Jason Bateman and wife Amanda Anka glam up for Actor Awards after revealing he got sober to ease 'tension' in their marriage
Jason Bateman enjoyed a glamorous date night with his wife Amanda Anka at the newly renamed Actor Awards, which were held at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in downtown LA on Sunday.The 57-year-old former child star looked dapper wearing a classic tuxedo with patent leather Oxfords for the Netflix-streamed awards show presented by SAG-AFTRA.For his role as the messy Vince Friedken in Netflix brother drama Black Rabbit, Bateman is nominated for the outstanding performance by a male actor in a TV movie or limited series.But the SmartLess co-host faces heavy competition against frontrunner - Adolescence's Owen Cooper – as well as Adolescence's Stephen Graham, Monster: The Ed Gein Story's Charlie Hunnam and The Beast in Me's Matthew Rhys.Meanwhile, the 57-year-old retired actress served as Bateman's arm candy for the evening.Anka bared her toned arms in a mirror-embellished strapless gown with matching heels and no jewelry aside from her wedding ring. Jason Bateman enjoyed a glamorous date night with his wife Amanda Anka at the newly renamed Actor Awards, which were held at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in downtown LA on SundayThe New York-born couple - who co-starred in the 2003 rom-com Sol Good - are proud parents of 19-year-old daughter Franny and 14-year-old daughter Maple.Bateman didn't get 'California sober' until 2004 - three years into his 24-year marriage to Anka, who always encouraged him to quit drinking alcohol and snorting 'the Scarface stuff.''Amanda and I definitely had a few negotiations about the point at which the [partying] spigot was going to completely turn off,' the Emmy-winning director told THR Magazine last month.'She'd be like, "This drip, drip, drip is annoyingly unpredictable, Jason."'At the time, Bateman felt like his sobriety 'ETA was six months away' but, after some back and forth, he decided 'if I could land this plane now, it would alleviate a lot of the tension, so let's just f***ing do it.'In fact, when Bateman originally met Anka at an LA Kings game in 1988, she delayed dating him for an entire decade due to his hard-partying Hollywood lifestyle.'I just wasn't into where he was at,' the nepo daughter of Paul Anka told GQ in 2013.'[Now] I can't get him off the couch to go to a party. This is a guy who wants to go get frozen yogurt and come home.'The Zootopia 2 star - who's not above a marijuana gummy - was incredibly disciplined and responsible in his youth acting in projects like Little House on the Prairie, Silver Spoons and Teen Wolf Too in order to help financially support his family.By the time Bateman had wrapped his six-season run as David in NBC sitcom The Hogan Family in 1991, he went wild. The 57-year-old former child star looked dapper wearing a classic tuxedo with patent leather Oxfords for the Netflix-streamed awards show presented by SAG-AFTRA For his role as the messy Vince Friedken in Netflix brother drama Black Rabbit, Bateman is nominated for the outstanding performance by a male actor in a TV movie or limited series But the SmartLess co-host faces heavy competition against frontrunner - Adolescence's Owen Cooper – as well as Adolescence's Stephen Graham, Monster: The Ed Gein Story's Charlie Hunnam and The Beast in Me's Matthew Rhys Meanwhile, the 57-year-old retired actress served as Bateman's arm candy for the evening Anka bared her toned arms in a mirror-embellished gold strapless gown with matching heels and no jewelry aside from her wedding ring The New York-born couple - who co-starred in the 2003 rom-com Sol Good - are proud parents of 19-year-old daughter Franny and 14-year-old daughter MapleThe eighties teen idol recalled: 'Fortunately, I was living at a time without social media and camera phones, so I got away with a lot, but it was definitely close a few times.'Bateman's career resurgence didn't come until he portrayed straight man Michael Bluth in Mitchell Hurwitz's satirical sitcom Arrested Development, which ran for five seasons spanning 2003-2006 on Fox and 2013-2019 on Netflix.The Ice Out activist then expertly parlayed that success into his prestige era producing, directing and starring in Netflix drug drama Ozark followed by his lucrative $100 million deal co-hosting the podcast SmartLess.'Having been on the outside looking in for so long, I'd gotten a real good sense of what it was that provided longevity, and it wasn't fame or money, it was respect,' Bateman noted.'I still feel like I'm trying not to be a child-actor failure. I'm still trying to make it out.'The three-time Actor Award winner will