Jason Bateman says he tried to appear 'gay enough' for 'Some of My Bt Friends' dn | MEAWW

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• TWO STRAIGHT MEN TALK OPENLY ABOUT WHY THEY CHOOSE TO DO GAY PORN
•  JIMMY KIMMEL OZARK FLIX JASON BATEMAN GAY ENOUGH SOME OF MY BT IENDS DN S
• THE DANGERO GAY DOUBLE LIFE OF ACTOR ALAN BAT
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IN THE 1980S AND '90S, HE EARNED A STRG OF ROL ON SS LIKE SILVER SPOONS, WHILE ALSO TAKG A FEW FILM PARTS. FOLLOWG A PROFSNAL LULL, BATEMAN'S REER WAS REVALIZED WHEN HE LAND A ROLE ON THE SHOW ARRTED DEVELOPMENT 2003. LATER SUCCS CLU THE DARK EDY HORRIBLE BOSS (2011) AND VOICE WORK FOR THE ANIMATED H ZOOTOPIA (2016), ALONG WH ACCLAIM FOR HIS DIRECTG AND ACTG NTRIBUTNS TO THE NETFLIX CRIME DRAMA OZARK.EARLY LIFE AND CAREERJASON KENT BATEMAN WAS BORN ON JANUARY 14, 1969, RYE, NEW YORK. STARTG OUT AS AN ACTOR WHILE HIS EARLY TEEN YEARS, JASON BATEMAN HAS GROWN UP TO BEE ONE OF TODAY'S LEADG EDIC ACTORS. HE OM A SHOW BS FAY—FATHER KENT IS A PRODUCER AND SISTER JTE IS AN ACTRS. AROUND THE AGE OF 10, BATEMAN BEGAN TO ACT PROFSNALLY. HE SOON STARTED TO LAND WORK MERCIALS.TV AND FILMS 'LTLE HOE ON THE PRAIRIE,' 'SILVER SPOONS'BATEMAN MA HIS TELEVISN BUT 1981 WH A RECURRG ROLE ON LTLE HOE ON THE PRAIRIE. IN THE POPULAR SERI BASED ON THE BOOKS BY {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}LRA INGALLS WILR, HE PLAYED THE ADOPTED SON OF PNEERS CHARL AND CAROLE INGALLS (PLAYED BY MICHAEL LANDON AND KAREN GRASSLE). BATEMAN FIRST SHOWED HIS EDIC TALENTS THE POPULAR S SILVER SPOONS, STARRG RICK SCHROR, 1982. ON THE SERI, BATEMAN PLAYED SCHROR'S SCHEMG SCHOOL IEND. HIS BOY-NEXT-DOOR GOOD LOOKS AND SENSE OF HUMOR MA HIM VERY POPULAR WH YOUNGER DIENC, PECIALLY TEENAGED GIRLS.'THE HOGAN FAY' BATEMAN MOVED ON TO THE SHORT-LIVED TV EDY IT'S YOUR MOVE, PLAYG YET ANOTHER SCHEMG TEEN. HE SOON LAND A SUPPORTG ROLE ON ANOTHER FAY EDY WH VALERIE HARPER OF THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW FAME, PLAYG ONE OF HARPER'S THREE SONS. WHEN HARPER EXED AFTER THE SEND SEASON, THE SHOW NTUED AS THE HOGAN FAY, AND SANDY DUNN JOED THE ST AS THE BOYS' NT. BATEMAN ALSO EXPLORED LIFE BEHD THE MERA, DIRECTG THREE EPISOS OF THE SHOW. FOR HIS EFFORTS, AT THE AGE OF 18, HE BEME THE YOUNGT PERSON DUCTED TO THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERI.'CAN YOU FEEL ME DANCG?,' 'TEEN WOLF TOO' WHILE ENJOYG S SUCCS, BATEMAN -STARRED WH SISTER JTE THE 1986 TELEVISN MOVIE CAN YOU FEEL ME DANCG?, WHICH WAS -PRODUCED BY THEIR FATHER. IN THE MOVIE, JTE PLAYED A BLD TEENAGER TRYG TO BREAK EE OM HER OVERPROTECTIVE FAY AND IENDS. BATEMAN PLAYED HER BROTHER THE FILM. BATEMAN THEN MA HIS FEATURE