Nat Faxon

Nathaniel Wales Faxon is an American actor, comedian, director, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. He won theAcademy Award for Best Adapted Screenplayfor co-writingThe Descendants(2011) and starred in the FOX comedy seriesBen and Kate(2012–2013), theFXcomedy series Married 2014–2015) and voices Elfo in theNetflixadult animated television series Disenchantment (2018-).He is an alumnus of theLos Angeles-based improvisational and sketch comedy troupeThe Groundlings, where he began performing in 2001.He's best known for his appearances in comedic films such asOrange 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 Lizardfilms includingBeerfest(2006). He also appeared in Charlie's Angels (2019).He co-starred inDarren Star's semi-autobiographical satireGrosse Pointeand had recurring roles in several television series such asThe Cleveland Show,Joey,Up All NightandReno 911!.He has been featured in a series of prominentHoliday Inncommercials featuringJoe Buckas well as an ad byBlockbuster. However, he did not get a significant lead role until 2012 when he starred as the titular Ben inBen and Kate.He starred alongsideJudy Greerin theFXcomedy seriesMarried (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-directedThe Way, Way Back(2013) andDownhill(2020) with writing partnerJim Rash.