Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman

Birth : 1969-01-14, Rye, New York, USA

History

Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American television and film actor. After appearing in several 1980s and 1990s sitcoms including Silver Spoons, It's Your Move, and The Hogan Family, Bateman came to prominence in the early 2000s for playing Michael Bluth on Arrested Development, for which he won a TV Land, a Golden Globe, and two Satellite Awards. He has since established himself in Hollywood by appearing in several films including The Kingdom, Juno, Hancock, Up in the Air, and Paul. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Bateman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman
Jason Bateman

Movies

Once Upon a Studio
Nick Wilde (voice)
Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short sees Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.
Hell of a Summer
Producer
When 24-year-old Jason Hochberg arrives for counsellor weekend at his beloved CAMP PINEWAY, his biggest problem is feeling out of touch with his teenage co-workers. Little does he know; a masked killer has murdered camp owners John and Kathy and is preparing to strike again.
Hit Man
Producer
A cop working undercover as the most in-demand hitman in Houston breaks protocol in order to help a desperate woman escape her abusive boyfriend.
Fool's Paradise
Spfx Tech
A down-on-his-luck publicist discovers a recently released mental health patient who looks just like a misbehaving movie star. The publicist subs him into a film, creating a new star. But fame and fortune are not all they are cracked up to be.
Air
Rob Strasser
Discover the game-changing partnership between a then undiscovered Michael Jordan and Nike's fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and culture with the Air Jordan brand.
Your Place or Mine
Producer
When best friends and total opposites Debbie and Peter swap homes for a week, they get a peek into each other's lives that could open the door to love.
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery
Self
A holiday-hating detective is forced to solve a murder — and save Christmas — with help from famous trainees who must improv their way through the case.
A Farewell to Ozark
Self
Jason Bateman, Laura Linney and other cast members open up about the show's characters and creators, plus what they'll miss most.
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes
Tim Holifield
The live special event features reenactments of episodes from “The Facts of Life” and “Diff’rent Strokes”.
Thunder Force
The Crab
In a world where supervillains are commonplace, two estranged childhood best friends reunite after one devises a treatment that gives them powers to protect their city.
Question & Answer
Self
The Safdie brothers go undercover to record an interview with Adam Sandler, the star of their film UNCUT GEMS.
Game Night
Producer
Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.
Game Night
Max Davis
Max and Annie's weekly game night gets kicked up a notch when Max's brother Brooks arranges a murder mystery party -- complete with fake thugs and federal agents. So when Brooks gets kidnapped, it's all supposed to be part of the game. As the competitors set out to solve the case, they start to learn that neither the game nor Brooks are what they seem to be. The friends soon find themselves in over their heads as each twist leads to another unexpected turn over the course of one chaotic night.
Office Christmas Party
Josh Parker
When Carol Vanstone, CEO of the technology company Zenotek, expresses her intention to close the Chicago branch, run by her brother Clay, he and his co-workers organize a Christmas party in an effort to impress a potential client and save their jobs. But the party gets out of control…
Central Intelligence
Trevor
After he reunites with an old pal through Facebook, a mild-mannered accountant is lured into the world of international espionage.
The Family Fang
Producer
A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.
The Family Fang
Baxter Fang
A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.
The Family Fang
Director
A brother and sister return to their family home in search of their world famous parents who have disappeared.
Disneyland 60th Anniversary TV Special
Himself
Walt Disney, one of the ultimate dreamers, used his uninhibited imagination and determination to create what became the springboard for all of the Walt Disney Company's spirited and wildly successful creativity that followed -- his crowning achievement: Disneyland. Acclaimed actor Harrison Ford, who portrays Han Solo in the Star Wars film franchise, will give viewers an exclusive preview of Star Wars-themed lands being developed at Disneyland and Walt Disney World Resorts. New details of the ambitious plans to bring Star Wars to life at both resorts will be revealed during the show, with Master of Ceremonies Derek Hough.
