Jason Bateman

Biography: Jason Bateman was born on January 14, 1969. His father-in-law is Paul Anka.

He began acting at age 10 when a casting director asked him to read for the lead of an educational film. Soon, he landed spots on Little House On The Prairie and Silver Spoons.

In the 1980's he was ubiquitous in shows The Hogan Family and It's your Move, and films like Teen Wolf Too, and Necessary Roughness.

Recently he portrayed the memorable character Michael Bluth in the series Arrested Development, and he starred alongside actors such as Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn in the films Dodgeball, Starsky and Hutch, and The Break-Up.

Jason Bateman's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average career score: 49
Highest Metascore:
Metascore: 83
Lowest Metascore:
Metascore: 23
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 21
  2. Negative: 7 out of 21
21 movie reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
Metascore: 83
Up in the Air
Dec 4, 2009 Craig Gregory 7.4
Metascore: 81
Juno
Dec 5, 2007 Mark Loring 8.4
Metascore: 64
Disconnect
Apr 12, 2013 Cast / Rich Boyd 9.0
Metascore: 64
State of Play
Apr 17, 2009 Dominic Foy 7.3
Metascore: 61
Extract
Sep 4, 2009 Joel / Joel Reynolds 6.1
Metascore: 57
Paul
Mar 18, 2011 Special Agent Lorenzo Zoil 7.0
Metascore: 57
Horrible Bosses
Jul 8, 2011 Nick Hendricks 7.0
Metascore: 56
The Kingdom
Sep 28, 2007 Adam Leavitt 6.1
Metascore: 55
Starsky & Hutch
Mar 5, 2004 Kevin 6.1
Metascore: 55
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Jun 18, 2004 Pepper Brooks 7.2
Metascore: 52
The Switch
Aug 20, 2010 Wally / Wally Mars 6.2
Metascore: 49
Hancock
Jul 2, 2008 Ray / Ray Embrey 6.5
Metascore: 48
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
Nov 16, 2007 Henry Weston, The Mutant 5.4
Metascore: 45
The Break-Up
Jun 2, 2006 Riggleman 5.9
Metascore: 39
The Change-Up
Aug 5, 2011 Dave 5.7
Metascore: 35
Mansome
May 18, 2012 Executive Producer / Himself 6.0
Metascore: 35
Identity Thief
Feb 8, 2013 Producer / Cast / Principal Cast / Sandy / Sandy Patterson 5.1
Metascore: 32
The Ex
May 11, 2007 Chip Sanders 5.5
Metascore: 32
The Sweetest Thing
Apr 12, 2002 Roger Donahue 6.4
Metascore: 23
Couples Retreat
Oct 9, 2009 Jason / Jason Smith 4.5
Metascore: 23
Love Stinks
Sep 10, 1999 Jesse Travis 7.9

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