Jason Bateman
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- Teen Wolf / Teen Wolf Too (1985-1986)
- Dir. Rod Daniel, Christopher Leitch
Feat. Michael J. Fox, Jason Bateman
- In TEEN WOLF, Fox plays a high–school student who discovers he has lycanthropic tendencies. The sequel TEEN WOLF TOO continues the story in…
- Arrested Development (TV Series) (2003-2005)
- Feat. Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Portia de Rossi…
- Celebrated TV sitcom follows the travails of a once–affluent family contending with sudden poverty after the bread–winner (Tambor) is…
- Dodgeball (2004)
- Dir. Rawson Marshall Thurber
Feat. Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Christine Taylor…
- A very broad satire for pals Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, who take their popular brand of lampoonery into the sports arena and aim it strictly below…
- Break-Up, The (2006)
- Dir. Peyton Reed
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston, Vincent D'Onofrio…
- Skewed relationship comedy has an aspirant young couple (Aniston, Vaughn) split up but continue to wrangle and feud over the condo they refuse to…
- Ex, The (Fast Track) (2006)
- Dir. Jesse Peretz
Feat. Zach Braff, Amanda Peet, Jason Bateman…
- Star studded rom com where a guy discovers that his wife's high–school sweetheart is his new boss and has not given up hope on getting back…
- Smokin' Aces (2007)
- Dir. Joe Carnahan
Feat. Ben Affleck, Andy Garcia, Alicia Keys…
- A high–strung crime caper of competing assassins from the dir. of NARC, dispatching with boyish glee a bevy of visual and narrative bullet…
- Kingdom, The (2007)
- Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper…
- Jamie Foxx hunts a faction of terrorists in this Middle Eastern–set actioner concerning the aftermath of a suicide bombing on American citizens…
- Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)
- Dir. Zach Helm
Feat. Natalie Portman, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Bateman…
- Elves–in–the–toyshop fantasy with Dustin Hoffman as Mr. Magorium, the kindly, Wonka–esque, owner of a magical toy…
- Juno (2007)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. Elliot Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner…
- Upstart indie comedy that broke wide into the mainstream, this packages up Gen–Y angst and 'riot–grrl' attitude into a commercially…
- Hancock (John Hancock) (2008)
- Dir. Peter Berg
Feat. Will Smith, Charlize Theron, Jason Bateman…
- Will Smith stars in this action comedy as an unlikely superhero whose sarcasm and destructive ways have put him out of favour with his public.
As…
- Couples Retreat (2009)
- Dir. Peter Billingsley
Feat. Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Jon Favreau…
- Buddies Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau (SWINGERS) team up once again in this hit–and–miss comedy about a group of couples who go to a…
- Invention of Lying, The (2009)
- Dir. Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson
Feat. Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill…
- Ricky Gervais plays leading man in this romantic comedy, set in a world where everybody tells the truth until a down on his luck writer (Gervais)…
- Up in the Air (2009)
- Dir. Jason Reitman
Feat. George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick…
- A cautionary business tale wrapped in a frisky romantic comedy, with George Clooney starring as a compulsive traveller whose job it is to dismiss…
- Extract (2009)
- Dir. Mike Judge
Feat. Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig…
- Graduating here as a comic leading man, Jason Bateman plays a factory owner juggling a myriad of personal and professional problems in this…
- Switch, The (2010)
- Dir. Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Feat. Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, Jeff Goldblum…
- Agreeable light farce with an unmarried Aniston turning to a turkey baster in order to become pregnant, but some years later a reunion with her best…
- Paul (2011)
- Dir. Greg Mottola
Feat. Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen…
- The creators of SHAUN OF THE DEAD and HOT FUZZ make a beeline for America's UFO heartland in this comedy about two sci–fi nerds who befriend a…
- Horrible Bosses (2011)
- Dir. Seth Gordon
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston…
- Savage workplace comedy about three long–suffering employees (Bateman, Day, Sudeikis) who plot to kill their respective…
- Change-Up, The (2011)
- Dir. David Dobkin
Feat. Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde…
- Wickedly scatological take on FREAKY FRIDAY, with Bateman and Reynolds swapping bodies after simultaneously urinating in a magical fountain.
- Hit & Run (2012)
- Dir. David Palmer, Dax Shepard
Feat. Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Bradley Cooper…
- Comic chase film with Dax Shephard as a former getaway driver trashing his Witness Protection identity in order to get his girlfriend to a dream job…
- Disconnect (2012)
- Dir. Henry Alex Rubin
Feat. Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Michael Nyqvist…
- A suspenseful, topical ensemble drama that addresses the corrosive effect of the internet and social media on the lives of two generations of…
- Identity Thief (2013)
- Dir. Seth Gordon
Feat. Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau…
- When a sensible accountant discovers his credit rating is in shambles, he resolves to hunt down the fraudster who has stolen his identity and spent…
- Bad Words (2013)
- Dir. Jason Bateman
Feat. Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Philip Baker Hall…
- Jason Bateman plays a failed spelling bee competitor who uses a loophole to enter into a national spelling competition as an adult. Landing on the…
- Longest Week, The (2014)
- Dir. Peter Glanz
Feat. Jason Bateman, Olivia Wilde, Billy Crudup…
- This modest rom–com pleasure with Wes Anderson undertones centres on a rich Manhattanite whose life is upended by several chance encounters…
- Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)
- Dir. Sean Anders
Feat. Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day…
- More employment related shenanigans with Jason Bateman and pals' entrepreneurial ways getting them involved in a decidedly harebrained and misguided…
- Gift, The (2015)
- Dir. Joel Edgerton
Feat. Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton…
- Australian actor Joel Edgerton acquits himself admirably as first time writer/director of this LA–set psycho–thriller that revives the…
- Zootopia (2016)
- Dir. Rich Moore, Byron Howard
Feat. Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba…
- This Pixar animation smash is a smart, hugely entertaining romp set in a city of anthropomorphic animals in which a rookie bunny cop and a cynical…
- Family Fang, The (2016)
- Dir. Jason Bateman
Feat. Nicole Kidman, Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn…
- The Fang siblings, raised by performance artist parents, return home as adults with their own artistic careers in this art–world family…
- Office Christmas Party (2016)
- Dir. Josh Gordon, Will Speck
Feat. Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn, T.J. Miller…
- Christmas debauchery from the makers of BLADES OF GLORY which treads a now familiar path of outrageous, satisfyingly un–PC excess.
- Annabelle: Creation (2017)
- Dir. David F. Sandberg
Feat. Stephanie Sigman, Jason Bateman, Lulu Wilson…
- A "return to form" for THE CONJURING franchise (after the egregious ANNABELLE), this prequel featuring the eponymous possessed doll tormenting a nun…
- Game Night (2018)
- Dir. Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley
Feat. Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Billy Magnussen…
- Clever crime comedy with likeable leads Jason Bateman and Rachel McAdams as a couple whose weekly table top gaming get–together turns into a…