Jason Bateman
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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
Credits
Zootopia 2 (2025)
as Nick Wilde (voice)
Zootopia (2016)
as Nick Wilde (voice)
Carry-On (2024)
as Traveler
Tropic Thunder (2008)
as Jason Bateman
The Kingdom (2007)
as Adam Leavitt
Horrible Bosses (2011)
as Nick Hendricks
Central Intelligence (2016)
as Trevor
Paul (2011)
as Agent Zoil
Once Upon a Studio (2023)
as Nick Wilde (voice)
Game Night (2018)
as Max
Identity Thief (2013)
as Sandy Patterson
Juno (2007)
as Mark Loring
Hancock (2008)
as Ray
Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
as Nick Hendricks
Up in the Air (2009)
as Craig Gregory
Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)
as Darkos (voice)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
as Animal Instincts Detective
The Change-Up (2011)
as Dave Lockwood
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)
as Pepper Brooks
The Break-Up (2006)
as Riggleman
Air (2023)
as Rob Strasser
Couples Retreat (2009)
as Jason
This Is Where I Leave You (2014)
as Judd Altman
Smokin' Aces (2006)
as Rupert 'Rip' Reed
The Invention of Lying (2009)
as Doctor
State of Play (2009)
as Dominic Foy
The Sweetest Thing (2002)
as Roger Donahue
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
as Kevin
Office Christmas Party (2016)
as Josh Parker
The Gift (2015)
as Simon Callem
Disneyland 60: The Wonderful World of Disney (2016)
as Self
Disconnect (2013)
as Rich Boyd
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
as Henry Weston
The Switch (2010)
as Wally Mars
Extract (2009)
as Joel
Hit & Run (2012)
as Keith Yert
Teen Wolf Too (1987)
as Todd Howard
Fool's Paradise (2023)
as SPFX Tech
Thunder Force (2021)
as The Crab
Necessary Roughness (1991)
as Jarvis Edison
Pump (2014)
as Self - Narrator (Voice)
The Family Fang (2016)
as Baxter Fang
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
as Self
The Longest Week (2014)
as Conrad Valmont
The Promotion (2008)
as Retreat Leader
The Ex (2006)
as Chip Sanders
Bates Motel (1987)
as Tony Scotti
Bad Words (2013)
as Guy Trilby
Love Stinks (1999)
as Jesse Travis
A Taste for Killing (1992)
as Blaine Stockard
Disconnect (2012)
as Rich Boyd
This Can't Be Love (1994)
as Grant
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows (2016)
as Self
Question & Answer (2020)
as Self
A Farewell to Ozark (2022)
as Self
Significant Other (—)
Actor
Crossing the Mob (1988)
as Philly
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe (2009)
as Self
The Thanksgiving Promise (1986)
as Steve Tilby
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (1995)
as Stuart Morris
Sol Goode (2003)
as Spider
Breaking the Rules (1992)
as Phil Stepler
Mansome (2012)
as Self
A LEGO Brickumentary (2014)
as Narrator (voice)
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes (2021)
as Tim Holifield
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (1994)
as William Mothershed
The Arrested Development Documentary Project (2013)
as Self
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery (2022)
as Jason Bateman
Can You Feel Me Dancing? (1986)
as Larry Nichols
One Way Out (2002)
as John Farrow
Moving Target (1988)
as Toby Kellogg
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano (1989)
as Host
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying (2010)
as Self
How Can I Tell If I'm Really in Love? (1987)
Actor
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins (1984)
as Addison Cromwell
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas (2014)
as James Cooper Ingalls