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Nathaniel Faxon is an American actor, voice actor, director, comedian, and screenwriter. A frequent presence on comedic films and TV series, 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 also co-wrote and co-directed The Way, Way Back (2013) and Downhill (2020) with writing partner Jim Rash.
Born
Saturday, 11 October 1975
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Orion and the Dark | Insomnia / Insomnia (voice) | 2024 |
| Mulligan | Matty Mulligan / Matty Mulligan (voice) | 2023 |
| Frog and Toad | Frog (voice) / Frog / Another Robin / Dragon | 2023 |
| The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday | Self - Contestant | 2022 |
| The Moon & Back | Peter Gilbert | 2022 |
| Firebuds | Throttle | 2022 |
| Loot | Arthur | 2022 |
| Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe | Jim Hartson / Jim Hartson (voice) | 2022 |
| A League of Their Own | Marshall | 2022 |
| Gaslit | Bob Haldeman | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Orion and the Dark | Insomnia / Insomnia (voice) | 2024 |
| Mulligan | Matty Mulligan / Matty Mulligan (voice) | 2023 |
| Frog and Toad | Frog (voice) / Frog / Another Robin / Dragon | 2023 |
| The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Holiday | Self - Contestant | 2022 |
| The Moon & Back | Peter Gilbert | 2022 |
| Firebuds | Throttle | 2022 |
| Loot | Arthur | 2022 |
| Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe | Jim Hartson / Jim Hartson (voice) | 2022 |
| A League of Their Own | Marshall | 2022 |
| Gaslit | Bob Haldeman | 2022 |
| Our Flag Means Death | The Swede | 2022 |
| HouseBroken | Chief / Chief (voice) / Paramedic / Nathan / Kevin / Party Patrons | 2021 |
| The Chicken Squad | Endicott | 2021 |
| Yes Day | Mr. Deacon | 2021 |
| Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here | Randy | 2021 |
| The Great North | Calvin Prescott | 2021 |
| Captain Underpants: Mega Blissmas | Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp (voice) / Mr. Krupp | 2020 |
| The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space | Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp / Warply / Captain Pandernuts / Purpk | 2020 |
| Solar Opposites | Bryson | 2020 |
| Captain Underpants: Epic Choice-o-Rama | Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp / Buffalobe / Mr. Krupp (voice) | 2020 |
| It's Pony | Mr. Underwood | 2020 |
| Delilah | Brian Childs | 2020 |
| Charlie's Angels | Fleming / Peter Fleming | 2019 |
| The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-Ween | Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp / Mr. Krupp (voice) | 2019 |
| Euphoria | Rick | 2019 |
| Tacoma FD | Frenchy / Frenchie Willikers | 2019 |
| Ready or Not | Justin (voice) / Justin | 2019 |
| Narcos: Mexico | Ted Kaye | 2018 |
| The Kids Are Alright | Tom | 2018 |
| The Conners | Neville | 2018 |
| Disenchantment | Elfo / Elfo (voice) / Viking / (credit only) | 2018 |
| Father of the Year | Mardy | 2018 |
| The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants | Captain Underpants / Mr. Krupp / Captain Nanopants / Laugh-Wit / Edwin / Pharaoh | 2018 |
| Summer Camp Island | Popular Banana Split / Additional Voices | 2018 |
| Harvey Girls Forever! | Stu | 2018 |
| Dallas & Robo | Clark | 2018 |
| Life of the Party | Lance | 2018 |
| Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
| The Guest Book | Derek | 2017 |
| Friends from College | Nick Ames / Nick | 2017 |
| A Happening of Monumental Proportions | Paramedic #2 | 2017 |
| Great News | Anthony Lyon | 2017 |
| Nobodies | Nat Faxon | 2017 |
| Jeff & Some Aliens | Farmer | 2017 |
| Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
| Operator | Gregg | 2016 |
| Speechless | Undercover Boss | 2016 |
| The IMDb Studio at Sundance | Self | 2016 |
| SuperMansion | Ivan Whiff | 2015 |
| The Grinder | Lyle Gerhart | 2015 |
| Life in Pieces | Hayes | 2015 |
| Catastrophe | Pat | 2015 |
| Benched | Harold | 2014 |
| Mike Tyson Mysteries | Will / Nat O'Sullivan | 2014 |
