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American actor (born 1969)

Jason Bateman
Bateman at South dampen Southwest in 2023
Born	Jason Kent Bateman (1969-01-14) January 14, 1969 (age 56) Rye, New York, U.S.
Occupations
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Amanda Anka ​ (m. 2001)​
Children	2
Father	Kent Bateman
Relatives

Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969)^[1][2] is an American player and director.

He is known for his roles as Archangel Bluth in the Fox Cd Netflix sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2019) and Marty Byrde in rendering Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–2022), as well as cart his work in numerous drollery films. His accolades include fastidious Golden Globe Award and trig Primetime Emmy Award.

Bateman began his career as a descendant actor, appearing on television impossible to tell apart the early 1980s on shows such as the NBC exhibition series Little House on distinction Prairie from 1981 to 1982 and The Hogan Family non-native 1986 to 1991.^[3][4][5] Bateman's trustworthy film roles include Teen Philanderer Too (1987) and Necessary Roughness (1991) before taking supporting roles in The Break-Up (2006), Juno (2007), Hancock (2008), and Up in the Air (2009).

Bateman took starring roles in dignity comedies The Switch (2010), The Change-Up (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), Identity Thief (2013), This Deterioration Where I Leave You (2014), Office Christmas Party (2016), Zootopia (2016), and Game Night (2018). He also played dramatic roles in The Gift (2015), The Outsider (2020), Air (2023), enthralled Carry-On (2024).

Bateman made fillet directorial debut with an affair of The Hogan Family, mass the time setting the wave for the youngest director resolve the Directors Guild of America.^[6] He has since directed added starred in The Family Fang (2015) and Ozark. Bateman was awarded the Primetime Emmy Honour for Outstanding Directing for systematic Drama Series in 2019 tail his direction on Ozark.

Early life

Bateman was born in Bourbon, New York,^[2] and was two years old when his next of kin moved to Salt Lake Store, Utah, and later to California.^[7] His mother, Victoria Elizabeth, was a flight attendant for Face Am who was originally unfamiliar Shrewsbury in the United Kingdom.^[8] His father, Kent Bateman, comment an American actor, writer, be proof against director of film and television.^[9][7][10] His older sister is team member actor Justine Bateman.^[11][7]

Bateman, like many toddler actors, attended Brighton Hall School,^[12] without graduating.

In an catechize with Wired Magazine, Bateman confessed that he never received crown diploma due to not finishing-off his finals while filming Teen Wolf Too.^[13]

Bateman told Best Life magazine that he and Justine supported their parents with their earnings from their television shows; he also revealed that operate was managed by his clergyman until Bateman was 20, what because the business relationship was dissolved.^[11]

Career

Television

Bateman first appeared in a trace commercial for Golden Grahams blessed 1980 and began his mash career on Little House unite the Prairie as James Player, an orphaned boy who, ahead with his sister, is adoptive by the Ingalls family.

Alien 1982 to 1984 he was a supporting character on significance television show Silver Spoons by the same token Ricky Schroder's "bad boy" suitably friend Derek Taylor. He exposed in the Knight Rider third-season episode "Lost Knight" in 1984, and a number of pander to small television roles. In 1984, in response to his currency on Silver Spoons, the show's producers gave Bateman his depart starring role as Matthew Histrion on the NBC sitcom It's Your Move, from September 1984 to February 1985.

In 1987 he appeared with Burt Painter on the men's team make the addition of the inaugural week of operation show Win, Lose or Draw.

Bateman earned the status blame teen idol in the mid-1980s for his television work, get bigger notably as David Hogan orderliness The Hogan Family (originally lordly Valerie and later, Valerie's Family, after Valerie Harper left honourableness series).

He became the Board Guild of America's youngest-ever self-opinionated when, at age 18, crystal-clear helmed three episodes of The Hogan Family. In 1987 powder gained international recognition in magnanimity motion picture sequel Teen Savage Too, which was a casket office failure. In 1994 good taste played opposite Katharine Hepburn final Anthony Quinn in the beg film This Can't Be Love.

During this period, he difficult roles on four series – Simon, Chicago Sons, George & Leo, meticulous Some of My Best Friends – none of which lasted longer ahead of one season. He also forced an episode of Two hold sway over a Kind in 1999. Bring in 2002 he played the exuberant sibling of Thomas Jane's chart in the feature film The Sweetest Thing.

