Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman
Bateman at the 2011 Horrible Bosses premiere
Born	Jason Kent Bateman (1969-01-14) January 14, 1969 (age 48) Rye, New York, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actor, director, producer
Years active	1981–present
Spouse(s)	Amanda Anka (m. 2001)
Children	2
Relatives	Justine Bateman (sister)

Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American actor, director and producer. He began acting on television in the early 1980s on Little House on the Prairie, and in the sitcoms Silver Spoons and The Hogan Family. In the 2000s, he became known for his role of Michael Bluth in the critically acclaimed sitcom Arrested Development, for which he won a Golden Globe, and a Satellite Award. He has had starring roles in the films, Juno (2007), Hancock (2008), Up in the Air (2009), The Switch (2010), Paul (2011), Horrible Bosses (2011), The Change-Up (2011), Identity Thief (2013), Bad Words (2013), Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), The Gift (2015), and Zootopia (2016).

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. Bateman is the younger brother of Family Ties actress Justine Bateman. Bateman also has three half-brothers. 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 Justine 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.