Jason Bateman
- Acting
- January 14, 1969 · 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
- Primetime Preacher$ · Producer
- Evil Genius · Producer
- Outcome · Thanks
- DTF St. Louis · Clark Forrest, Executive producer
- Skip Intro · Self
- Zootopia 2 · Nick Wilde (Voice)
- Black Rabbit · Vince Friedken, Executive producer
- Hell of a Summer · Producer
- Carry-On · Traveler
- Hit Man · Producer
- Lessons in Chemistry · Executive producer
- Once Upon a Studio · Nick Wilde (Voice)
- Based on a True Story · Executive producer
- SmartLess: On the Road · Self, Executive producer
- Fool's Paradise · SPFX Tech
- Florida Man · Executive producer
- Air · Rob Strasser
- Outlast · Executive producer
- Your Place or Mine · Producer
- Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery · Jason Bateman
- Zootopia+ · Nick Wilde (Voice)
- A Farewell to Ozark · Self
- Under the Banner of Heaven · Executive producer
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes · Tim Holifield
- Thunder Force · The Crab
- Directors on Directors · Self
- A Teacher · Executive producer
- Question & Answer · Self
- The Outsider · Terry Maitland, Executive producer
- I'm a LA… Get Me Out of Here! · Self
- Kidding · Executive producer
- GQ Presents: Iconic Characters · Self
- Game Night · Max, Producer
- My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman · Self
- Ozark · Marty Byrde, Executive producer
- Office Christmas Party · Josh Parker
- Central Intelligence · Trevor
- The Family Fang · Baxter Fang, Director
- Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows · Self
- Disneyland 60: The Wonderful World of Disney · Self
- Zootopia · Nick Wilde (Voice)
- The Muppets · Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- The Gift · Simon Callem
- Hot Ones · Self
- An SNL Valentine · (archive footage)
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · Self
- Lennon or McCartney · Self
- Horrible Bosses 2 · Nick Hendricks
- A LEGO Brickumentary · Narrator (Voice)
- Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas · James Cooper Ingalls
- Pump · Self
- This Is Where I Leave You · Judd Altman
- The Longest Week · Conrad Valmont
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Bad Words · Guy Trilby, Director
- The Arrested Development Documentary Project · Self
- Disconnect · Rich Boyd
- Identity Thief · Sandy Patterson, Producer
- Hit & Run · Keith Yert
- Mansome · Self, Executive producer
- The Change-Up · Dave Lockwood
- Horrible Bosses · Nick Hendricks
- Paul · Agent Zoil
- Conan · Self
- The Switch · Wally Mars
- This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying · Self
- Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe · Self
- Up in the Air · Craig Gregory
- The Invention of Lying · Doctor
- Couples Retreat · Jason
- Extract · Joel
- Sit Down Shut Up · Larry Littlejunk
- State of Play · Dominic Foy
- Do Not Disturb · Director
- Stand Up to Cancer · Self
- Tropic Thunder · Jason Bateman
- Hancock · Ray
- The Promotion · Retreat Leader