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Jason Bateman
Bateman in December 2007
Born	Jason Kent Bateman January 14, 1969 (1969-01-14) (age 41) Rye, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981 – present
Spouse(s)	Amanda Anka (2001–present)

Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American television and film actor. After appearing in several 1980s and 1990s sitcoms, Bateman came to prominence in the 2000s for playing Michael Bluth on Arrested Development for which he won a Golden Globe and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Bateman has since established himself in Hollywood by appearing in several high profile films. He starred in the war drama The Kingdom and in the comedy Juno (2007). Since then, he has appeared in a string of successful movies including Hancock (2008), Extract, Couples Retreat and Up in the Air (2009).

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2.1 Early television work 2.2 Arrested Development 2.3 Film work 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Films 4.2 Television 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links

Early life

Bateman was born in Rye, New York, the son of Victoria Elizabeth, a former flight attendant for Pan Am, and Kent Bruce Bateman, an actor, film and television writer/director, and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood.¹² Bateman's older sister is Justine Bateman of Family Ties fame. He also has three half-brothers.² His family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, when he was four.²

Career

Early television work

Bateman began acting in 1981, playing James Cooper Ingalls in the television drama, Little House on the Prairie. He appeared in the Knight Rider third-season episode "Lost Knight" in 1984. He earned the status of teen idol in the mid-1980s in shows such as Silver Spoons, It's Your Move, and most notably Valerie (later renamed Valerie's Family and then The Hogan Family after Valerie Harper left the series), and became the Directors Guild of America's youngest-ever director when he helmed three episodes of The Hogan Family at the age of 18. After the series ended its run, his career slowed down for nearly a decade. During this period, he had major roles on four series — Simon, Chicago Sons, George & Leo, and Some of My Best Friends — none of which lasted for longer than one season. In 2002, he landed the role as the frisky sibling of Thomas Jane's character in the feature film The Sweetest Thing.

Arrested Development

In 2002, Bateman was cast as Michael Bluth in the comedy series Arrested Development. Although critically acclaimed, the series never achieved high ratings. It ended in a two-hour series finale (four episodes in a row) on February 10, 2006, broadcast opposite the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics. Bateman won several awards for his work on the series, including a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy. He was also nominated in 2005 for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series.

Film work

In 2004, Bateman appeared in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story as ESPN 8 ("The Ocho") commentator Pepper Brooks, and in Starsky & Hutch as Kevin, Vince Vaughn's business partner. Bateman reunited with Vaughn in 2006's The Break-Up, and also did commentary on the 2004 Democratic National Convention for The Majority Report with Arrested Development co-star David Cross. He also hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live on February 12, 2005.³

In 2006, he appeared as a guest star on the Scrubs episode "My Big Bird" as Mr. Sutton, a garbage man with a flock of vicious ostriches as pets, and as former lawyer Rupert "Rip" Reed alongside Ben Affleck in Smokin' Aces. In 2007, he starred in The Kingdom, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and Juno. In 2008, he starred with Will Smith and Charlize Theron in the superhero film Hancock.

Bateman starred in the 2009 films Extract, written and directed by Mike Judge,⁴ and Couples Retreat, a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort (Kristen Bell played his wife).⁵

In 2009, Bateman became a regular voice actor for the short-lived Fox comedy series Sit Down, Shut Up. He voiced Larry Littlejunk, the gym teacher and only staff member that can teach.⁶ The series originally premiered on April 19, 2009, airing its last episode in November. Fox is still airing repeats of this series.⁶ Kenan Thompson, Kristin Chenoweth, Will Forte, Tom Kenny, Nick Kroll, Cheri Oteri, Will Arnett, and Henry Winkler were the other main cast members.⁶

Bateman, along with the rest of the main cast, will reprise his role as Michael Bluth in 2011 in the Arrested Development movie. The film will be directed by Ron Howard, the executive producer and uncredited narrator of the show, and will be written by the show's creator Mitchell Hurwitz and co-executive producer James Vallely.⁷

Personal life

Bateman told Best Life magazine that he and sister Justine Bateman supported their parents with the paychecks they earned on their television shows, and that his father was his manager until Jason fired him at the age of 20.⁸

Since 2001, Bateman has been married to actress Amanda Anka, daughter of singer and actor Paul Anka. Their first child, Francesca Nora Bateman, was born October 28, 2006. In late 2005, he had surgery to remove a benign polyp from his throat.⁹ The surgery and required recovery time halted production on Arrested Development, though enough episodes had been completed to get the show through the November sweeps period.

