Jason Bateman
Acting
- Born:
- 1969-01-14
- Place of birth:
- Rye, New York, USA
Biography
Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Michael Bluth in the Fox / Netflix sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2019) and Marty Byrde in the Netflix crime drama series Ozark (2017–2022), as well as for his work in numerous comedy films. His accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Bateman began his career as a child actor, appearing on television in the early 1980s on shows such as the NBC drama series Little House on the Prairie from 1981 to 1982 and The Hogan Family from 1986 to 1991. Bateman's early film roles include Teen Wolf 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 went on to star in various successful comedy films such as The Switch (2010), The Change-Up (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), Identity Thief (2013), This Is Where I Leave You (2014), Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Office Christmas Party (2016), and Game Night (2018). He expanded into dramatic roles with The Gift (2015), The Outsider (2020), Air (2023), and Carry-On (2024). He also voiced Nick Wilde in the Disney animated films Zootopia (2016) and its 2025 sequel. Bateman made his directorial debut with an episode of The Hogan Family, at the time setting the record for the youngest director in the Directors Guild of America. He has since directed and starred in the films Bad Words (2013) and The Family Fang (2015), and in the television series Ozark (2017-2022), The Outsider (2020), Black Rabbit (2025), and DTF St. Louis (2026). Bateman was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series in 2019 for his direction on Ozark. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Bateman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
DTF St. Louis
Skip Intro
Zootopia 2
Black Rabbit
Carry-On
Once Upon a Studio
SmartLess: On the Road
Fool's Paradise
Air
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery
Zootopia+
A Farewell to Ozark
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Thunder Force
Directors on Directors
Question & Answer
The Outsider
I'm a LA… Get Me Out of Here!
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Game Night
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Ozark
Office Christmas Party
Central Intelligence
The Family Fang
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Disneyland 60: The Wonderful World of Disney
Zootopia
The Muppets
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
The Gift
Hot Ones
An SNL Valentine
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Lennon or McCartney
Horrible Bosses 2
A LEGO Brickumentary
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
Pump
This Is Where I Leave You
The Longest Week
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bad Words
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
Disconnect
Identity Thief
Hit & Run
Mansome
The Change-Up
Horrible Bosses
Paul
Conan
The Switch
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
Up in the Air
The Invention of Lying
Couples Retreat
Extract
Sit Down Shut Up
State of Play
Stand Up to Cancer
Tropic Thunder
Hancock
The Promotion
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Juno
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
The Kingdom
Yo Gabba Gabba!
The Graham Norton Show
Arthur and the Invisibles
Smokin' Aces
The Ex
The Break-Up
The Jake Effect
Justice League Unlimited
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Starsky & Hutch
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Arrested Development
Cold Pizza
Punk'd
Sol Goode
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Twilight Zone
The Sweetest Thing
One Way Out
Scrubs
The Fairly OddParents
Some of My Best Friends
Love Stinks
Teen Choice Awards
Rude Awakening
For Your Love
George & Leo
The View
King of the Hill
Chicago Sons
The Daily Show
Ned & Stacey
Simon
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
This Can't Be Love
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
Burke's Law
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Breaking the Rules
A Taste for Killing
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Necessary Roughness
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
The Simpsons
Crossing the Mob
This Morning
Moving Target
Teen Wolf Too
Bates Motel
How Can I Tell If I'm Really in Love?
The Thanksgiving Promise
Can You Feel Me Dancing?
Matlock
The Hogan Family
Robert Kennedy & His Times
It's Your Move
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
St. Elsewhere
Knight Rider
Silver Spoons
Saturday Night Live
Little House on the Prairie
The Wonderful World of Disney
The Emmy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Significant Other
Zootopia 3