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Jason Bateman
Jason Kent Bateman 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.
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Born 14 January 1969 · Q284636
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2026· 5 entries
“tired, some would say pleasantly familiar”
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Vanity Fair: Jason Bateman Still Hates Baths, but Loves Playing Messy Men
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Starred in Steven Conrad's black comedy miniseries DTF St
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2025· 1 entry
The Guardian: Black Rabbit review – it’s almost impossible to care about Jude Law and Jason Bateman in this TV misery
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2023· 1 entry
Apple revealed that SmartLess was #4 of the year's Top Shows
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2022· 2 entries
The Guardian: ‘I stayed at the party too long’: Ozark’s Jason Bateman on Arrested Development, smiling villains and his lost decade
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Bateman created a media company SmartLess Media in order to create four additional podcasts
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2020· 4 entries
The Guardian: Saturday Night Live: Jason Bateman gets a monkey off his back
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The Guardian: Bate-and-switch: how Jason Bateman learned to embrace his dark side
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Bateman directed, executive produced, and co-starred in the first two episodes of the HBO crime miniseries The Outsider, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name
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Bateman was set to co-star and direct the Clue remake with Ryan Reynolds
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2019· 3 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for Ozark (2019).
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Awarded Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for Ozark (2019).
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For his work on the second-season premiere
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2018· 1 entry
Starred in and produced the action comedy film Game Night
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2017· 1 entry
Bateman returned to television as both actor and director in the Netflix crime drama Ozark, in which he plays a financial advisor who must relocate his family to Missouri in order to launder money for a Mexican drug cart
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2015· 1 entry
Bateman headlined Joel Edgerton's thriller film The Gift, opposite Rebecca Hall and Edgerton
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2013· 1 entry
Bateman made his feature film directorial debut with Bad Words, in which he also starred
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2012· 2 entries
With the thriller film Disconnect, and starred in the 2013 comedy film Identity Thief and the 2014 comedies This Is Where I Leave You and Horrible Bosses 2
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Bateman returned to his role of Michael Bluth for the revival of Arrested Development along with the rest of the original cast
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2011· 1 entry
Played the role of Special Agent Lorenzo Zoil in the comedy Paul and starred in Horrible Bosses and The Change-Up
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2010· 2 entries
Bateman and Arrested Development co-star Will Arnett created "DumbDumb Productions", a production company focusing on digital content
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Starred in The Switch, a romantic comedy, with Jennifer Aniston
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2009· 2 entries
Bateman became a regular voice actor for the short-lived Fox comedy series Sit Down, Shut Up
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Throughout the 1990s, Bateman struggled with an addiction to alcohol and drugs; he stated in a 2009 interview, “I'd worked so hard that by the time I was 20, I wanted to play hard.
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2008· 1 entry
Co-starred with Will Smith and Charlize Theron in the superhero film Hancock
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2007· 1 entry
Played former lawyer Rupert "Rip" Reed alongside Ben Affleck in Smokin' Aces and also starred in The Kingdom, Mr
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2006· 1 entry
Appeared as a guest star on the Scrubs episode "My Big Bird" as Mr
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2005· 2 entries
Won Golden Globe Awards (2005).
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For the Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
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2004· 1 entry
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
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2003· 1 entry
Bateman was cast as Michael Bluth in the comedy series Arrested Development
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2002· 1 entry
Played the frisky sibling of Thomas Jane's character in the feature film The Sweetest Thing
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1994· 1 entry
Played opposite Katharine Hepburn and Anthony Quinn in the television film This Can't Be Love
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1987· 3 entries
Appeared with Burt Reynolds on the men's team in the inaugural week of game show Win, Lose or Draw
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Gained international recognition in the motion picture sequel Teen Wolf Too, which was a box office failure
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Bateman won the celebrity portion of the Long Beach Grand Prix
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1984· 2 entries
In response to his popularity on Silver Spoons, the show's producers gave Bateman his own starring role as Matthew Burton on the NBC sitcom It's Your Move, from September 1984 to February 1985
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And a number of other small television roles
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1980· 1 entry
And began his television career on Little House on the Prairie as James Cooper, an orphaned boy who, along with his sister, is adopted by the Ingalls family
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1969· 1 entry
Born 1969-01-14.
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