Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman is one child star who continued to be a working actor straight into adulthood.

Jason Kent Bateman was born January 14, 1969 in Rye, New York. His mother Victoria is a flight attendant and father Kent is a writer, director and producer. Jason’s older sister, Justine Bateman, is an actress best known for her role on the long-running series Family Ties.

Jason Bateman first appeared at age 10 in an educational film – he won the role when he accompanied his friend on an audition.

After appearing in a number of TV commercials, Bateman landed his first television role in 1981, at the age of 12, on the television series Little House on the Prairie. He played James Cooper Ingalls, an orphan who was adopted by the Ingalls family.

By his teenage years, Bateman became more of a household name, appearing on the series Silver Spoons as Derek Taylor, opposite Ricky Schroeder, who played rich kid Ricky Stratton. After three seasons on Silver Spoons, Bateman starred in the 1984 series It’s Your Move, playing 14-year-old con artist Matt Burton. He also appeared on a 1984 episode of Knight Rider.

Bateman also starred on The Hogan Family (originally titled Valerie), playing the eldest of the Hogan kids, David. He also directed three episodes of the series at age 18. The Hogan Family was on the air for five years.

While Bateman’s star faded some following The Hogan Family, he still managed to land starring roles on television series: Simon (1995), Chicago Sons (1996), George & Leo (1997, opposite Bob Newhart) and Some of My Best Friends (2001). None of the series, however, had more than a one season run.

Early movie roles for Bateman included Teen Wolf Too (1987), Necessary Roughness (1991) and Breaking the Rules (1992).

Jason Bateman gained attention again when he played brother to Thomas Jane’s character in the 2002 comedy The Sweetest Thing, opposite Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate. Bateman has also appeared in the following films:

• Love Stinks (1999)
• One Way Out (2002)
• Dodgeball (2004)
• Starsky & Hutch (2004)
• The Break-Up (2006)
• Smokin’ Aces (2007)
• The Ex (2007)
• The Kingdom (2007)
• Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007)
• Juno (2007)
• Hancock, starring Will Smith (2008)

Jason Bateman returned to television in 2003, playing Michael Bluth on the FOX series Arrested Development. While the series was widely loved and critically acclaimed, it didn’t have the viewer numbers to sustain it past three seasons.

Arrested Development received numerous award nominations and won six Emmy awards and a Golden Globe award during its run. Bateman won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy in 2005 and was nominated for an Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild award.

The series was cancelled in 2006.

Bateman is married to Amanda Anka, daughter of Paul Anka. The couple has one child, Francesca Nora Bateman, born in 2006.

• He co-starred with real-life sister Justine in the TV movie Can You Feel Me Dancing? – playing her onscreen brother.
• Throughout his career, Bateman has appeared in a number of television movies.
• Bateman appeared as a guest star on Scrubs, playing a garbage man.
• He hosted the February 12, 2005 episode of Saturday Night Live.
• VH1’s 100 Greatest Kid Stars special ranked Bateman at number 60.
• Bateman had surgery in 2005 to remove a benign polyp from his throat.
• He voiced a character for an episode of The Simpsons.
• An Arrested Development movie is rumored to be in the works.

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