next executive produce and star as Clark, who gets entangled in a love triangle, in Steve Conrad's seven-episode series DTF St. Louis premiering Sunday night on HBO Max.Linda Cardellini, Richard Jenkins, Joy Sunday and Peter Sarsgaard will also be featured in the black comedy/murder mystery where one middle-aged character (David Harbour) winds up dead. Bateman didn't get 'California sober' until 2004 - three years into his 24-year marriage to Anka, who always encouraged him to quit drinking alcohol and snorting 'the Scarface stuff' (pictured in 2002) In fact, when the Emmy-winning director originally met Anka at an LA Kings game in 1988, she delayed dating him for an entire decade due to his hard-partying Hollywood lifestyle Bateman will next executive produce and star as Clark, who gets entangled in a love triangle, in Steve Conrad's seven-episode series DTF St. Louis premiering Sunday night on HBO MaxBateman's production company Aggregate Films is also behind Courteney Cox's second directorial feature Evil Genius starring David Harbour, Patricia Arquette, Ryan Eggold and Thomas Michael Allen.The indie crime thriller is based on the 2018 Netflix docuseries about the 2003 death of pizza delivery man Brian Wells.Meanwhile, Anka's last IMDb-credited gig was producing Apple TV+ newsroom drama The Morning Show in 2019-2021.SAG Actor Awards 2026 winners FILM OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTUREFrankenstein (Netflix)Hamnet (Focus Features)Marty Supreme (A24)One Battle After Another (Warner Bros)Sinners (Warner Bros) The cast of Leonardo DiCaprio flick One Battle After Another is up for the biggest prize of the night OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLEJessie Buckley - HamnetRose Byrne - If I Had Legs I’d Kick YouKate Hudson - Song Sung BlueChase Infinity - One Battle After AnotherEmma Stone - Bugonia Jessie Buckley is up for Best Female Actor in a Leading Role for Hamnet OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLETimothée Chalamet - Marty SupremeLeonardo DiCaprio - One Battle After AnotherEthan Hawke - Blue MoonMichael B. Jordan - SinnersJesse Plemons - Bugonia OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLEMiles Caton - SinnersBenicio Del Toro - One Battle After AnotherJacob Elordi - FrankensteinPaul Mescal - HamnetSean Penn - One Battle After Another OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLEOdessa A’zion - Marty SupremeAriana Grande - Wicked: For GoodAmy Madigan - WeaponsWunmi Mosaku - SinnersTeyana Taylor - One Battle After Another Amy Madigan was recognized for her work in Weapons OUTSTANDING STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTUREF1 (Apple Original Films)Frankenstein (Netflix)Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount) - WINNEROne Battle After Another (Warner Bros)Sinners (Warner Bros) TELEVISION OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIESThe Diplomat (Netflix)Landman (Paramount+)The Pitt (HBO Max)Severance (Apple TV)The White Lotus (HBO) The Pitt hopes to continue their successful awards season run OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIESSterling K. Brown - ParadiseBilly Crudup - The Morning ShowWalton Goggins - The White LotusGary Oldman - Slow HorsesNoah Wyle - The Pitt OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIESBritt Lower - SeveranceParker Posey - The White LotusKeri Russell - The DiplomatRhea Seehorn - PluribusAimee Lou Wood - The White Lotus OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIESAbbott Elementary (ABC)The Bear (FX/Hulu)Hacks (HBO Max)Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)The Studio (Apple TV) OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIESIke Barinholtz - The StudioAdam Brody - Nobody Wants ThisTed Danson - Inside ManSeth Rogen - The StudioMartin Short - Only Murders in the Building OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIESKathryn Hahn - The StudioCatherine O’Hara - The StudioJenna Ortega - WednesdayJean Smart - HacksKristen Wiig - Palm Royale Jean Smart was recognized for her work in Hacks once again OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIESJason Bateman - Black RabbitOwen Cooper - AdolescenceStephen Graham - AdolescenceCharlie Hunnam - Monster: The Ed Gein StoryMatthew Rhys - The Beast In Me OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIESClaire Danes - The Beast In MeErin Doherty - AdolescenceSarah Snook - All Her FaultChristine Tremarco - AdolescenceMichelle Williams - Dying For Sex OUTSTANDING STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A TELEVISION SERIESAndor (Disney+)Landman (Paramount+)The Last of Us (HBO) - WINNERSquid Game (Netflix)Stranger Things (Netflix)