| Marry Me | Scooby | 2014 |
| Blaze and the Monster Machines | Pickle / Joe / Pirate 2 / Worker Truck 1 / Traffic Truck 2 / Traffic Truck 3 / Town Truck / town truck 1 / Speedy Robot / Big Round Robot / Painter Truck / Singer / Spaghetti Truck 3 / Snowball Fighter / Shopkeeper / Patron / Roller Coaster Riders / Toy Store Clerk / Reindeer / Red Pirate / Pizza Delivery Truck / Pirate / Mail Butterfly / Gentleman Caterpillar / Lifeguard 3 / Laughing Crab / Knight 3 / Town Truck 1 / Inventor Trucks / Construction Worker / Townie 1 / Construction Worker 1 / Chickens / Giant 3 / Fire Fighter 2 / Patient Truck / Customer 1 / Crab / Athlete Trucks / Athletes | 2014 |
| Black-ish | Joseph Everton | 2014 |
| Married | Russ Bowman | 2014 |
| Sex Tape | Max | 2014 |
| Tammy | Greg | 2014 |
| TripTank | Army Bob (voice) / Travis / Roman Soldier 1 / Patient / Owen (voice) / Horse / Dave (voice) / Craig (voice) | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
| No, You Shut Up! | Self | 2013 |
| Trophy Wife | Steve | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| The Way Way Back | Roddy | 2013 |
| Freeloaders | Fritz | 2012 |
| Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | Sinjin Knightfire | 2012 |
| The Babymakers | Zig-Zag | 2012 |
| Larry King Now | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Comedy Bang! Bang! | Earl of Crathmore | 2012 |
| Sketchy | Nat | 2012 |
| The 84th Annual Academy Awards | Self - Winner | 2012 |
| Are You There, Chelsea? | Tim Kornick | 2012 |
| Ben and Kate | Ben Fox | 2012 |
| Allen Gregory | Jeremy De Longpre / Jeremy | 2011 |
| Up All Night | Lawrence | 2011 |
| Zookeeper | Dave | 2011 |
| Bad Teacher | Mark | 2011 |
| Happy Endings | Chef Leslie | 2011 |
| Conan | Himself - Guest | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| The Playboy Morning Show | Self | 2010 |
| The Slammin' Salmon | Carl the Manager | 2009 |
| The Cleveland Show | Raymond the Bear / Raymond / Apologetic Janitor / (voice) / Foster Dad | 2009 |
| Glenn Martin DDS | Trailer Park Teen | 2009 |
| DJ & The Fro | The Fro / Pang / Greta | 2009 |
| Party Down | Garlan Greenbush | 2009 |
| Lower Learning | Turner Abernathy | 2008 |
| Hamlet 2 | Glenn from Copy Shop | 2008 |
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Awards Show Stage Manager | 2007 |
| Mad Men | Flatty | 2007 |
| The TV Set | Reporter | 2007 |
| Happy Hour | Brad Cooper | 2006 |
| Beerfest | Rolf | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| My Name Is Earl | Kenny's Boyfriend | 2005 |
| Romy and Michele: In the Beginning | Chad | 2005 |
| American Dad! | (voice) / Patron | 2005 |
| The Hour | Self | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest / Self | 2005 |
| Joey | Bodie | 2004 |
| Significant Others | Breck | 2004 |
| Club Dread | Manny | 2004 |
| NCIS | Carter Finch | 2003 |
| Reno 911! | Milk Shake / Head Shop Clerk | 2003 |
| Slackers | Karl, the Grad Student | 2002 |
| Orange County | Kip | 2002 |
| In My Opinion | 2002 | |
| The Medicine Show | Delivery Guy | 2001 |
| Reba | Elder Care Worker | 2001 |
| Robot Chicken | Darkwing Duck / Poe Dameron / Hans Gruber / Kylo Ren / Cameron / Man-E-Faces / Carl Fredricksen / David Mills / Jared / Nedra's Husband / Tractor-Trailer / Herb Schwartz | 2001 |
| Grosse Pointe | Kevin / Kevin 'The P.A.' / Kevin the P.A. | 2000 |
| Family Guy | (voice) / Water Park Employee / Jet Li's Nemesis / Coach Herrera | 1999 |
| Rude Awakening | Slackula | 1998 |
| Sidewalks Entertainment | Self - Guest | 1988 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Heart | 2281 |
| Downhill | 2020 |
| The Way Way Back | 2013 |
| Community | 2009 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Heart | 2281 |
| Thoroughbreds | 2018 |
| Married | 2014 |
| The Way Way Back | 2013 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2012 | Golden Globe | Best Screenplay - Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2012 | Oscar | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Won |
