Jason Bateman

Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American actor and director. He is known for his starring roles in numerous comedy films and for portraying Michael Bluth in the Fox / Netflix sitcom ''Arrested Development'' and Marty Byrde in the Netflix crime drama series ''Ozark'' (2017–2022). He has received several awards including a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2017, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

He began his career as a child actor, appearing on television in the early 1980s on shows such as the NBC drama series ''Little House on the Prairie'' from 1981 to 1982 and ''The Hogan Family'' from 1986 to 1991. Bateman's early film roles include ''Teen Wolf Too'' (1987) and ''Necessary Roughness'' (1991) before taking supporting roles in ''Dodgeball'' (2004), ''The Break-Up'' (2006), ''Juno'' (2007), and ''Up in the Air'' (2009). Bateman took starring roles in the comedies ''Extract'' (2009), ''The Switch'' (2010), ''The Change-Up'' (2011), ''Horrible Bosses'' (2011), ''Identity Thief'' (2013), ''Bad Words'' (2013) ''This is Where I Leave You'' (2014), ''Office Christmas Party'' (2016), ''Zootopia'' (2016), and ''Game Night'' (2018). He also acted in the drama films ''The Gift'' (2015), and ''Air'' (2023). Since 2020 he has co-hosted the comedy podcast ''SmartLess'' with Will Arnett and Sean Hayes.

Bateman made his directorial debut with ''The Hogan Family'' episode "Educating Rita" (Season 5, Episode 10) at the time setting the record for the youngest director in the Directors Guild of America. He has since directed and starred in ''The Family Fang'' (2015) and the Netflix crime drama series ''Ozark'' (2017–2022). Bateman was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series in 2019 for his direction of ''Ozark'' and has won three Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance. In 2020 he had a recurring role in (and directed two episodes of) the HBO miniseries ''The Outsider''. Provided by Wikipedia