Jason Bateman is an American actor, director, and producer who started his television career playing James Cooper on the western-drama series 'Little House on the Prairie' (1981-82). Throughout the decade, he appeared on several other television series such as 'Silver Spoons' (1982-84), 'It's Your Move' (1984-85), and 'The Hogan Family' (1986-91), and riding on his television success, made his film debut with 'Teen Wolf Too' (1987), which was a critical failure.
He continued to work on many feature films and made-for-television movies, including 'This Can't Be Love' (1994), and appeared on four short lived television series: 'Simon' (1995-96), 'Chicago Sons' (1997), 'George & Leo' (1997-98), and 'Some of My Best Friends' (2001). In 2003, he got his breakthrough role as Michael Bluth in the comedy series 'Arrested Development'. While the series failed to achieve high ratings despite critical acclaim, it was one of his best roles and earned him a 'Golden Globe Award' and an 'Emmy' nomination.
His recent filmography includes starring roles in successful movies like 'Juno' (2007), 'Hancock' (2008), 'Up in the Air' (2009), 'The Switch' (2010), 'Paul' (2011), 'Horrible Bosses' (2011), 'The Change-Up' (2011), 'Identity Thief' (2013), 'Horrible Bosses 2' (2014), 'The Gift' (2015), and 'Zootopia' (2016).
The dark comedy follows three friends, Nick Hendricks, Dale Arbus, and Kurt Buckman who decide to kill their respective horribly abusive bosses. Praised for its impeccable comic timing by the cast, the movie has also received criticism for its racist, sexist, and homophobic jokes.
Simon and Robyn, a young married couple leading a normal life, happen to meet Simon’s past acquaintance, Gordo, who starts visiting them uninvited, bringing mysterious gifts which make Simon uneasy. Robyn realizes that Simon’s past holds some deeply buried secrets and that she doesn’t really know her husband well. Under the shadow of his past, what does their future hold for them?
This mystery comedy crime film tells the story of a group of friends who meet regularly for game nights. However, when of them finds his brother mysteriously vanished, they suspect that he might have been kidnapped by gangsters, and they set out to find him.
A young independent teenage girl, Juno, becomes pregnant and with the help of her best friend, Leah, sets out to find a family to adopt her child. The events that follow make her take some challenging decisions and discover her true self.
When Mort Altman passes away, his last wish makes his four grown-up children stay together for a week at their family-home. As the four siblings with totally different personalities, who are not much in touch, reconnect with each other amidst their spouses, exes and free-speaking mother, they come to terms with their past and present relationships, with support of their loved ones.
When single woman Kassie decides to conceive a child with the help of Roland—a sperm donor—her best friend Wally is disappointed, though he refuses to admit his love for her even to himself. After meeting Kassie’s son seven years later, Wally notices certain traits in the child similar to him, which sets him thinking.
When a 40 year old misanthrope enters a spelling bee contest using a loophole in the rules, both parents and organizers are irked. Nonetheless, he continues to win, eventually reaching the national contest in Los Angeles. On the flight, he meets a young boy under parental pressure, with whom he later becomes friend. But why has he entered the competition?
Disconnect is a suspense drama film which revolves around several people as they interact online via social media and the internet, searching for human connections.
Ryan Bingham, a professional downsizing expert, constantly travels across the country, sometimes meeting Alex, another frequent flier, and is close to achieving ten million frequent flyer miles. However, his lifestyle is threatened when his ambitious new colleague, Natalie, proposes termination via videoconferencing to cut expense, and Ryan must prove the importance of doing his job in-person.
The romantic comedy film Forgetting Sarah Marshall follows the story of music composer Peter Bretter and his attempts to get over his break-up with TV celebrity and girlfriend Sarah Marshall. Peter heads for a Hawaii vacation to escape his grief, but there he meets none-other-than Sarah with her new rock-star boyfriend, which leads to some hilarious situations.
Friends Dave and Mitch have grown apart and lead vastly different lives. Dave is a family man and overworked lawyer while Mitch is an irresponsible adult enjoying life. After their bodies get magically switched one night, they end up with each other’s lives and must find a way to get back their own bodies.
Horrible Bosses 2 returned three years after the tremendous success of its first instalment. The lead trio decides to start a business and find an investor after much struggle. When the business deal turns sour, they kidnap the millionaire investor's son in a bid to blackmail him.
Average Joe's Gymnasium is on the verge of shutdown or even demolition unless its owner Peter LaFleur raises $50,000 to pay to the powerful Globo Gym owner, White Goodman. To raise the money, four underachievers and members of Average Joe decide to participate in a dodgeball tournament. But then, Goodman builds his own team too to defeat them.
Congressman Stephen Collins is leading an investigation into PointCorp, a private defense contractor. But when his mistress Sonia Baker, also a researcher on his staff is murdered, he calls his old friend journalist Cal McAffrey for help. What follows is a trail of betrayals that hide a much deeper conspiracy.
Following a terrorist attack on an American housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury blackmails the Saudi ambassador to secure permission to conduct an investigation within days. He reaches Riyadh with an elite team, but faces obstruction at every step until they are assisted by a like-minded Saudi police captain, Colonel Faris Al-Ghazi.
John Hancock is a drunk, clumsy superhero who, even though well-intentioned, does more harm than good, causing havoc by recklessly using his powers. After he saves PR executive Ray, the latter helps him improve his public image and gain popularity, but for some reason, Ray's wife is not happy that her husband brought Hancock home.