FILM BUT THE POORLY RECEIVED TEEN WOLF TOO (1987), THE SEQUEL TO THE 1985 EDIC H STARRG MICHAEL J. FOX. HE PLAYED A RELATIVE OF FOX'S CHARACTER WHO DISVERS THAT HE ALSO SUFFERS OM THE FAY'S WEREWOLF CURSE. GROSSG ONLY $7.6 LN AT THE BOX OFFICE, THE FILM WAS NSIRED A MERCIAL FAILURE. BATEMAN'S FATHER HAD ALSO PRODUCED THIS FILM.'SIMON' 'CHIGO SONS,' 'SOME OF MY BT FRIENDS' AFTER THE HOGAN FAY END 1991, BATEMAN NTUED TO FD WORK ON TELEVISN. NONE OF THE ROL LASTED FOR LONG, HOWEVER. THE FAY EDY SIMON ONLY LASTED ONE SEASON, OM THE FALL OF 1995 TO THE SPRG OF 1996. THE SHOW FOCED ON THE LIV OF TWO VERY DIFFERENT BROTHERS SHARG AN APARTMENT NEW YORK CY. NEXT UP FOR BATEMAN WAS CHIGO SONS, A EDY ABOUT THREE BROTHERS AND THEIR ROMANTIC MISADVENTUR. THE SHOW WAS A MIDSEASON REPLACEMENT AND WAS NCELED AFTER SIX MONTHS ON THE AIR. TAKG A PROFSNAL RISK, BATEMAN STEPPED AWAY OM HIS UAL S ROL FOR THE 2001 SERI SOME OF MY BT FRIENDS. THE SHOW WAS BASED THE 1997 PENNT EDY KISS ME, GUIDO, WHICH EXPLORED THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN A GAY MAN (BATEMAN) AND A STRAIGHT ITALIAN AMERIN MAN (DANNY NUCCI) WHO BEE ROOMMAT. "WHAT MAK ME LGH ABOUT MY CHARACTER IS THAT HE'S NOT REALLY AS SMART OR OL OR GOOD-LOOKG AS HE THKS HE IS. I THK THIS SHOW IS THE BT THG I'VE EVER DONE," BATEMAN TOLD THE ADVOTE. CRICS AND TELEVISN DIENC DID NOT SHARE BATEMAN'S OPN OF THE SHOW, AND WAS NCELED AFTER ONLY A FEW EPISOS. BATEMAN ENTERED AN UNCERTA TIME HIS REER AFTER THE FAILURE OF THE SERI. "AFTER 26 YEARS OF DOG SOMETHG, MOST PEOPLE EHER SWCH URSE OR RETIRE ... I WAS WEARG OUT MY WELE ON TV; YOU GET CERTA VIB THAT THEY'D RATHER SEE SOMEONE THEY HADN'T SEEN BEFORE," THE ACTOR EXPLAED TO VOGUE.CAREER RURGENCE: 'ARRTED DEVELOPMENT'IN 2003, BATEMAN EXPERIENCED A PROFSNAL RENAISSANCE WH THE TV EDY ARRTED DEVELOPMENT. HE PLAYED MICHAEL BLUTH, A WIDOWER WH A TEENAGED SON (MICHAEL CERA) WHO N'T SEEM TO BREAK AWAY OM HIS DYSFUNCTNAL FAY. JSI WALTER WAS ST AS HIS DOMEERG MOTHER AND JEFEY TAMBOR ME ON BOARD AS THE QUIRKY FATHER FACG D CHARG. EACH OF HIS ADULT SIBLGS (PLAYED BY WILL ART, TONY HALE AND PORTIA ROSSI) DISPLAYED A UNIQUE TWISTED OUTLOOK ON LIFE. WHILE NEVER ACHIEVED HUGE RATGS, ARRTED DEVELOPMENT WAS A CRIL SUCCS. THE SHOW WAS NOMATED FOR SEVERAL EMMY AWARDS DURG S IAL THREE-SEASON N, CLUDG A NOD FOR BATEMAN 2005 FOR OUTSTANDG LEAD ACTOR A EDY SERI. THAT SAME YEAR, BATEMAN WON HIS FIRST GOLN GLOBE AWARD FOR BT ACTOR A MIL OR EDY SERI. AFTER JT THREE SEASONS ON FOX, ARRTED DEVELOPMENT WAS NCELED BY THE WORK 2006. TO FANS' LIGHT, HOWEVER, THE SERI WAS RENEWED BY NETFLIX 2013, WH THE ENTIRE ORIGAL ST RNG FOR S FOURTH SEASON. FOLLOWG ANOTHER HIAT, SEASON 5 PREMIERED ON NETFLIX MAY 