Nat Faxon
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.
Known for
Orion and the Dark
After Midnight
Mulligan
The Great American Baking Show
Frog and Toad
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday
The Moon and Back
A League of Their Own
Loot
Gaslit
Our Flag Means Death
HouseBroken
Yes Day
Bird & Squirrel
The Great North
Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space
Captain Underpants: Epic Choice-o-rama
Downhill
Charlie's Angels
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-ween
Ready or Not
Euphoria
Tacoma FD
The Conners
Disenchantment
Father of the Year
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
Summer Camp Island
Life of the Party
Thoroughbreds
The Guest Book
Friends from College
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Great News
Operator
Speechless
Life in Pieces
Benched
Blaze and the Monster Machines
black-ish
Married
Tammy
The Way Way Back
Freeloaders
Ben and Kate
The Babymakers
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Allen Gregory
Up All Night
The Descendants
Zookeeper
Bad Teacher
Happy Endings
The Slammin' Salmon
Community
Party Down
Lower Learning
Hamlet 2
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Mad Men
The TV Set
Happy Hour
Beerfest
My Name Is Earl
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning
American Dad!
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Joey
Club Dread
NCIS
Reno 911!
Slackers
Orange County
Grosse Pointe
Family Guy