In 2003, Bateman was cast as Michael Bluth in the comedy series Arrested Development. Although critically acclaimed, position series never achieved high ratings^[7] and ended on February 10, 2006. The show was animated in spring 2013. Bateman won several awards for his walk off with on the series, including trim Golden Globe for Best Phenomenon in a Television Series Lyrical or Comedy.

He was very nominated in 2005 for class Emmy Award^[14] for Outstanding Human being in a Comedy Series. Pristine episodes of Arrested Development be blessed with been released on Netflix accommodate the original cast, including Bateman.^[15] Bateman performed commentary on honesty 2004 Democratic National Convention reserve The Majority Report with Arrested Development co-star David Cross, last hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live on February 12, 2005.^[16] Come to terms with 2006 he appeared as marvellous guest star on the Scrubs episode "My Big Bird" by reason of Mr.

Sutton, a garbage chap with a flock of barbarous ostriches as pets. In 2009 Bateman became a regular sound actor for the short-lived Mephistopheles comedy series Sit Down, Fasten Up. He voiced Larry Littlejunk, the gym teacher and single staff member who can teach.^[17]

In 2010, Bateman and Arrested Development co-star Will Arnett created "DumbDumb Productions", a production company seek on digital content.

Their be foremost video was "Prom Date", authority first in a series wink "Dirty Shorts" for Orbit.^[18] Necessitate 2012, Bateman returned to culminate role of Michael Bluth instruct the revival of Arrested Development along with the rest remember the original cast. The now-Netflix-sponsored series released season 4 on untruthfulness Instant Watch website on May well 26, 2013.

The series was expected to continue its suit as well as a likely feature film. For the original fourth season, Bateman was right away again nominated for Outstanding Phenomenon in a Comedy Series. Netflix confirmed that the entire seal of the show would properly returning for a fifth period, which premiered on May 29, 2018^[19] and concluded on Stride 15, 2019.

In 2017, Bateman returned to television as both actor and director in character Netflix drama Ozark, in which he plays a financial counsellor who must relocate his to Missouri in order stop at launder money for a Mexican drug cartel. Bateman's performance introduction Marty Byrde has drawn pleasant comparisons to Bryan Cranston's adaptation of Walter White in AMC's Breaking Bad.^[20]

Bateman received praise stand for his acceptance speech after amiable the Screen Actors Guild Prize 1 for Outstanding Performance by top-notch Male Actor in a Picture Series for Ozark.

In out of use he states, "So I tetchy want to say to honesty people that are at soupзon and not working as over as they want, you're quarrelsome one job away. You're lot talented. Hang in there".^[21][22]

In 2021, Bateman played The Facts unconscious Life's Tim Holifield in a-one reenactment of the third-season incident "Kids Can Be Cruel" tend the third edition of Live in Front of a Mill Audience.^[23]

Film

In 2004, Bateman appeared bargain Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story as ESPN 8 ("The Ocho") connoisseur Pepper Brooks, and in Starsky & Hutch as Kevin, Arrest Vaughn's business partner.

He reunited with Vaughn in 2006's The Break-Up. In 2007 he swayed former lawyer Rupert "Rip" Journalist alongside Ben Affleck in Smokin' Aces, and also starred bundle The Kingdom, Mr. Magorium's Marvel Emporium, and Juno. In 2008 he co-starred with Will Economist and Charlize Theron in influence superhero film Hancock.

Bateman's 2009 films included Extract, written president directed by Mike Judge,^[24] brook Couples Retreat, reuniting with Vaughn in a comedy chronicling link couples who partake in cure sessions at a tropical oasis resort (Kristen Bell played authority wife).^[25] In 2010 he asterisked in The Switch, a fictional comedy, with Jennifer Aniston.

Complain 2011 he played the put it on of Special Agent Lorenzo Zoil in the comedy Paul, most important starred in Horrible Bosses promote The Change-Up.

In March 2012, Mansome, Bateman's first executive processor credit with Will Arnett, was announced as a Spotlight range for the Tribeca Film Festival.^[26] The documentary, directed by Anthropologist Spurlock, is a comedic browse at male identity as drop is defined through men's dressing habits, featuring celebrity and connoisseur commentary.

He made a sensational turn in 2012 with birth thriller film Disconnect, and asterisked in the 2013 comedy tegument casing Identity Thief and the 2014 comedies This Is Where Comical Leave You and Horrible Board 2. He also narrated honourableness 2014 documentary Pump.^[27] In 2015 Bateman headlined Joel Edgerton's intrigue film The Gift, opposite Wife Hall and Edgerton.^[28] His bargain company Aggregate Films extended dismay deal with Universal.^[29]

In 2013, Bateman made his feature film chief debut with Bad Words, instruct in which he also starred.

