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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 11, 1975
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Nathaniel Faxon
- Nat Faxton
- 奈特·法松
- نت فاکسون
Nat Faxon
1.1 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Steve
BULLDOZER
2025
5.1
Hobie McSorley
Watson
2025
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Pickle
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels
2025
0.0
Joe
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels
2025
0.0
Toy Store Clerk
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels
2025
6.6
Insomnia (voice)
Orion and the Dark
2024
6.4
Self
After Midnight
2024
5.7
Matty Mulligan (voice)
Mulligan
2023
8.5
Frog (voice)
Frog and Toad
2023
0.0
Self - Contestant
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday
2022
Credits
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BULLDOZER
as Steve
2025
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Watson
as Hobie McSorley
2025
5.1
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels
as Pickle
2025
0.0
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels
as Joe
2025
0.0
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels
as Toy Store Clerk
2025
0.0
Orion and the Dark
as Insomnia (voice)
2024
6.6
After Midnight
as Self
2024
6.4
Mulligan
as Matty Mulligan (voice)
2023
5.7
Frog and Toad
as Frog (voice)
2023
8.5
The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday
as Self - Contestant
2022
0.0
The Moon and Back
as Peter Gilbert
2022
5.4
A League of Their Own
as Marshall
2022
6.9
Loot
as Arthur
2022
6.9
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
as Jim Hartson (voice)
2022
6.9
Gaslit
as Bob Haldeman
2022
7.0
Our Flag Means Death
as The Swede
2022
7.7
Marvel's Hit-Monkey
as Boone
2021
7.7
Ghosts
as Alexander Hamilton
2021
7.9
HouseBroken
as Chief (voice)
2021
5.5
YES DAY
as Mr. Deacon
2021
6.7
Bird & Squirrel
as Bird / Raccoon / Frog (voice)
2021
0.0
The Great North
as Calvin Prescott (voice)
2021
6.9
Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas
as Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice)
2020
6.1
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space
as Captain Pandernuts / Purpk (voice)
2020
7.5
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space
as Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice)
2020
7.5
Captain Underpants: Epic Choice-o-rama
as Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp / Buffalobe (voice)
2020
7.2
Charlie's Angels
as Peter Fleming
2019
6.4
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-ween
as Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice)
2019
6.2
Ready or Not
as Justin (voice)
2019
7.0
Euphoria
as Rick
2019
8.3
Tacoma FD
as Frenchie
2019
7.8
Love, Death & Robots
as Waffle Maker (voice)
2019
8.2
The Conners
as Neville
2018
7.0
Disenchantment
as Elfo (voice)
2018
7.5
Father of the Year
as Mardy
2018
5.4
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
as Pharaoh (voice)
2018
7.5
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
as Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice)
2018
7.5
Summer Camp Island
as Popular Banana Split (voice)
2018
7.7
Life of the Party
as Lance
2018
6.1
The Guest Book
as Derek
2017
7.0
Friends from College
as Nick
2017
6.3
A Happening of Monumental Proportions
as Paramedic #2
2017
5.2
Great News
as Anthony Lyon
2017
6.6
Operator
as Gregg
2016
5.8
Speechless
as Undercover Boss
2016
7.1
The Grinder
as Lyle Gerhart
2015
6.7
Life in Pieces
as Hayes
2015
7.1
Benched
as Harold
2014
6.9
Marry Me
as Scooby
2014
5.8
Blaze and the Monster Machines
as Pickle
2014
6.8
black-ish
as Joseph Everton
2014
7.2
Married
as Russ Bowman
2014
6.5
Sex Tape
as Max
2014
5.4
Tammy
as Greg
2014
5.3
The Way Way Back
as Roddy
2013
7.1
Freeloaders
as Fritz
2012
4.6
Ben and Kate
as Ben Fox
2012
6.7
The Babymakers
as Zig-Zag
2012
5.1
Comedy Bang! Bang!
as Earl or Crathmore
2012
6.2
Allen Gregory
as Jeremy De Longpre
2011
4.3
Up All Night
as Lawrence
2011
6.0
Zookeeper
as Dave
2011
5.4
Bad Teacher
as Mark
2011
5.6
Happy Endings
as Chef Leslie
2011
6.9
The Slammin' Salmon
as Carl the Manager
2009
5.8
Party Down
as Garlan Greenbush
2009
7.5
Lower Learning
as Turner Abernathy
2008
4.7
Hamlet 2
as Glenn from Copy Shop
2008
5.9
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
as Awards Show Stage Manager
2007
6.6
Mad Men
as Flatty
2007
8.1
The TV Set
as Reporter
2007
6.0
Happy Hour
2006
4.8
Beerfest
as Rolf
2006
5.9
My Name Is Earl
as Kenny's Boyfriend
2005
7.7
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning
as Chad
2005
5.4
Robot Chicken
as Darkwing Duck / Poe Dameron (voice)
2005
7.6
American Dad!
as (voice)
2005
7.0
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
2005
6.8
Joey
as Bodie
2004
6.3
Club Dread
as Manny
2004
5.2
NCIS
as Carter Finch
2003
7.6
Reno 911!
as Milk Shake
2003
7.2
Reno 911!
as Head Shop Clerk
2003
7.2
Slackers
as Karl, the Grad Student
2002
5.2
Orange County
as Kip
2002
6.0
The Medicine Show
as Delivery Guy
2001
4.8
Grosse Pointe
as Kevin 'The P.A.'
2000
7.8
Family Guy
as Coach Herrera (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Water Park Employee (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as (voice)
1999
7.4
Family Guy
as Jet Li's Nemesis (voice)
1999
7.4
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Mermaid
as Bill
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