Bateman is a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers and wore Dodgers clothing in the 2008 film Hancock.¹⁰ Keith Olbermann stated on his May 14, 2009, MSNBC show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, that he and Jason Bateman are friends and they occasionally attend baseball games and drink lemonade in New York with mutual friend, David Cross.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1987	Teen Wolf Too	Todd Howard
1991	Necessary Roughness	Jarvis Edison
1992	Breaking the Rules	Phil Stepler
1999	Love Stinks	Jesse Travis
2001	Sol Goode	Spider
2002	The Sweetest Thing	Roger Donahue
	One Way Out	John Farrow	Direct-to-video
2004	Starsky and Hutch	Kevin
	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story	Pepper Brooks
2006	The Break-Up	Riggleman
2007	The Ex	Chip Sanders
	Arthur and the Invisibles	Darkos	Voice only
	Smokin' Aces	Rupert 'Rip' Reed
	The Kingdom	Adam Leavitt
	Juno	Mark Loring
	Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium	Henry Weston, the Mutant
2008	The Promotion	Retreat Leader
	Forgetting Sarah Marshall	Animal Instincts Detective
	Hancock	Ray Embrey
2009	State of Play	Dominic Foy
	The Invention of Lying	Doctor
	Up in the Air	Craig Gregory
	Extract	Joel
	Couples Retreat	Jason
2010	The Switch	Wally	(Completed)
	Paul	Agent Lorenzo Zoil	(Post-production)
2011	Arrested Development	Michael Bluth	(Announced)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981–1982	Little House on the Prairie	James Cooper Ingalls	21 episodes
1982–1984	Silver Spoons	Derek	23 episodes
1983	Just a Little More Love		Television film
1984	The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins	Addison Cromwell	Television film
	Knight Rider	Doug Wainwright	Single episode
1984–1985	It's Your Move	Matthew Burton	Eighteen episodes
1985	Robert Kennedy & His Times	Joe Kennedy III	Television miniseries
	Right to Kill?		Television film
1986	Mr. Belvedere	Sean	Single episode
	Can You Feel Me Dancing?	Larry Nichols	Television film
	St. Elsewhere	Tim Moynihan	Single episode
	The Thanksgiving Promise	Steve Tilby	Television film
1986–1991	The Hogan Family	David Hogan	110 episodes
1987	Bates Motel	Tony Scotti	Television film
1988	Moving Target	Toby Kellogg	Television film
	Crossing the Mob	Philly	Television film
1992	A Taste for Killing	Blaine Stockard III	Television film
1994	Black Sheep	Jonathan Kelley	Television film
	Confessions: Two Faces of Evil	Bill Motorshed	Television film
	This Can't Be Love	Grant	Television film
1995	Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart	Stuart Morris	Television film
	Burke's Law	Jason Ripley	Single episode
	Simon	Carl
1996	Ned & Stacey	Bobby Van Lowe	Single episode
1997	Chicago Sons	Harry Kulchak	Star of the series
	George & Leo	Ted Stoody	Three episodes
2000	Rude Awakening	Ryan	Single episode
2001	Some of My Best Friends	Warren Fairbanks	Eight episodes
2003	The Twilight Zone	Scott Crane	Single episode
2003–2006	Arrested Development	Michael Bluth	53 episodes
2005	King of the Hill	Dr. Leslie	Single episode
	Justice League Unlimited	Hermes	Single episode
	The Fairly Oddparents	Tommy	Single episode
2006	Scrubs	Mr. Sutton	Single episode
	The Jake Effect	Jake Galvin	Seven episodes
2009	Sit Down, Shut Up	Larry Littlejunk	Thirteen episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated Work	Result
1983	Young Artist Award	Best Young Actor in a New Television Series	Silver Spoons	Nominated
1984		Best Young Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
1985		Best Young Actor in a Television Comedy Series	It's Your Move	Nominated
1988		Best Young Male Superstar in Television	Valerie	Nominated
2004	Television Critics Association Awards	Individual Achievement in Comedy	Arrested Development	Nominated
	TV Land Awards	-		Won
2005	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Golden Globes	Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy		Won
	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Male Television Star		Nominated
	Satellite Awards	Outstanding Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical		Won
		Best Actor in a Series, Comedy or Musical (Golden Satellite Award)		Won
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series		Nominated
		Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
	Television Critics Association Awards	Individual Achievement in Comedy		Nominated
2006	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series		Nominated
(Source: IMDb.com)

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Jason Bateman

• Jason Bateman at the Internet Movie Database
• Jason Bateman at Allmovie

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