Editing Jon Favreau (section)

==Early life==
Jonathan Kolia Favreau was born in [[Flushing, Queens]], New York, on October 19, 1966,<ref name="EW.com"/> the only child of Madeleine, an elementary school teacher who died of [[leukemia]] in 1979, and Charles Favreau, a [[special education]] teacher.<ref>Jewel, Dan (November 25, 1996).[https://people.com/archive/swing-and-a-hit-vol-46-no-22/ "Swing and a Hit"]. ''[[People (magazine)|People]]''. vol. 46, #22.</ref> His mother was [[Ashkenazi Jewish]]<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/QGgiW6glZJ4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20121216181734/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGgiW6glZJ4&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGgiW6glZJ4|title=WTF – Jon Favreau talks heritage & pronunciation.|last=Marc Maron|date=December 14, 2012|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars |publisher=[[Cleveland Jewish News]]|date=November 28, 2008|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_08486291-7614-594a-a3fe-a672e06afb3f.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Vered|last=Weiss|url=http://jewishbusinessnews.com/2015/02/01/jon-favreau-serves-up-warm-feel-good-comedy-chef-on-netflix/|title=Jon Favreau Serves Up Warm, Feel Good Comedy, "Chef" On Netflix|work=Jewish Business News|date=February 1, 2015|access-date=May 8, 2018}}</ref> and his father is a Catholic of [[Italians|Italian]] and [[French-Canadian]] ancestry.<ref>Ryan, James (October 13, 1996). [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/13/movies/a-hollywood-scene-he-knows-too-well.html?pagewanted=all "A Hollywood Scene He Knows Too Well"]. ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref><ref>Pfefferman, Naomi (December 26, 2003). [http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/8906/ "A Gift From Santa's Jewish Helpers"]. JewishJournal.com.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jon Favreau's 'Swingers' – It's a Guy Thing |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1996/10/20/PK57801.DTL&type=printable |newspaper=The San Francisco Chronicle |first=Peter |last=Stack |date=October 18, 1996}}</ref> Favreau dropped out of [[Hebrew school]] to pursue acting. However, following his mother's death, both sides of his family worked to ensure he had a [[Bar and Bat Mitzvah|bar mitzvah]] ceremony.<ref>[http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/140685/ "The Arty Semite"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025025552/http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite/140685/ |date=October 25, 2011 }}. Forward.com blog.</ref>

Favreau graduated from [[The Bronx High School of Science]], a school for gifted students, in 1984<ref>{{cite web |title= Jon Favreau ('84) Succeeds Again With Cowboys & Aliens |first= Ben |last= Austin |work= The Bronx High School of Science Alumni Association & Endowment Fund |date= August 5, 2011 |url= http://alumni.bxscience.edu/news/70111/Jon-Favreau-84-Succeeds-Again-With-Cowboys--Aliens.htm |access-date= January 11, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170827085625/http://alumni.bxscience.edu/news/70111/Jon-Favreau-84-Succeeds-Again-With-Cowboys--Aliens.htm |archive-date= August 27, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and attended [[Queens College, New York|Queens College]] from 1984 to 1987,<ref name= qc>{{cite web |title= Lighting Up the Arts: Extraordinary Queens College Alumni Who Have Gone on to Successful Careers in the Arts |work= Q Magazine |publisher= Queens College |date= Fall 2006 |first= Bob |last= Suter |url= http://www.qc.cuny.edu/communications/qmag/Documents/QMagFall06.pdf |access-date= January 11, 2014 |archive-date= May 31, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200531085534/https://www.qc.cuny.edu/communications/qmag/Documents/QMagFall06.pdf |url-status= dead}}</ref> before dropping out. His friend from college, Mitchell Pollack, has said that Favreau went by the nickname "Johnny Hack" because of his abilities in the game [[Hacky Sack]].<ref>Bowles, Scott (May 7, 2010). [https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-05-07-favreau07_CV_N.htm "Favreau's a Comic-Book Hero"']. ''USA Today''. pp. 1D-2D.</ref> He briefly worked for [[Bear Stearns]] on [[Wall Street]] before returning to Queens College for a semester in early 1988. He dropped out of college for good (a few credits shy of completing his degree),<ref name= qc /> and moved to [[Chicago]] in the summer of 1988 to pursue a career in comedy.<ref>[http://www.biography.com/people/jon-favreau-21228673#synopsis "Jon Favreau"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160926220057/http://www.biography.com/people/jon-favreau-21228673#synopsis |date=September 26, 2016}} Retrieved August 10, 2015</ref> He performed at several Chicago improvisational theaters, including the [[ImprovOlympic]] and the [[Improv Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gillette|first1=Amelie|title=Jon Favreau|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/jon-favreau-13975|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|access-date=March 14, 2016|date=March 7, 2006}}</ref>