2018.'DODGEBALL,' 'THE BREAK-UP,' 'THE KGDOM'BATEMAN'S WORK ON THE IAL N OF ARRTED DEVELOPMENT HELPED REVALIZE HIS FILM REER. HE LAND A STRG OF SMALL AND SUPPORTG ROL SUCH EDI AS 2004'S DODGEBALL: A TE UNRDOG STORY AND 2006'S THE BREAK-UP WH JENNIFER ANISTON AND VCE VGHN. TACKLG MORE DRAMATIC FARE, BATEMAN APPEARED THE ARY THRILLER THE KGDOM (2007) WH JAMIE FOXX AND JENNIFER GARNER.'JUNO,' 'HANCK' BATEMAN RETEAMED WH GARNER FOR THE 2007 PENNT EDY JUNO, ABOUT A PREGNANT TEENAGER (ELLEN PAGE). IN THE FILM, HE AND GARNER PLAY A MARRIED UPLE WHO WANT TO ADOPT PAGE'S BABY. BATEMAN GAVE A NUANCED PERFORMANCE AS A MERCIAL JGLE WRER WHO, AT MID-LIFE, STILL HARBORS DREAMS OF ROCK STARDOM AND DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO GROW UP. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, HE -STARRED WH WILL SMH AND CHARLIZE THERON THE SUPERHERO EDY HANCK.'STATE OF PLAY,' 'COUPL RETREAT,' 'UP THE AIR' WH ROL FIVE FILMS RELEASED 2009, BATEMAN'S FILM REER WAS FLOURISHG. HE STARRED MIKE JUDGE'S LATT EDY EXTRACT, PLAYG THE OWNER OF AN EXTRACT BOTTLG PANY. IN THE POLIL THRILLER STATE OF PLAY, HE HAD A SUPPORTG ROLE OPPOSE RSELL CROWE, BEN AFFLECK AND RACHEL MCADAMS. BATEMAN WAS ALSO PART OF AN ENSEMBLE ST FOR THE RELATNSHIP EDY COUPL RETREAT AND HAD A PART THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED EDIC DRAMA UP THE AIR, STARRG GEE CLOONEY.'HORRIBLE BOSS,' 'INTY THIEF,' 'BAD WORDS' IN 2010, BATEMAN STARRED OPPOSE ANISTON THE ROMANTIC EDY THE SWCH. HE FOLLOWED WH THE EDI HORRIBLE BOSS (2011), WH COL FARRELL AND CHARLIE DAY, AND INTY THIEF (2013), ALONGSI MELISSA MCCARTHY. IN 2013, HE ALSO MA HIS DIRECTORIAL BUT AND STARRED BAD WORDS. IN 2014, BATEMAN STARRED THE EDI THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU AND HORRIBLE BOSS 2 AND NARRATED THE DOCUMENTARY PUMP. HE ALSO NARRATED A LEGO BRICKUMENTARY, A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE GLOBAL APPEAL OF LEGO BUILDG BLOCKS, 2015.'ZOOTOPIA,' 'CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE,' 'OZARK'IN 2016, BATEMAN SUPPLIED MORE VOICE WORK FOR THE MASSIVELY SUCCSFUL ANIMATED FILM ZOOTOPIA, AND ALSO APPEARED THE EDI CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AND OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, HE STEPPED OUTSI OF HIS UAL FORT ZONE FOR THE NETFLIX DRAMATIC SERI OZARK, GOG ON TO EARN GOLN GLOBE AND EMMY NOMATNS FOR HIS ROLE AS A FAY MAN WHO GETS UGHT UP WH A DG RTEL. IN 2019, HE WAS HONORED FOR HIS DIRECTG NTRIBUTNS TO OZARK BY WNG AN EMMY FOR OUTSTANDG DIRECTN OF A DRAMA SERI, AMONG OTHER MAJOR AWARD WS THROUGHOUT THE URSE OF THE SERI.PERSONAL LIFEBATEMAN IS MARRIED WIFE AMANDA ANKA, THE DGHTER OF SGER PL ANKA, 2003 AND THEY HAVE TWO {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

