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My Take
Jason Bateman fascinates me as a case study in patience. Child stardom usually ends careers before they begin, yet he turned decades of sitcom craft into the sharpest deadpan in the business. Michael Bluth made him the perfect straight man; Marty Byrde proved the same stillness could read as menace. That pivot — comedy timing repurposed as dramatic control — is rarer than it looks. And winning an Emmy for directing Ozark tells me his real gift is architectural: he understands scenes from the outside as well as the inside. I trust a Bateman project the way I trust a good carpenter. Nothing flashy, everything load-bearing.
Overview
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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jason Bateman
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェイソン・ベイトマン
- Reading
- じぇいそん・べいとまん
- Born
- January 14, 1969 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rooster
- Origin
- Rye, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film producer / television actor / film actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- William Howard Taft Charter High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2005 Golden Globe Awards
- 2019 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
- 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Hogan Family | — | |
| Notable work | Arrested Development | — | |
| Notable work | Little House on the Prairie | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.