Editing Jason Bateman (section)

==Early life==
Bateman was born in [[Rye, New York]],<ref name="biography.com"/> and was four years old when his family moved to [[Salt Lake City]], Utah, and later to California.<ref name=actors/> His mother, Victoria Elizabeth, was a flight attendant for [[Pan American World Airways|Pan Am]] who was originally from [[Shrewsbury]] in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rose |first=Steve |date=July 16, 2011 |title=Jason Bateman: 'I've got a great deal of dirt on Jennifer Aniston' |work=The Guardian |location=UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jul/16/jason-bateman-horrible-bosses}}</ref> His father, [[Kent Bateman]], is an American actor, writer, and director of film and television.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jason Bateman Biography |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019148/bio |website=Yahoo! Movies}}</ref><ref name="actors">Stated during Bateman's appearance on ''[[Inside the Actors Studio]]'' (September 7, 2009)</ref><ref name="eblackwell">{{Cite book |last=Blackwell |first=Earl |title=Earl Blackwell's celebrity register |publisher=Times Publishing Group |year=1990 |page=27}}</ref> His older sister is actress [[Justine Bateman]].<ref name="USAToday">{{Cite news |date=May 19, 2008 |title=Jason Bateman: I'm Not a Great Son |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/2008-05-19-4073049431_x.htm |access-date=May 28, 2010}}</ref><ref name=actors/>

Bateman, like many child actors, attended [[Brighton Hall School]],<ref name="Notables">{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://brightonhallschool.org/our-history/ |website=Brighton Hall School |access-date=June 1, 2023 |date=June 5, 2020}}</ref> without graduating. In an interview with ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired Magazine]]'', Bateman admitted that he never received his diploma due to not finishing his finals while filming ''[[Teen Wolf Too]]''.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twFMfsu-sxM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/twFMfsu-sxM |archive-date=December 22, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Jennifer Aniston & Jason Bateman Answer the Web's Most Searched Questions |date=December 7, 2016 |publisher=Wired Magazine |time=1:22 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Bateman and Justine's earnings from their television shows were a significant income source for their parents, allowing the family to afford their home and other essentials. The reliance on a portion of Bateman's earnings from acting caused him to feel anxious and under pressure to keep roles and in the acting industry as a whole.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua62NCXqprc |title=Jason Bateman Almost Gave Up Acting Before "Arrested Development" {{!}} Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend |date=2025-02-25 |last=Team Coco |access-date=2025-02-27 |via=YouTube}}</ref> As an actor, Bateman was managed by his father until he was 20, when the business relationship was dissolved.<ref name="USAToday"/>