TWO STRAIGHT MEN TALK OPENLY ABOUT WHY THEY CHOOSE TO DO GAY PORN

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 JIMMY KIMMEL OZARK FLIX JASON BATEMAN GAY ENOUGH SOME OF MY BT IENDS DN S

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IN THE 1980S AND '90S, HE EARNED A STRG OF ROL ON SS LIKE SILVER SPOONS, WHILE ALSO TAKG A FEW FILM PARTS. FOLLOWG A PROFSNAL LULL, BATEMAN'S REER WAS REVALIZED WHEN HE LAND A ROLE ON THE SHOW ARRTED DEVELOPMENT 2003. LATER SUCCS CLU THE DARK EDY HORRIBLE BOSS (2011) AND VOICE WORK FOR THE ANIMATED H ZOOTOPIA (2016), ALONG WH ACCLAIM FOR HIS DIRECTG AND ACTG NTRIBUTNS TO THE NETFLIX CRIME DRAMA OZARK.EARLY LIFE AND CAREERJASON KENT BATEMAN WAS BORN ON JANUARY 14, 1969, RYE, NEW YORK. STARTG OUT AS AN ACTOR WHILE HIS EARLY TEEN YEARS, JASON BATEMAN HAS GROWN UP TO BEE ONE OF TODAY'S LEADG EDIC ACTORS. HE OM A SHOW BS FAY—FATHER KENT IS A PRODUCER AND SISTER JTE IS AN ACTRS. AROUND THE AGE OF 10, BATEMAN BEGAN TO ACT PROFSNALLY. HE SOON STARTED TO LAND WORK MERCIALS.TV AND FILMS 'LTLE HOE ON THE PRAIRIE,' 'SILVER SPOONS'BATEMAN MA HIS TELEVISN BUT 1981 WH A RECURRG ROLE ON LTLE HOE ON THE PRAIRIE. IN THE POPULAR SERI BASED ON THE BOOKS BY {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}LRA INGALLS WILR, HE PLAYED THE ADOPTED SON OF PNEERS CHARL AND CAROLE INGALLS (PLAYED BY MICHAEL LANDON AND KAREN GRASSLE). BATEMAN FIRST SHOWED HIS EDIC TALENTS THE POPULAR S SILVER SPOONS, STARRG RICK SCHROR, 1982. ON THE SERI, BATEMAN PLAYED SCHROR'S SCHEMG SCHOOL IEND. HIS BOY-NEXT-DOOR GOOD LOOKS AND SENSE OF HUMOR MA HIM VERY POPULAR WH YOUNGER DIENC, PECIALLY TEENAGED GIRLS.'THE HOGAN FAY' BATEMAN MOVED ON TO THE SHORT-LIVED TV EDY IT'S YOUR MOVE, PLAYG YET ANOTHER SCHEMG TEEN. HE SOON LAND A SUPPORTG ROLE ON ANOTHER FAY EDY WH VALERIE HARPER OF THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW FAME, PLAYG ONE OF HARPER'S THREE SONS. WHEN HARPER EXED AFTER THE SEND SEASON, THE SHOW NTUED AS THE HOGAN FAY, AND SANDY DUNN JOED THE ST AS THE BOYS' NT. BATEMAN ALSO EXPLORED LIFE BEHD THE MERA, DIRECTG THREE EPISOS OF THE SHOW. FOR HIS EFFORTS, AT THE AGE OF 18, HE BEME THE YOUNGT PERSON DUCTED TO THE DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERI.'CAN YOU FEEL ME DANCG?,' 'TEEN WOLF TOO' WHILE ENJOYG S SUCCS, BATEMAN -STARRED WH SISTER JTE THE 1986 TELEVISN MOVIE CAN YOU FEEL ME DANCG?, WHICH WAS -PRODUCED BY THEIR FATHER. IN THE MOVIE, JTE PLAYED A BLD TEENAGER TRYG TO BREAK EE OM HER OVERPROTECTIVE FAY AND IENDS. BATEMAN PLAYED HER BROTHER THE FILM. BATEMAN THEN MA HIS FEATURE FILM BUT THE POORLY RECEIVED TEEN WOLF TOO (1987), THE SEQUEL TO THE 1985 EDIC