Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman
Birth name	Jason Kent Bateman
Born	January 14 1969 (1969-01-14) (age 39) Rye, New York
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1979 - present
Spouse(s)	Amanda Anka (2001 - present)
Awards Golden Globe Awards Best Actor in a Television Comedy or Musical 2005 Arrested Development

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, the son of 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 "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. 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. In 2007, he starred in The Kingdom, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and Juno. 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. He ranked at #60 on VH1's 100 Greatest Kid Stars.

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. In late 2005, he had surgery to remove a benign polyp from his throat.^[2] The surgery and required recovery time halted production on Arrested Development, though at the time, enough episodes had been completed to get the show through November sweeps.

Filmography

Bateman (background) in The Simpsons episode "Home Away from Homer"

• 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)

References

External links

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