Must See TV: An All Star Tribute to James Burrows
Self
The stars of America's greatest comedies - like Cheers, Friends, Taxi and The Big Bang Theory - get together for one night only to honor Director James Burrows. Watch Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows.
Zootopia
Nick Wilde (voice)
Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it means partnering with scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to solve the mystery.
The Gift
Simon Callem
Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.
Horrible Bosses 2
Nick Hendricks
Dale, Kurt and Nick decide to start their own business but things don't go as planned because of a slick investor, prompting the trio to pull off a harebrained and misguided kidnapping scheme.
Beyond the Brick: A LEGO® Brickumentary
Narrator (voice)
A look at the global culture and appeal of the LEGO building-block toys.
This Is Where I Leave You
Judd Altman
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
The Longest Week
Conrad Valmont
Left broke and homeless by his wealthy parents' divorce, a young man moves in with an old friend and finally meets the woman of his dreams -- only to discover she's already dating his friend.
Bad Words
Producer
A misanthropic man sets out to exact revenge on his estranged father, by finding a loophole and attempting to win the National Spelling Bee as an adult. Figuring it would destroy his father, and everything he's worked so hard for as head of the Spelling Bee Championship Organization, Guy Trilby eventually discovers winning isn't necessary for revenge, and that friendship is a blessing not a curse.
Bad Words
Guy Trilby
A misanthropic man sets out to exact revenge on his estranged father, by finding a loophole and attempting to win the National Spelling Bee as an adult. Figuring it would destroy his father, and everything he's worked so hard for as head of the Spelling Bee Championship Organization, Guy Trilby eventually discovers winning isn't necessary for revenge, and that friendship is a blessing not a curse.
Bad Words
Director
A misanthropic man sets out to exact revenge on his estranged father, by finding a loophole and attempting to win the National Spelling Bee as an adult. Figuring it would destroy his father, and everything he's worked so hard for as head of the Spelling Bee Championship Organization, Guy Trilby eventually discovers winning isn't necessary for revenge, and that friendship is a blessing not a curse.
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
Himself
Featuring interviews from major cast and crew members, along with 200 fans from across the country, this documentary tells the whole story of this amazing and one of a kind tv show.
Identity Thief
Sandy Patterson
When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.
Identity Thief
Producer
When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the path of a deceptively harmless-looking woman.
Disconnect
Rich Boyd
Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality into our daily use of technology that mediates and defines our relationships and ultimately our lives.
Hit & Run
Keith Yert
When former getaway driver, Charlie Bronson jeopardises his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles, the feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road.
Mansome
Executive Producer
From America's greatest beardsman, to Morgan Spurlock's own mustache, Executive Producers Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Ben Silverman bring us a hilarious look at men's identity in the 21st century. Models, actors, experts and comedians weigh in on what it is to be a man in a world where the definition of masculinity has become as diverse as a hipster's facial hair in Williamsburg. The hilarious follicles of men's idiosyncratic grooming habits are thoroughly combed over as men finally take a long hard look in the mirror.
Mansome
Himself
From America's greatest beardsman, to Morgan Spurlock's own mustache, Executive Producers Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Ben Silverman bring us a hilarious look at men's identity in the 21st century. Models, actors, experts and comedians weigh in on what it is to be a man in a world where the definition of masculinity has become as diverse as a hipster's facial hair in Williamsburg. The hilarious follicles of men's idiosyncratic grooming habits are thoroughly combed over as men finally take a long hard look in the mirror.
The Change-Up
Dave Lockwood
Dave is a married man with two kids and a loving wife, and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes, they switch bodies.
Horrible Bosses
Nick Hendricks
For Nick, Kurt and Dale, the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con, the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers... permanently.
Paul
Special Agent Lorenzo Zoil
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.
Jason Bateman Thinks I'm Dead
Self
In 1978, Jason Bateman kissed Amy Keating. Years later he thought she was dead not once, but twice. So in 2008, Amy started her quest to find Jason to tell him that she is still alive.