H STARRG MICHAEL J. FOX. HE PLAYED A RELATIVE OF FOX'S CHARACTER WHO DISVERS THAT HE ALSO SUFFERS OM THE FAY'S WEREWOLF CURSE. GROSSG ONLY $7.6 LN AT THE BOX OFFICE, THE FILM WAS NSIRED A MERCIAL FAILURE. BATEMAN'S FATHER HAD ALSO PRODUCED THIS FILM.'SIMON' 'CHIGO SONS,' 'SOME OF MY BT FRIENDS' AFTER THE HOGAN FAY END 1991, BATEMAN NTUED TO FD WORK ON TELEVISN. NONE OF THE ROL LASTED FOR LONG, HOWEVER. THE FAY EDY SIMON ONLY LASTED ONE SEASON, OM THE FALL OF 1995 TO THE SPRG OF 1996. THE SHOW FOCED ON THE LIV OF TWO VERY DIFFERENT BROTHERS SHARG AN APARTMENT NEW YORK CY. NEXT UP FOR BATEMAN WAS CHIGO SONS, A EDY ABOUT THREE BROTHERS AND THEIR ROMANTIC MISADVENTUR. THE SHOW WAS A MIDSEASON REPLACEMENT AND WAS NCELED AFTER SIX MONTHS ON THE AIR. TAKG A PROFSNAL RISK, BATEMAN STEPPED AWAY OM HIS UAL S ROL FOR THE 2001 SERI SOME OF MY BT FRIENDS. THE SHOW WAS BASED THE 1997 PENNT EDY KISS ME, GUIDO, WHICH EXPLORED THE RELATNSHIP BETWEEN A GAY MAN (BATEMAN) AND A STRAIGHT ITALIAN AMERIN MAN (DANNY NUCCI) WHO BEE ROOMMAT. "WHAT MAK ME LGH ABOUT MY CHARACTER IS THAT HE'S NOT REALLY AS SMART OR OL OR GOOD-LOOKG AS HE THKS HE IS. I THK THIS SHOW IS THE BT THG I'VE EVER DONE," BATEMAN TOLD THE ADVOTE. CRICS AND TELEVISN DIENC DID NOT SHARE BATEMAN'S OPN OF THE SHOW, AND WAS NCELED AFTER ONLY A FEW EPISOS. BATEMAN ENTERED AN UNCERTA TIME HIS REER AFTER THE FAILURE OF THE SERI. "AFTER 26 YEARS OF DOG SOMETHG, MOST PEOPLE EHER SWCH URSE OR RETIRE ... I WAS WEARG OUT MY WELE ON TV; YOU GET CERTA VIB THAT THEY'D RATHER SEE SOMEONE THEY HADN'T SEEN BEFORE," THE ACTOR EXPLAED TO VOGUE.CAREER RURGENCE: 'ARRTED DEVELOPMENT'IN 2003, BATEMAN EXPERIENCED A PROFSNAL RENAISSANCE WH THE TV EDY ARRTED DEVELOPMENT. HE PLAYED MICHAEL BLUTH, A WIDOWER WH A TEENAGED SON (MICHAEL CERA) WHO N'T SEEM TO BREAK AWAY OM HIS DYSFUNCTNAL FAY. JSI WALTER WAS ST AS HIS DOMEERG MOTHER AND JEFEY TAMBOR ME ON BOARD AS THE QUIRKY FATHER FACG D CHARG. EACH OF HIS ADULT SIBLGS (PLAYED BY WILL ART, TONY HALE AND PORTIA ROSSI) DISPLAYED A UNIQUE TWISTED OUTLOOK ON LIFE. WHILE NEVER ACHIEVED HUGE RATGS, ARRTED DEVELOPMENT WAS A CRIL SUCCS. THE SHOW WAS NOMATED FOR SEVERAL EMMY AWARDS DURG S IAL THREE-SEASON N, CLUDG A NOD FOR BATEMAN 2005 FOR OUTSTANDG LEAD ACTOR A EDY SERI. THAT SAME YEAR, BATEMAN WON HIS FIRST GOLN GLOBE AWARD FOR BT ACTOR A MIL OR EDY SERI. AFTER JT THREE SEASONS ON FOX, ARRTED DEVELOPMENT WAS NCELED BY THE WORK 2006. TO FANS' LIGHT, HOWEVER, THE SERI WAS RENEWED BY NETFLIX 2013, WH THE ENTIRE ORIGAL ST RNG FOR S FOURTH SEASON. FOLLOWG ANOTHER HIAT, SEASON 5 PREMIERED ON NETFLIX MAY 2018.'DODGEBALL,' 'THE BREAK-UP,' 'THE KGDOM'BATEMAN'S WORK ON THE IAL N OF ARRTED DEVELOPMENT HELPED REVALIZE