Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 14, 1969
Place of Birth
Rye, New York, USA
Credits
161 titles
Jason Bateman
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
Outcome
Thanks
DTF St. Louis
Clark Forrest
Skip Intro
Self - Guest
Zootopia 2
Nick Wilde (voice)
Black Rabbit
Vince Friedken
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
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
Kidding
Executive Producer
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters
Self
Game Night
Max
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman
Self
Ozark
Marty Byrde
Office Christmas Party
Josh Parker
Central Intelligence
Trevor
The Family Fang
Baxter Fang
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Disneyland 60: The Wonderful World of Disney
Self
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
Zootopia
Nick Wilde (voice)
The Muppets
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The Gift
Simon Callem
Hot Ones
Self
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 - Narrator (Voice)
This Is Where I Leave You
Judd Altman