Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman | |
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 Jason Bateman at the 39th Annual Emmy Awards. photo by Alan Light, 1987 | |
| Born | Jason Kent Bateman |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse | Amanda Anka (2001-present) |
Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is a Golden Globe-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American actor. After starring in several 1980s films, Bateman became known for his role as Michael Bluth on the television sitcom Arrested Development. Since the show's end, he has also appeared in several Hollywood films.
Biography
Early life
Bateman was born in Rye, New York to Victoria, a flight attendant, and Kent Bateman, a film and television writer/director and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood.[1] His older sister is Family Ties star Justine Bateman.
Career
Bateman began acting in 1981, playing James Cooper Ingalls in the television drama, Little House on the Prairie. He earned the status of teen idol in the mid-1980s in shows such as Silver Spoons, It's Your Move and The Hogan Family, and became the Directors Guild of America's youngest-ever director when he directed 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 engaged character in the feature film The Sweetest Thing, and in 2003 his career made a major comeback with the role of Michael Bluth on the FOX television comedy Arrested Development.
More recently, he has appeared in Dodgeball as ESPN 8 ("The Ocho") commentator "Pepper Brooks", and in Starsky & Hutch as "Reese Feldman", 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. In 2006, he appeared as a guest star on the sitcom Scrubs as Mr. Sutton, a garbage man who doesn't thank JD after being treated, and as former lawyer Rupert "Rip" Reed in Smokin' Aces. As of early 2007, he has completed filming The Kingdom and has roles in two films in post-production.
Bateman was awarded the Golden Globe in 2005 for "Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy" for his work on Arrested Development. He guest-hosted NBC's Saturday Night Live on February 12, 2005.
Personal life
Bateman has one older sister, the actress Justine Bateman. The two have performed at least once together. In "Family Ties", a third-season Arrested Development episode, her character is initially believed to be Jason's character's sister, but she turns out to be a prostitute taken advantage of by his father and pimped by his brother.
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.
Filmography
- Teen Wolf Too (1987)
- Necessary Roughness (1991)
- Breaking the Rules (1992)
- Love Stinks (1999)
- One Way Out (2002)
- The Sweetest Thing (2002)
- Arrested Development (2003 - 2006) TV series
- The Jake Effect (2003; not aired until 2006)
- Starsky and Hutch (2004)
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
- The Break-Up (2006)
- Smokin' Aces (2007)
- The Ex (2007)
- The Kingdom (2007)
- Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
- Juno (2007)
- Hancock (2008)
- State of Play (2008) (Announced)
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