Manny |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Carter Finch |
| 2003 | Reno 911! (TV Series) · as Milk Shake |
| 2002 | Slackers · as Karl, The Grad Student |
| 2002 | Orange County · as Kip |
| 2001 | The Medicine Show · as Delivery Guy |
| 2001 | Reba (TV Series) · as Elder Care Worker |
| 2000 | Grosse Pointe (TV Series) · as Kevin 'the P.a.' |
| 1999 | Family Guy (TV Series) · as Jet Li's Nemesis (voice) |
| 1998 | Rude Awakening (TV Series) · as Slackula |
| 2020 | |
| 2013 | |
| 2009 | Community (TV Series) |
| 2020 | Downhill · as Screenplay |
| 2013 | |
| 2011 | The Descendants · as Screenplay |
| 2017 | |
| 2014 | Married (TV Series) |
| 2013 | The Way Way Back · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | The Trainer · as Nat Faxon |
| 2024 | After Midnight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | The Great American Baking Show (2022) (TV Series) · as Self - Contestant |
| 2017 | Nobodies (TV Series) · as Nat Faxon |
| 2017 | Hollywood First Look Features (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The IMDb Studio at Sundance (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | No, You Shut Up! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Getaway (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Larry King Now (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Speakeasy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | The 84th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2012 | The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards · as Self |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1994 | Sidewalks Entertainment (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |