Jason Bateman
Acting
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.
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery
as Jason Bateman
Age 53 (now 57)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
as Tim Holifield
Age 52 (now 57)
Disneyland 60: The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
Age 47 (now 57)
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
as Self
Age 47 (now 57)
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
as James Cooper Ingalls
Age 45 (now 57)
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
as Self
Age 44 (now 57)
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
as Self
Age 41 (now 57)
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
as Self
Age 40 (now 57)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
as Animal Instincts Detective
Age 39 (now 57)
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
as Henry Weston
Age 38 (now 57)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Pepper Brooks
Age 35 (now 57)
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
as Stuart Morris
Age 26 (now 57)
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
as William Mothershed
Age 25 (now 57)
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
as Host
Age 20 (now 57)
How Can I Tell If I'm Really in Love?
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
as Addison Cromwell
Age 15 (now 57)
Under the Banner of Heaven
Executive Producer
Age 53 (now 57)
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
as Self
Age 48 (now 57)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Age 46 (now 57)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Age 45 (now 57)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Age 45 (now 57)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
Age 45 (now 57)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
Age 24 (now 57)
Robert Kennedy & His Times
as Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
Age 16 (now 57)
Little House on the Prairie
as James Cooper
Age 5 (now 57) Little House on the Prairie
as James Cooper Ingalls
Age 5 (now 57)
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Jason Kent Bateman
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