The Switch
Wally Mars
Kassie is a smart, fun-loving single woman who, despite her neurotic best friend Wally’s objections, decides it’s time to have a baby – even if it means doing it herself…with a little help from a charming sperm donor. But, unbeknownst to her, Kassie’s plans go awry because of a last-minute switch that isn’t discovered until seven years later… when Wally gets acquainted with Kassie’s cute – though slightly neurotic – son.
This Side of the Truth, A Truly 'Honest' Making of The Invention of Lying
Himself
The cast share their thoughts on Gervais, his laugh, and the art of "corpsing," when Gervais can't keep a scene together before laughing. A longer reel of corpsing and outtakes follows
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
Self
The cast and crew reflect on the making of the movie, "Extract."
Couples Retreat
Jason
Four couples, all friends, descend on a tropical island resort. Though one husband and wife are there to work on their marriage, the others just want to enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon find, however, that paradise comes at a price: Participation in couples therapy sessions is mandatory. What started out as a cut-rate vacation turns into an examination of the common problems many face.
The Invention of Lying
Doctor
Set in a world where the concept of lying doesn't exist, a loser changes his lot when he invents lying and uses it to get ahead.
Up in the Air
Craig Gregory
Corporate downsizing expert Ryan Bingham spends his life in planes, airports, and hotels, but just as he’s about to reach a milestone of ten million frequent flyer miles, he meets a woman who causes him to rethink his transient life.
Extract
Joel
The owner of a factory that produces flavor extracts, Joel Reynold seems to have it all, but really doesn't. What's missing is sexual attention from his wife, Suzie. Joel hatches a convoluted plan to get Suzie to cheat on him, thereby clearing the way for Joel to have an affair with Cindy, an employee. But what Joel doesn't know is that Cindy is a sociopathic con artist, and a freak workplace accident clears the way for her to ruin Joel forever.
State of Play
Dominic Foy
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
Tropic Thunder
Jason Bateman
Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead an ensemble cast in 'Tropic Thunder,' an action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.
Hancock
Ray Embrey
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?
The Promotion
Retreat Leader
Two assistant managers of a corporate grocery store vie for a coveted promotion.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Animal Instincts Detective
When Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous Snow in Hawaii, but also Sarah Marshall.
Juno
Mark Loring
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Henry Weston
Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—the strangest, most fantastic and most wonderful toy store in the world. After Mr. Magorium bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once-remarkable Emporium.
The Kingdom
Adam Leavitt
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
Arthur et les Minimoys
Prince Darkos (voice)
Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur's grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.
Smokin' Aces
Rupert 'Rip' Reed
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
The Ex
Chip Sanders
When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law's advertising firm. Tom has to adjust to the demands of a very high-powered job, and he finds himself in an increasingly hostile office rivalry with Chip, Sofia's paraplegic former lover.
The Break-Up
Riggleman
Pushed to the breaking-up point after their latest 'why can't you do this one little thing for me?' argument, Brooke calls it quits with her boyfriend Gary. What follows is a hilarious series of remedies, war tactics, overtures and undermining tricks – all encouraged by the former couple's friends and confidantes …and the occasional total stranger! When neither ex is willing to move out of their shared apartment, the only solution is to continue living as hostile roommates until one of them reaches breaking point.
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Pepper Brooks
When megalomaniacal White Goodman, the owner of a trendy, high-end fitness center, makes a move to take over the struggling local gym run by happy-go-lucky Pete La Fleur, there's only one way for La Fleur to fight back: dodgeball. Aided by a dodgeball guru and Goodman's attorney, La Fleur and his rag-tag team of underdogs launch a knock-down, drag-out battle in which the winner takes all.
Starsky & Hutch
Kevin
Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.
Sol Goode
Spider
Sol Goode, a charismatic L.A. twenty-something, has always relied on charm, good looks, and fast talk to glide through life. But his luck may have run out; faced with eviction from his hipster apartment, totaling his car, and the threat of having to find a real job, Sol realizes that maybe the life he's been leading is no longer making him happy.
