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Jason Bateman

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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.

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Jason Bateman

Biography

Films Featuring Jason Bateman

Fool's Paradise

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

The Kingdom

Up in the Air

Juno

The Invention of Lying

The Sweetest Thing

Hancock

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

Extract

The Break-Up

Starsky & Hutch

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

The Ex

The Promotion

The Switch

Teen Wolf Too

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes

Paul

State of Play

Zootopia 2

The Change-Up

Couples Retreat

Horrible Bosses

Mansome

Hit & Run

Identity Thief

Disconnect

The Arrested Development Documentary Project

A Farewell to Ozark

The Longest Week

Bad Words

Horrible Bosses 2

Air

This Is Where I Leave You

Once Upon a Studio

Moving Target

The Family Fang

Carry-On

The Gift

Zootopia

A LEGO Brickumentary

Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery

Lennon or McCartney

Office Christmas Party

Central Intelligence

Pump

Smokin' Aces

Game Night

Tropic Thunder

One Way Out

Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart

Bates Motel

Necessary Roughness

Sol Goode

Breaking the Rules

This Can't Be Love

The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins

How Can I Tell If I'm Really in Love?

Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows

Can You Feel Me Dancing?

Confessions: Two Faces of Evil

Crossing the Mob

A Taste for Killing

The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano

Disneyland 60: The Wonderful World of Disney

Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe

This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying

Love Stinks

The Thanksgiving Promise

Significant Other

Thunder Force

Question & Answer

Arthur and the Invisibles

Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas

Zootopia 3