Nat Faxon

 ( 1975 Births ) 

Nathaniel Wales Faxon (born October 11, 1975) is an American actor and comedian. A frequent presence on comedic films and TV series, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing The Descendants (2011). He starred in the Fox Broadcasting comedy series Ben and Kate (2012–2013) and the FX comedy series Married (2014–2015), and voices Elfo in the Netflix adult animated television series Disenchantment (2018–2023). He also co-wrote and co-directed The Way, Way Back (2013) and Downhill (2020) with writing partner Jim Rash.

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Early life Faxon was born Nathaniel Wales Faxon on October 11, 1975, in Boston, Massachusetts to Monica (née Kersten) and David Faxon.

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.

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Career

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

He may be best known for his appearances in comedic films such as Orange County (2002), (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, including The Cleveland Show, Joey, Up All Night and Reno 911!. He has also appeared on the Roseanne spin-off The Conners since 2020 as Neville Goldufski.

Faxon has been featured in a series of prominent Holiday Inn commercials featuring Joe Buck, as well as an ad by Blockbuster. In 2012, he was cast as Ben Fox on the Fox sitcom Ben and Kate. He starred with Judy Greer in the FX comedy series Married, which ran for two seasons.

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Writing and directing Faxon and writing partner Jim Rash, whom he met while performing with 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 sharing the award. 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. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired it for $10 million; it was released domestically to positive reviews that July.

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Personal life Faxon is married to Meaghan Gadd. They have three children.

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Filmography

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Film

Co-screenwriter only; Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Also co-screenwriter and co-director

Producer

Co-director and co-screenwriter

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Television

Episode: "Slackula"
17 episodes
6 episodes
Episode: "A Breck, a Brother & a Funeral"
3 episodes
TV movie
Episode: "The Voyeur's Web"
Episode: "Grannies Gone Wild"
4 episodes
14 episodes
Episode: "The Benefactor"
12 episodes
Episode: "Halloween Hangover"
Pilot
	Dale
10 episodes
Episode: "Party Down Company Picnic"
7 episodes
Episode: "Bo Fight"
Episode: "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying"
Episode: "Couple Friends"
Main role
Episode: "Jessica Alba Wears a Jacket with Patent Leather Pumps"
Pilot
3 episodes
Episode: "Julian's Birthday Surprise/True Bromance"
Episode: "Win Me"
Episode: "Solitary Refinement"
Main role
8 episodes
6 episodes
Main role
Director, 2 episodes
Episode: "Little Mitchard No More"
3 episodes
4 episodes
Episode: "Super Rich Kids"
2 episodes
Episode: "Jeff & Some Energy Trading
Episode: "J-J'S D-R-- DREAM"
8 episodes
3 episodes
Main role
Episode: "Early Retirement"
3 episodes
Episode: "Popular Banana Split"
Episode: "Finding Reality"
Episode: "Christmas 1972"
Main role
	Elfo (voice)
3 episodes
Episode #4.6
Episode: "Jungle Push Resort Anniversary"
Episode: "The Trials and Tribulations of Trying to Pee While Depressed"
5 episodes
2 episodes
	Ted Faye
Episode: "The Lavatic Reactor"
2 episodes
Recurring role
Episode: "Avocado Barter Adventure"
Episode: "A Star is Hatched/Say Cheese"
2 episodes
Main role
Recurring role
4 episodes
Main role
	Frog (voice)
	Matty Mulligan (voice)
1 episode
Episode: "The Man with the Glowing Chest"

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Awards and nominations

2011	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay	The Descendants
	Toronto Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	Satellite Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	San Diego Film Critics Society Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	Florida Film Critics Circle Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	Chicago Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	National Board of Review	Adapted Screenplay
2012	Writers Guild of America	Adapted Screenplay
	Vancouver Film Critics Circle	Adapted Screenplay
	USC Scripter Award	Adapted Screenplay
	Online Film Critics Society Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	London Critics Circle Film Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	Independent Spirit Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	Golden Globe	Adapted Screenplay
	Central Ohio Film Critics Association	Adapted Screenplay
	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	BAFTA Awards	Adapted Screenplay
	Australian Film Institute	Adapted Screenplay
	Academy Award	Adapted Screenplay
2013	Newport Beach Film Festival Audience Award	Feature Film	The Way Way Back
	Filmfest Hamburg	Art Cinema Award
2014	St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Comedy
	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Comedy
2022	Peabody Awards	Entertainment	Our Flag Means Death

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