Jason Bateman
Jason Kent Bateman ( born January 14, 1969 in Rye, New York ) is an American actor.
Life and career
Bateman began his career with a starring role in the television series Little House in which he took over from 1981 to 1982, the role of James Ingalls. The mid-1980s he was able to increase its notoriety with other starring roles in series such as Silver Spoons, It's Your Move, and The Hogan clan on.
His career stagnated after the Hogan clan was deposed. Only in 2002 he was able to revive Sweetest them with a role in the movie Super. This was followed by roles in the films Starsky & Hutch and Dodgeball.
From 2003 to 2006 he played the lead role of Michael Bluth on the sitcom Arrested Development, for which he was nominated in 2005 for an Emmy for Best Actor and won both a Golden Globe and a Satellite Award. The series was due to poor ratings after a shortened third season (instead of 20 to 24 episodes they had only 13) set in February 2005. However, she returned in May 2013 back in video -on- demand provider Netflix for 15 new episodes in which he takes up his role again.
Since 1989 he is also active as a director. Until the 2000s, he directed episodes of various TV series sporadically, in 2013 he was with bad words his feature film debut.
His father is American and his mother English. His older sister Justine Bateman starred in the series Family Ties a major role. Since 2001, Jason is with Amanda Anka, daughter of singer and actor Paul Anka, married. With her he had two daughters.