Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American actor. After starring in several 1980s sitcoms, Bateman played the role of Michael Bluth on the television sitcom Arrested Development. Since the show's end in 2006, he has appeared in several Hollywood films including The Kingdom, Juno, Hancock, Extract and Couples Retreat.
Bateman was born in Rye, New York, the son of Victoria Elizabeth, a former flight attendant for Pan Am, and Kent Bru...
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Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American actor. After starring in several 1980s sitcoms, Bateman played the role of Michael Bluth on the television sitcom Arrested Development. Since the show's end in 2006, he has appeared in several Hollywood films including The Kingdom, Juno, Hancock, Extract and Couples Retreat.
Bateman was born in Rye, New York, the son of Victoria Elizabeth, a former flight attendant for Pan Am, and Kent Bruce Bateman, an actor, film and television writer/director, and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood. His mother is of Maltese heritage. Bateman's older sister is Justine Bateman of Family Ties fame; he also has three half-brothers. His family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah when he was four.
Bateman began acting in 1981, playing James Cooper Ingalls in the television drama, Little House on the Prairie. He appeared in the Knight Rider third-season episode "Lost Knight" in 1984. He earned the status of teen idol in the mid-1980s in shows such...
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