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Nathaniel Faxon (born October 11, 1975)[1][2] is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. A frequent presence on comedic films and TV series, 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 also co-wrote and co-directed The Way, Way Back (2013) and Downhill (2020) with writing partner Jim Rash.

Nat Faxon
Faxon at the series premieres of You're the Worst and Married in July 2014
Born	Nathaniel Faxon (1975-10-11) October 11, 1975 (age 47) Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation	Actor, comedian, screenwriter, director
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Meaghan Gadd ​ (m. 2007)​
Children	3

Early life

Faxon's early years were spent in the seaside community of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts, where he attended the Brookwood School. He later graduated from the Holderness School near Plymouth, New Hampshire, and then Hamilton College in 1997.

Career

Acting

Faxon is an alumnus of the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch comedy troupe The Groundlings, where he began performing in 2001.[3]

Faxon may be best known for his appearances in comedic films such as Orange County (2002), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007), Bad Teacher (2011), and several Broken Lizard films including Beerfest (2006). 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!.

Faxon 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 was cast as the titular Ben in Ben and Kate,[4] for which he received many positive reviews.^{[citation needed]} Faxon starred alongside Judy Greer in the FX comedy series Married, which ran for two seasons.

Writing and directing

Faxon and writing partner Jim Rash, whom he met while performing at The Groundlings, co-wrote the screenplay for the film The Descendants, starring George Clooney and directed by Alexander Payne. On February 26, 2012, the screenplay for The Descendants won an Oscar, with Faxon, Rash, and Payne all receiving Oscars for their efforts.[5] The duo made their directorial debut with The Way, Way Back (2013), based on their original screenplay, and starring Steve Carell, Toni Collette, and Sam Rockwell, among others.[6] The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired it for $10 million,[7] and was released domestically to acclaimed reviews that July.

Personal life

Faxon is married to Meaghan Gadd and they have three children: Ruthie, Otis and Beatrice.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Orange County	Kip
	Slackers	Karl, the Grad Student
2004	Club Dread	Manny
2006	The TV Set	Reporter
	Beerfest	Rolf
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Awards Show Stage Manager
2008	Hamlet 2	Glenn from Copy Shop
	Lower Learning	Turner Abernathy
2009	The Slammin' Salmon	Carl the Manager
2011	Freeloaders	Fritz
	Bad Teacher	Mark
	Zookeeper	Dave
	The Descendants		Co-screenwriter only; Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
2012	The Babymakers	Zig-Zag
2013	The Way, Way Back	Roddy	Also co-screenwriter and co-director
2014	Tammy	Greg
	Sex Tape	Max
2016	Operator	Gregg
2017	Thoroughbreds		Producer
	A Happening of Monumental Proportions	Paramedic #2
2018	Life of the Party	Lance
	Father of the Year	Mardy
2019	Ready or Not	Justin (voice)
	Charlie's Angels	Peter Fleming
2020	Downhill		Co-director and co-screenwriter
2021	Yes Day	Mr. Deacon
2022	Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe	Jim Hartson (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Rude Awakening	Slackula	Episode: "Slackula"
2000–2001	Grosse Pointe	Kevin the P.A.	17 episodes
2003–2004	Reno 911!	Milk Shake	6 episodes
2004	Significant Others	Breck	Episode: "A Breck, a Brother & a Funeral"
2004–2005	Joey	Bodie	3 episodes
	Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi	Malloy	"Dis-Harmony/Collect All 5/Ninjcompoop"–"Treasure Map/Kaz vs. Katz/Bad Manager"
2005	Romy and Michele: In the Beginning	Chad	TV movie
	NCIS	Carter Finch	Episode: "The Voyeur's Web"
	Reba	Elder Care Worker	Episode: "Grannies Gone Wild"
2005–2014	American Dad!	Various voices	4 episodes
2006–2008	Happy Hour	Brad Cooper	14 episodes
2008	Mad Men	Flatty	Episode: "The Benefactor"
2009	DJ & the Fro	The Fro (voice)	12 episodes
	Glenn Martin DDS	Trailer Park Teen (voice)	Episode: "Halloween Hangover"
	The Big D	Brady	Pilot
	The Burr Effect	Dale	Pilot
2009–2012	The Cleveland Show	Raymond the Bear (voice)	10 episodes
2010	Party Down	Garlan Greenbush	Episode: "Party Down Company Picnic"
2011	Allen Gregory	Jeremy (voice)	7 episodes
	Happy Endings	Chef Leslie	Episode: "Bo Fight"
2012	Are You There, Chelsea?	Tim Kornick	Episode: "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying"
	Up All Night	Lawrence	Episode: "Couple Friends"
2012–2013	Ben and Kate	Ben Fox	Series lead, 16 episodes
2013	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Earl of Crathmore	Episode: "Jessica Alba Wears a Jacket with Patent Leather Pumps"
	Spy	Alan	Pilot
2013–2014	Trophy Wife	Sad Steve	3 episodes
2014	Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja	Sinjin Knightfire (voice)	Episode: "Julian's Birthday Surprise/True Bromance"
	Marry Me	Scooby	Episode: "Win Me"
	Benched	Harold	Episode: "Solitary Refinement"
2014–2015	Married	Russ Bowman	Lead role, 23 episodes
2014–2016	TripTank	Various voices	8 episodes
2014–2022	Robot Chicken	Various voices	6 episodes
2014–present	Blaze and the Monster Machines	Pickle (voice)	Main cast; 113 episodes
2015	Community		Director, 2 episodes
	The Grinder	Lyle	Episode: "Little Mitchard No More"
2015–2018	SuperMansion	Ivan Whiff (voice)	3 episodes
2015–2019	Family Guy	Various voices	4 episodes
2016	Black-ish	Joseph Everton	Episode: "Super Rich Kids"
2016, 2020	Mike Tyson Mysteries	Will / Nat O'Sullivan (voice)	2 episodes
2017	Jeff & Some Aliens	Farmer (voice)	Episode: "Jeff & Some Energy Trading
	Speechless	Undercover Boss	Episode: "J-J'S D-R-- DREAM"
	Dogs In A Park	Various Dogs (voice)	8 episodes
2017–2018	Nobodies	Himself	3 episodes
2017–2019	Friends from College	Nick	Main cast; 16 episodes
2018	Great News	Anthony Lyon	Episode: "Early Retirement"
	Dallas & Robo	Clark (voice)	3 episodes
	Summer Camp Island	Popular Banana Split (voice)	Episode: "Popular Banana Split"
	The Guest Book	Derek	Episode: "Finding Reality"
	The Kids Are Alright	Tom	Episode: "Christmas 1972"
2018–present	The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants	Captain Underpants/Mr. Krupp (voice)	Main cast; 39 episodes
	Disenchantment	Elfo (voice)	Main cast; 39 episodes
2019	Harvey Street Kids	Stu (voice)	3 episodes
	Catastrophe	Pat	Episode #4.6
	Life in Pieces	Hayes	Episode: "Jungle Push Resort Anniversary"
	Euphoria	Rick	Episode: "The Trials and Tribulations of Trying to Pee While Depressed"
2019–2020	Harvey Girls Forever!	Stu (voice)	5 episodes
2019–2021	Tacoma FD	Frenchie Willikers	2 episodes
2020	Narcos: Mexico	Ted Faye	2 episodes
	Solar Opposites	Bryson (voice)	Episode: "The Lavatic Reactor"
	It's Pony	Mr. Underwood (voice)	2 episodes
2020–2022	The Conners	Neville	13 episodes
2021	The Great North	Calvin Prescott (voice)	Episode: "Avocado Barter Adventure"
	Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here!	Randy (voice)	Episode: "A Star is Hatched/Say Cheese"
	The Chicken Squad	Endicott (voice)	2 episodes
2021–present	HouseBroken	Chief (voice)	Main role
2022	Our Flag Means Death	The Swede	Recurring role
	Gaslit	Bob Haldeman	4 episodes
2022-present	Loot	Arthur	Main role