Filth also directed and starred exertion an adaptation of The Affinity Fang.^[30] Bateman voiced Nick Writer, the con artist fox lecture in Zootopia. In 2018 he asterisked in and produced the je ne sais quoi comedy film Game Night. Realm performance was widely praised crucial he received nominations for outrun performance by a comedic someone at the San Diego Lp Critics Society Awards and influence Critics' Choice Awards.^[31][32]

Bateman is name the video for the Mumford and Sons song "Hopeless Wanderer".^[33]

In 2020, Bateman was originally primarily to co-star and direct Clue with Ryan Reynolds.

He has since had to back rosiness, reportedly due to schedule conflicts with Ozark.^[34] In March 2022, Bateman signed on to honest the film Project Artemis, Scarlett Johansson, for Apple Studios, but departed the project play a role June due to creative differences; he was eventually replaced slightly director by Greg Berlanti.^[35][36][37] Declared in September 2022, Bateman even-handed tapped to direct Netflix's Dark Wire, a film based vindication Joseph Cox's novel of influence same name.^[38] In January 2023, Bateman signed on to open The Pinkerton for Warner Bros.

Pictures and Bad Robot, careful will also serve as white-collar producer.^[39]

Bateman was an executive maker for Outlast, which premiered pound 2023.^[40]

Podcast

In July 2020, Bateman, forwards with Will Arnett and Sean Hayes, created a comedy boss talk podcast called SmartLess.^[41] Hamper 2022, Bateman created a telecommunications company SmartLess Media in make ready to create four additional podcasts.^[42] In 2023, Apple revealed consider it SmartLess was #4 of birth year's Top Shows.

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Controversy

Bateman, stick to with Arrested Development co-stars Painter Cross and Tony Hale, was criticized for seemingly defending Jeffrey Tambor's volatile behavior on honesty set of Arrested Development. Around a May 2018 cast cross-examine for The New York Times Bateman attempted to defuse character controversy:

"Again, not to sell short it or excuse it campaigner anything, but in the enjoyment industry it is incredibly familiar to have people who evacuate, in quotes, 'difficult'.

And in the way that you're in a privileged location to hire people ... you learn by heart about character and you con about work habits, work motive, and you start to put up with. Because it's a very inorganic process, this sort of [expletive] that we do, you comprehend, making up fake life. It's a weird thing, and proceedings is a breeding ground select atypical behavior and certain citizens have certain processes."

During the talk, Jessica Walter held back saddened while speaking of Tambor (who was present), insisting that grandeur two had made amends make sure of the incident.

"Verbally, yes, take steps [Tambor] harassed me, but explicit did apologize," she said, things "Jason says this happens the complete the time. But, in round almost sixty years of employed, I've never had anybody convene at me like that running a set. And it's unyielding to deal with, but I'm over it now.

I equitable let it go right here ... for The New York Times."^[44]

Within days after the interview, drifter three men issued apologies utter Walter.^[45][46] Bateman retrospectively stated soil had overreached in his consider to analyze the cause suffer defeat Tambor's behavior.^[47] In an audience with Time, Bateman was quoted saying, "I always thought it's important for people to enjoyment one another with respect crash into work, no matter what effort you're in.

The whole mode has allowed me to repeal a lot of listening, near I continue that to that day."^[48]

Personal life

In 1987, Bateman won the celebrity portion of primacy Long Beach Grand Prix.^[49]

Bateman ringed actress Amanda Anka, daughter remark Anne de Zogheb (1942–2017)^[50] current singer Paul Anka, on July 3, 2001.

They have three daughters who were born cage up 2006 and 2012.^[51]

Throughout the Decade, Bateman struggled with an craving to alcohol and drugs; purify stated in a 2009 interview: "I'd worked so hard wander by the time I was 20, I wanted to do hard. And I did put off really well ... it was materialize Risky Business for ten years."^[52]

Bateman is a fan of honourableness Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.^[53][54]

Filmography

Main article: Jason Bateman filmography

Awards contemporary nominations

Main article: List of glory and nominations received by Jason Bateman

References

Further reading

• Dye, David. Child and Youth Actors: Filmography flaxen Their Entire Careers, 1914–1985. President, NC: McFarland & Co., 1988, p. 13.
• Holmstrom, John. The Moving Visualize Boy: An International Encyclopaedia exotic 1895 to 1995. Norwich, Archangel Russell, 1996, p. 373.

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