The Sweetest Thing
Roger Donahue
Christina's love life is stuck in neutral. After years of avoiding the hazards of a meaningful relationship, one night while club-hopping with her girlfriends, she meets Peter, her perfect match. Fed up with playing games, she finally gets the courage to let her guard down and follow her heart, only to discover that Peter has suddenly left town. Accompanied by Courtney, she sets out to capture the one that got away.
One Way Out
John Farrow
Harry Woltz is a homicide cop with a gambling problem; a problem that leaves him owing a great deal of money to the Russell brothers. To clear the debt they ask him to train John Farrow to murder his wife, Evans, without leaving the usual clues or making the usual mistakes. However when Harry's ex-partner is put on the case, she begins to get closer than Harry had thought before the case takes some unexpected twists.
Love Stinks
Jesse Travis
A movie about a relationship...that's worse than yours. Seth (Stewart), a sitcom writer-producer, meets Chelsea (Wilson), an interior decorator, at his best friend's (Bellamy) wedding. He's immediately sexually attracted to her while she's instantly attracted to his single-ness. They both ditch their wedding dates and start their own date that same night. The two become a couple, appearing very happy until after a couple of years of postponing a marriage proposal. When Chelsea realizes that Seth wants to remain single and together, she becomes quite bitter. In the next hour of the movie, the two engage in behavior that makes the War of the Roses look like child's play.
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
Stuart Morris
Set in San Francisco, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart are faced with the prospect of being reunited with Jonathan's long lost sister, and her nephew. Is it possible that Jonathan will finally discover a key to his past or will the "family" turn out to be after something, putting Jonathan and Jennifer in danger's past one more time?
This Can't Be Love
Grant
Two aging actors, who had a brief but intense marriage in the 1940s, are reunited decades later to find that issues between them are not resolved.
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil
William Mothershed
Two men being questioned in a police station on Christmas Eve both confess to the murder of a cop. With both stories seeming plausible, an investigator is called in to determine which suspect is telling the truth - and why the other one is lying. Crime drama, starring James Earl Jones and Jason Bateman.
Breaking The Rules
Phil Stepler
Two friends take their dying buddy on one last road trip.
A Taste for Killing
Blaine Stockard
Two college students get a summer job on an offshore oil rig. They are soon approached by a co-worker who had earlier befriended them, and who now tries to draw them into a plot to murder the rig's crew chief.
Necessary Roughness
Jarvis Edison
When the Texas Southern Armadillos football team is disqualified for cheating and poor grades, the University is forced to pick from a team that actually goes to school. Will they even win a single game?
The Ice Capades with Jason Bateman and Alyssa Milano
Host
A special featuring celebrity guest stars and championship ice skaters from the United States and the Soviet Union. Notable for the Mario Ice Capades segment.
Crossing the Mob
Philly
A young mother turns a young man's streetwise life around when she reveals to him that he is the father of her infant baby.
Moving Target
Toby Kellogg
A teenage musician goes on the run from killers and the police when he returns home to find his home empty and his family gone.
Teen Wolf Too
Todd Howard
Although awkward college student Todd Howard is particularly adept at science, he's paying for school with an athletic scholarship that he will lose should he not fare well in an upcoming boxing tournament. Luckily for Todd, he has inherited the same family curse that once turned his cousin into a werewolf. As he transforms into the hairy, fanged, howling monster, he finds both his physical agility and his popularity skyrocketing -- but at what cost?
Bates Motel
Tony Scotti
Alex West is a man who roomed with Norman Bates at the state lunatic asylum for nearly 20 years. After Bates' death, Alex finds that he is in Norman's will as the inheritor of the Bates Motel, which has been vacant since Norman's arrest. Alex travels to Bates' California hometown and with a little help from a teenage runaway, Willie, Alex struggles to re-open the motel for business, only to have strange things happen. Is someone trying to drive him away, or is the motel really haunted by the ghost of Norman's mother?
