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Nat Faxon

Nat Faxon

Known for: Acting

Born 11/10/1975
Place of birth Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Filmography

Euphoria Series ★ 8,3

Euphoria

Rick

2019

NCIS Series ★ 7,6

NCIS

Carter Finch

2003

Family Guy Series ★ 7,4

Family Guy

Coach Herrera (voice)

1999

Family Guy Series ★ 7,4

Family Guy

Water Park Employee (voice)

1999

Family Guy Series ★ 7,4

Family Guy

(voice)

1999

Family Guy Series ★ 7,4

Family Guy

Jet Li's Nemesis (voice)

1999

American Dad! Series ★ 7,0

American Dad!

(voice)

2005

Mad Men Series ★ 8,1

Mad Men

Flatty

2007

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Series ★ 6,8

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Self

2005

Ghosts Series ★ 8,0

Ghosts

Alexander Hamilton

2021

Robot Chicken Series ★ 7,6

Robot Chicken

Darkwing Duck / Poe Dameron (voice)

2005

Blaze and the Monster Machines Series ★ 7,4

Blaze and the Monster Machines

Pickle

2014

black-ish Series ★ 7,1

black-ish

Joseph Everton

2014

Summer Camp Island Series ★ 7,7

Summer Camp Island

Popular Banana Split (voice)

2018

My Name Is Earl Series ★ 7,7

My Name Is Earl

Kenny's Boyfriend

2005

Reno 911! Series ★ 7,2

Reno 911!

Milk Shake

2003

Reno 911! Series ★ 7,2

Reno 911!

Head Shop Clerk

2003

Love, Death & Robots Series ★ 8,2

Love, Death & Robots

Waffle Maker (voice)

2019

Solar Opposites Series ★ 7,8

Solar Opposites

Bryson (voice)

2020

The Great North Series ★ 6,9

The Great North

Calvin Prescott (voice)

2021

Reba Series ★ 6,5

Reba

Elder Care Worker

2001

The Cleveland Show Series ★ 5,9

The Cleveland Show

Apologetic Janitor (voice)

2009

The Conners Series ★ 7,0

The Conners

Neville

2018

Life in Pieces Series ★ 7,1

Life in Pieces

Hayes

2015

Comedy Bang! Bang! Series ★ 6,2

Comedy Bang! Bang!

Earl or Crathmore

2012

Ready or Not Film ★ 7,1

Ready or Not

Justin (voice)

2019

Joey Series ★ 6,3

Joey

Bodie

2004

Speechless Series ★ 6,9

Speechless

Undercover Boss

2016

After Midnight Series ★ 5,3

After Midnight

Self

2024

Happy Endings Series ★ 6,9

Happy Endings

Chef Leslie

2011

Disenchantment Series ★ 7,4

Disenchantment

Elfo (voice)

2018

Loot Series ★ 6,8

Loot

Arthur

2022

Party Down Series ★ 7,5

Party Down

Garlan Greenbush

2009

Watson Series ★ 4,8

Watson

Hobie McSorley

2025

Tacoma FD Series ★ 7,7

Tacoma FD

Frenchie

2019

Sex Tape Film ★ 5,4

Sex Tape

Max

2014

Up All Night Series ★ 6,0

Up All Night

Lawrence

2011

Great News Series ★ 6,6

Great News

Anthony Lyon

2017

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants Series ★ 7,5

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants

Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice)

2018

Our Flag Means Death Series ★ 7,6

Our Flag Means Death

The Swede

2022

The Grinder Series ★ 6,7

The Grinder

Lyle Gerhart

2015

Mulligan Series ★ 5,5

Mulligan

Matty Mulligan (voice)

2023

Frog and Toad Series ★ 8,4

Frog and Toad

Frog (voice)

2023

The Guest Book Series ★ 7,0

The Guest Book

Derek

2017

HouseBroken Series ★ 5,6

HouseBroken

Chief (voice)

2021

Bad Teacher Film ★ 5,6

Bad Teacher

Mark

2011

Cartoon Cartoons Series ★ 9,0

Cartoon Cartoons

Bird / Racoon / Frog (voice)

2026

Cartoon Cartoons Series ★ 9,0

Cartoon Cartoons

Jozeph / Tony / Rando (voice)

