Nathaniel Faxon (born October 11, 1975) 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 (2012â€"2013), the FX comedy series
Married (2014â€"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.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.Faxon
is an alumnus of the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch
comedy troupe The Groundlings, where he began performing in 2001.Faxon
may be best known for his appearances in comedic films such as Orange
County (2002), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (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 such as The
Cleveland Show, Joey, Up All Night and Reno 911!.
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 (2012â€"2013), the FX comedy series
Married (2014â€"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.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.Faxon
is an alumnus of the Los Angeles-based improvisational and sketch
comedy troupe The Groundlings, where he began performing in 2001.Faxon
may be best known for his appearances in comedic films such as Orange
County (2002), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (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 such as The
Cleveland Show, Joey, Up All Night and Reno 911!.
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