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title of work	Result
2011	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay	The Descendants	Won
	Toronto Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	National Board of Review	Adapted Screenplay		Won
2012	Writers Guild of America	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	USC Scripter Award	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	London Critics Circle Film Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Independent Spirit Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Won
	Golden Globe	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	BAFTA Awards	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Australian Film Institute	Adapted Screenplay		Nominated
	Academy Award	Adapted Screenplay		Won
2013	Newport Beach Film Festival Audience Award	Feature Film	The Way Way Back	Won
	Filmfest Hamburg	Art Cinema Award		Nominated
2014	St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association	Best Comedy		Nominated
	Critics' Choice Movie Awards[9]	Best Comedy		Nominated

References

External links

• Nat Faxon at IMDb

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[de] Nat Faxon

Nathaniel „Nat“ Faxon (* 1975) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, Drehbuchautor und Regisseur. Er gewann 2012 den Oscar in der Kategorie Bestes adaptiertes Drehbuch für den Film The Descendants – Familie und andere Angelegenheiten.

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[es] Nat Faxon

Nathaniel (Nat) Faxon (Boston, Massachusetts; 11 de octubre de 1975) es un actor, humorista, y guionista estadounidense. Aunque ha participado en numerosas películas y series de televisión, es conocido sobre todo por ganar el Óscar al mejor guion adaptado por coescribir Los descendientes (2011),[1] por protagonizar la serie de comedia de FOX, Ben y Kate (2012–2013), y por ponerle voz a Elfo en la serie animada de Netflix (Des)encanto (2018).[2]

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[ru] Факсон, Нат

Ната́ниель (Нат) Факсо́н (англ. Nathaniel «Nat» Faxon, род. 11 октября 1975, Бостон, Массачусетс) — американский актёр, комедиант и сценарист, обладатель премии «Оскар» за лучший адаптированный сценарий (2011).

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