How Much Jason Bateman Is Really Worth
Jason Bateman is an award-winning actor with many hit TV shows and movies under his belt. Throughout his nearly 40-year career, he's found a lot of success in show business and has worked with a lot of famous stars. Bateman started his career on TV in the early '80s, starring as James Cooper Ingall on Little House on the Prairie. He later landed the role of David Hogan on The Hogan Family, which was originally titled, Valerie. During that time, Bateman made history when he became the Directors Guild of America's youngest-ever director after directing three episodes of the sitcom when he was just 18, according to Us Weekly. However, it wasn't until he starred as Michael Bluth in Arrested Development that his star began to rise.
He won his first Golden Globe in 2005 for playing Michael, and he eventually went on to land several parts in notable box office movies, including Juno, Horrible Bosses, Couples Retreat, and The Change-Up, per IMDb. Because of all these roles, Bateman has managed to amass a very impressive net worth. Keep scrolling to find out how much money he's worth.
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Jason Bateman is worth an estimated $30 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. In 2013, he reportedly earned $125,000 per episode for Arrested Development, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Then there's Ozark. The award-winning drama, which also stars Laura Linney, has helped Bateman's net worth grow substantially, with Variety reporting he banked around $300,00 per episode in 2017. This totals to a payout of three million dollars since the show's first season had 10 episodes. But, considering Ozark was a wild success on Netflix that earned Bateman a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series in 2019, we can assume he got a salary increase — a big one. After all, not only does he play the show's main character, Marty Byrde, but he's also a producer and director. In 2021, the show is in its fourth season, and Bateman is reportedly favored to win his second Golden Globe when the award show airs on Feb. 28, 2021.
So how did Bateman become so successful? "Your natural instinct is to go in there and let them know how much you want it and be affable and be ambitious. Yet in this business, much like high school, a sexy indifference will go a long way, sort of that playing-hard-to-get thing," he told GQ about the audition process. "I never wanted it more, but I never felt more conflicted about looking like I wanted it. So I'd go in there and I'd be acting twice."