HIS FILM REER. HE LAND A STRG OF SMALL AND SUPPORTG ROL SUCH EDI AS 2004'S DODGEBALL: A TE UNRDOG STORY AND 2006'S THE BREAK-UP WH JENNIFER ANISTON AND VCE VGHN. TACKLG MORE DRAMATIC FARE, BATEMAN APPEARED THE ARY THRILLER THE KGDOM (2007) WH JAMIE FOXX AND JENNIFER GARNER.'JUNO,' 'HANCK' BATEMAN RETEAMED WH GARNER FOR THE 2007 PENNT EDY JUNO, ABOUT A PREGNANT TEENAGER (ELLEN PAGE). IN THE FILM, HE AND GARNER PLAY A MARRIED UPLE WHO WANT TO ADOPT PAGE'S BABY. BATEMAN GAVE A NUANCED PERFORMANCE AS A MERCIAL JGLE WRER WHO, AT MID-LIFE, STILL HARBORS DREAMS OF ROCK STARDOM AND DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO GROW UP. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, HE -STARRED WH WILL SMH AND CHARLIZE THERON THE SUPERHERO EDY HANCK.'STATE OF PLAY,' 'COUPL RETREAT,' 'UP THE AIR' WH ROL FIVE FILMS RELEASED 2009, BATEMAN'S FILM REER WAS FLOURISHG. HE STARRED MIKE JUDGE'S LATT EDY EXTRACT, PLAYG THE OWNER OF AN EXTRACT BOTTLG PANY. IN THE POLIL THRILLER STATE OF PLAY, HE HAD A SUPPORTG ROLE OPPOSE RSELL CROWE, BEN AFFLECK AND RACHEL MCADAMS. BATEMAN WAS ALSO PART OF AN ENSEMBLE ST FOR THE RELATNSHIP EDY COUPL RETREAT AND HAD A PART THE CRILLY ACCLAIMED EDIC DRAMA UP THE AIR, STARRG GEE CLOONEY.'HORRIBLE BOSS,' 'INTY THIEF,' 'BAD WORDS' IN 2010, BATEMAN STARRED OPPOSE ANISTON THE ROMANTIC EDY THE SWCH. HE FOLLOWED WH THE EDI HORRIBLE BOSS (2011), WH COL FARRELL AND CHARLIE DAY, AND INTY THIEF (2013), ALONGSI MELISSA MCCARTHY. IN 2013, HE ALSO MA HIS DIRECTORIAL BUT AND STARRED BAD WORDS. IN 2014, BATEMAN STARRED THE EDI THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU AND HORRIBLE BOSS 2 AND NARRATED THE DOCUMENTARY PUMP. HE ALSO NARRATED A LEGO BRICKUMENTARY, A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE GLOBAL APPEAL OF LEGO BUILDG BLOCKS, 2015.'ZOOTOPIA,' 'CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE,' 'OZARK'IN 2016, BATEMAN SUPPLIED MORE VOICE WORK FOR THE MASSIVELY SUCCSFUL ANIMATED FILM ZOOTOPIA, AND ALSO APPEARED THE EDI CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AND OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY. THE FOLLOWG YEAR, HE STEPPED OUTSI OF HIS UAL FORT ZONE FOR THE NETFLIX DRAMATIC SERI OZARK, GOG ON TO EARN GOLN GLOBE AND EMMY NOMATNS FOR HIS ROLE AS A FAY MAN WHO GETS UGHT UP WH A DG RTEL. IN 2019, HE WAS HONORED FOR HIS DIRECTG NTRIBUTNS TO OZARK BY WNG AN EMMY FOR OUTSTANDG DIRECTN OF A DRAMA SERI, AMONG OTHER MAJOR AWARD WS THROUGHOUT THE URSE OF THE SERI.PERSONAL LIFEBATEMAN IS MARRIED WIFE AMANDA ANKA, THE DGHTER OF SGER PL ANKA, 2003 AND THEY HAVE TWO {BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS

Retired gay porn star (1980s-1990s). Retired 1980s gay porn star.