How Can I Tell If I'm Really in Love
"How do you know if it's love? Can you fall in love more than once? Is love blind? Can you love more than one person at a time? How important is sex to a relationship? Does love happen at first sight? Is sex love? Can you confuse chemistry with love? Is sex the real turn-on, or is intimacy? Now, for the first time, on an original videocassette made especially for you and other teenagers your age, you'll find the answers to these questions. With the help of Justine Bateman from TV's FAMILY TIES. Jason Bateman from VALERIE. Ted Danson from CHEERS. And a cast of real-life teenagers from University High School in Los Angeles. With song. With dance. With pizzazz. With advice from Dr. Sol Gordon, America's foremost expert in family and sex education. How can you tell if you're really in love? Easy. Watch this video and find out!"
The Thanksgiving Promise
Steve Tilby
A teenage boy is torn between his love for an injured Canadian goose that he has found and his agreement to fatten and kill it for an approaching Thanksgiving dinner for his neighbors.
Can You Feel Me Dancing?
Larry Nichols
Based on a true story. Karin is a young blind girl who's been encouraged by her overprotective parents to encounter life boldly. Karin meets a handsome young man named Richie, who falls in love with her. Seeking greater independence from her family, Karin becomes romantically involved with him. But Richie's love, too, smothers Karin, who realizes that she is trading one dependency for another. After entering and winning a dance contest, Karin feels strong and determined to find her own way. She accepts the fact that she must face the unknown in order to grow.
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins
Addison Cromwell
Gary Coleman plays the son of a U.S. diplomat who imagines himself in fantastic situations.
Zootopia 2
Nick Wilde (voice)
Sequel to the 2016 animated film Zootopia. Plot TBA.
The Pinkerton
Executive Producer
Plot TBA. Based on the historical private security guard and detective agency established in the U.S. by Scotsman Allan Pinkerton in 1850.
The Pinkerton
Director
Plot TBA. Based on the historical private security guard and detective agency established in the U.S. by Scotsman Allan Pinkerton in 1850.
Dark Wire
Producer
The true story of how the FBI launched a fake telecom company and became a phone service provider to one of the world’s most notorious gangs, culminating in the arrest of more than a thousand international criminals.
Dark Wire
Director
The true story of how the FBI launched a fake telecom company and became a phone service provider to one of the world’s most notorious gangs, culminating in the arrest of more than a thousand international criminals.
Carry-On
A mysterious traveler blackmails young TSA agent Ethan Kopek into letting a dangerous package slip through security and onto a Christmas Day flight.
The Love Story of Sandra and Cameron
Cameron Jackson
Sandra a young woman from Thessaloniki Greece, decides to contrary he father’s view of her own life. And goes to Athens, Greece for following her dream. She wants to become an artist. Cameron is young man from Athens, Greece. He wants to Follow his father’s career. He wants to become a a cardiologist surgeon What will happen when these will meet? Where will be their first meeting? Will they move to the US or they’ll live in Greece?
Untitled John Cena-Jason Bateman Action Comedy
A family that gets stuck in an old abandoned movie studio. The sets come to life and the family members find themselves stuck in various films.
Significant Other
Plot being kept under wraps.
Untitled John Cena-Jason Bateman Action Comedy
Producer
A family that gets stuck in an old abandoned movie studio. The sets come to life and the family members find themselves stuck in various films.
Untitled John Cena-Jason Bateman Action Comedy
Director
A family that gets stuck in an old abandoned movie studio. The sets come to life and the family members find themselves stuck in various films.
Superworld
Producer
An adaptation of the novel, set in a world where everyone on the planet has super powers — except for one man.
Superworld
Director
An adaptation of the novel, set in a world where everyone on the planet has super powers — except for one man.
The Girls I've Been
Producer
Con artist Nora must use her powers of persuasion and impersonation to get herself, her girlfriend, and ex-boyfriend free during a hostage situation at a bank.
Clue
Based on the Hasbro board game, a band of strangers frantically try to figure out who is the murderer among them.