Jason Bateman


Jason Kent Bateman is an American actor, director, and producer who rose to prominence as a highprofile adolescent actor in the 1980s, in sitcoms such as Silver Spoons and The Hogan Family, before returning in the early 2000s in the role of Michael Bluth on the critically acclaimed sitcom Arrested Development, for which he won a TV Land Award, a Golden Globe, and a Satellite Award. He has since established himself in Hollywood by appearing in several films, including Juno , Hancock , Up in the Air , The Switch , Paul , Horrible Bosses , The ChangeUp , Identity Thief , Bad Words , Horrible Bosses, The Gift and Zootopia .

Bateman was born in Rye, New York. His mother, Victoria Elizabeth, a former flight attendant for Pan Am, was English, born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. His father, Kent Bateman, is an actor, writer and director of film and television, and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood. Batemans older sister, Justine, is known for her work on the sitcom Family Ties. Bateman also has three halfbrothers. Bateman was four years old when his family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, and later to California. Bateman told Best Life magazine that he and his sister supported their parents with the paychecks they earned from their television shows he also revealed that he was managed by his father until Bateman dissolved the business relationship at the age of 20.

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