2026

Gaslit Series ★ 6,9

Gaslit

Bob Haldeman

2022

Friends from College Series ★ 6,3

Friends from College

Nick

2017

Marvel's Hit-Monkey Series ★ 7,8

Marvel's Hit-Monkey

Boone

2021

Benched Series ★ 6,9

Benched

Harold

2014

Marry Me Series ★ 5,8

Marry Me

Scooby

2014

Charlie's Angels Film ★ 6,4

Charlie's Angels

Peter Fleming

2019

Zookeeper Film ★ 5,4

Zookeeper

Dave

2011

A League of Their Own Series ★ 6,8

A League of Their Own

Marshall

2022

Grosse Pointe Series ★ 7,6

Grosse Pointe

Kevin 'The P.A.'

2000

Rude Awakening Series ★ 6,6

Rude Awakening

Slackula

1998

YES DAY Film ★ 6,7

YES DAY

Mr. Deacon

2021

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space Series ★ 7,6

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space

Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice)

2020

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space Series ★ 7,6

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space

Captain Pandernuts / Purpk (voice)

2020

Married Series ★ 6,1

Married

Russ Bowman

2014

Beerfest Film ★ 5,8

Beerfest

Rolf

2006

Life of the Party Film ★ 6,1

Life of the Party

Lance

2018

Orion and the Dark Film ★ 6,5

Orion and the Dark

Insomnia (voice)

2024

Tammy Film ★ 5,3

Tammy

Greg

2014

Ben and Kate Series ★ 6,7

Ben and Kate

Ben Fox

2012

Happy Hour Series ★ 4,6

Happy Hour

Brad Cooper

2006

Hamlet 2 Film ★ 5,9

Hamlet 2

Glenn from Copy Shop

2008

Club Dread Film ★ 5,2

Club Dread

Manny

2004

Orange County Film ★ 6,0

Orange County

Kip

2002

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Film ★ 6,6

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Awards Show Stage Manager

2007

The Way Way Back Film ★ 7,1

The Way Way Back

Roddy

2013

Allen Gregory Series ★ 4,2

Allen Gregory

Jeremy De Longpre

2011

The Trainer Film ★ 6,8

The Trainer

Nat Faxon

2024

Freeloaders Film ★ 4,6

Freeloaders

Fritz

2012

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe Film ★ 6,9

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

Jim Hartson (voice)

2022

Slackers Film ★ 5,2

Slackers

Karl, the Grad Student

2002

The Babymakers Film ★ 5,0

The Babymakers

Zig-Zag

2012

Series

BULLDOZER

Steve

2025

Super Troopers 3 Film

Super Troopers 3

Capt. Todd Markowski

2026

The Slammin' Salmon Film ★ 5,8

The Slammin' Salmon

Carl the Manager

2009

The TV Set Film ★ 6,0

The TV Set

Reporter

2007

Lower Learning Film ★ 4,6

Lower Learning

Turner Abernathy

2008

Captain Underpants Epic Choice-o-Rama Film ★ 8,0

Captain Underpants Epic Choice-o-Rama

Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp / Buffalobe (voice)

2020

Romy and Michele: In the Beginning Film ★ 5,4

Romy and Michele: In the Beginning

Chad

2005

Father of the Year Film ★ 5,4

Father of the Year

Mardy

2018

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween Film ★ 6,6

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween

Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice)

2019

Captain Underpants Mega Blissmas Film ★ 6,4

Captain Underpants Mega Blissmas

Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice)

2020

The Moon and Back Film ★ 5,6

The Moon and Back

Peter Gilbert

2022

A Happening of Monumental Proportions Film ★ 5,2

A Happening of Monumental Proportions

Paramedic #2

2017

Greetings From Samson Film

Greetings From Samson

Jozeph / Tony / Rando (voice)

2026

Operator Film ★ 5,8

Operator

Gregg

2016

Mermaid Film

Mermaid

Bill

The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday Film

The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday

Self - Contestant

2022

The Medicine Show Film ★ 5,0

The Medicine Show

Delivery Guy

2001

Bird & Squirrel Film

Bird & Squirrel

Bird / Raccoon / Frog (voice)

2021

Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels Film

Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels

Pickle

2025

Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels Film

Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels

Joe

2025

Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels Film

Blaze and the Monster Machines: Super Wheels

Toy Store Clerk

2025