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name: "Nat Faxon"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "11 October 1975"
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updated: "2026-09-17T01:06:38.614666+00:00"
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# Nat Faxon

Director. Born 11 October 1975 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 11 October 1975, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Also known as:** Nathaniel Faxon, Nat Faxton, 奈特·法松, نت فاکسون

## Biography

Nat Faxon is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. Born on 11 October 1975 in Boston, Massachusetts, he graduated from Hamilton College and began performing with the Los Angeles improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings in 2001.

Faxon co-wrote the screenplay for *The Descendants* (2011) with Jim Rash and Alexander Payne, winning the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He made his directorial debut co-directing *The Way, Way Back* (2013) with Rash, and later directed episodes of the series *Community* (2015) as well as the film *Downhill* (2020).

He has starred in the television series *Ben and Kate* (2012–2013) and *Married* (2014–2015), and voices Elfo in the animated series *Disenchantment* (2018–2023). Faxon has appeared in numerous comedy films, including *Bad Teacher* (2011) and *Sex Tape* (2014).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Community* (2009), Fi1m 83, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)

## Also known for

- *Euphoria* (2019), Rick
- *Ready or Not* (2019), Justin (voice)
- *Bad Teacher* (2011), Mark
- *Sex Tape* (2014), Max
- *Love, Death & Robots* (2019), Waffle Maker (voice)
- *Charlie's Angels* (2019), Peter Fleming
- *The Descendants* (2011), Screenplay
- *NCIS* (2003), Carter Finch

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