Focused on a group of prima donna actors who are making a Vietnam War film, the movie Tropic Thunder is a parody of many famous war movies. The film received generally positive reviews and grossed more than $188 million worldwide.
British comic book enthusiasts Graeme Willy and Clive Gollings take a trip through America's UFO heartland and meet Paul, an alien attempting to flee Earth after 60 years of imprisonment. While helping Paul reach his spaceship at Area 51 avoiding FBI Special Agent Zoil, the nerd duo inadvertently abducts a religious woman whose father is also hunting them.
Identity Thief is a comedy film that revolves around a gullible accountant who is about to lose his job when a con woman steals his identity. Starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, it sees the accountant hunting down the identity thief and the duo embarking on a cross-country road trip as they try to evade bounty hunters.
Small-time conman and magician Buddy "Aces" Israel seeks immunity deal with FBI in exchange for testifying against ailing mob boss Primo Sparazza, who in turn declares million dollar bounty on the snitch. "Aces" soon becomes the target of a number of dangerous assassins, including a hitman, two hitwomen, a torture expert, a neo-Nazi, and the mysterious The Swede.
Calvin Joyner, a former star athlete dissatisfied with his work as a forensic accountant, suddenly meets heavily-muscled Bob Stone, who claims to be his former severely-bullied and overweight classmate, and asks him to review some transactions. Following a CIA raid, he learns that Stone is a rouge agent and finds himself entangled in a global multimillion-dollar conspiracy.
Joel, who is the owner of an extract plant, struggles with various personal and professional problems, such as his wife whom he thinks may be unfaithful, and his employees who want to take advantage of him. Things take an interesting turn, when Cindy, a con artist, takes up a job at his company, after reading an article about a guy losing his testicle in a factory accident.
After his sister, who is also the CEO of his company, threatens to shut down his branch, Branch manager Clay throws an epic Christmas party in order to land a big client, to save the day. However, the party gets way out of control.
Art-dealer Brooke Meyers, tired of being unappreciated in the relationship, breaks up with boyfriend Gary Grobowski, a partner in bus-tour business. As neither is prepared to leave the condominium they share, both decide to continue as room-mates, but do their best to drive the other away. Then Brooke wonders whether she is fighting to save the condo or the relationship?
Mark Bellison is a screenwriter of historical readings in an alternate universe where the concept of lying does not exist and people tell whatever is on their minds. After being fired from his job and warned of being evicted, he blurts out a lie in the bank and realizes how it can change his life forever.
Four couples, all of them close friends arrive on a tropical island couples therapy resort called Eden. Initially thinking participating in therapy is optional, they are quickly disillusioned to find therapy mandatory. The couples soon find themselves working through their issues gaining a better understating of life.
After a dead body is found on the beach of Bay City, two Police detectives, reckless workaholic David Starsky and the easy-going Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson, find clues that lead to drug kingpin Reese Feldman. Following a botched investigation, the two are suspended and their friendship is shattered, but must join forces to stop a bigger scheme by Feldman.
After learning some grave news about the future, the young apprentice of a magical, eccentric toy store owner, learns to believe in herself and in her friends.
The Texas State University Fightin’ Armadillos used to be quite a powerful team in college football. Although they had managed to win several national championships, due to massive NCAA violations, eventually many of their coaches were fired and the players were banned. Now it is up to a new coach named Ed to build an almost entirely new team, although he receives hardly any support or assistance from anybody.
Charles Bronson, an ex-getaway driver, decides to break out of his Witness Protection program and drive his girlfriend Annie to Los Angeles for her important job interview. But their road-trip soon turns perilous when the young couple is chased by an FBI agent and then the gang-boss, against whom Charles had testified, also decides to join the hunt with his goons.
Christina gets attracted to Peter, and finds him to be the perfect partner for her. However, she knows nothing about him, except for the fact that his brother is getting married. Therefore, she decides to gatecrash the wedding in order to find and woo him.
The film tells the story of Doug Stauber, the assistant manager of a branch of a supermarket chain in Chicago, who is looking forward to a promotion. One day, another guy Richard and his family move in from Quebec, and he becomes an assistant manager in the supermarket alongside Doug. Thus Doug faces competition as Richard has a better resume than him.
Tom is a slacker who takes up a job at his father-in-law’s law firm, after he discovers that his wife has quit her job due to her pregnancy. However, several struggles await him in his new office.
The Longest Week is a romantic comedy drama film which tells the story of Conrad, who is left broke and homeless, after his parents get divorced. Fortunately, an old friend Dylan helps him by letting him stay with him, but things get complicated as he starts falling for Dylan’s girlfriend.
Two childhood friends reunite after one of them invents a way to gain superpowers. Together they decide to fight crime against powerful super villains.
Set in a city inhabited by anthropomorphic mammals, Disney’s Zootopia tells the story of a rabbit police officer who collaborates with a red fox con artist to uncover a criminal conspiracy involving the disappearance of predators. It won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
Ten-year-old Arthur finds his family’s home in danger of being demolished by a real estate developer. He goes looking for help in the land of Minimoys, a group of tiny fairy-like creatures, who live in harmony with nature.
Jason Bateman Awards
| Arrested Development | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical | 2005 |
| Ozark | Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series | 2019 |
