- Jason Bateman won for outstanding performance by a male actor.
- He thanked his wife and children, as well as everyone else who has supported him.
- The four-season run of Ozark ended in April.
Obsidian alum During the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday, Jason Bateman defeated other contenders Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul), Jeff Bridges (The Old Man), Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul), and Adam Scott to win outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series (Severance).
Bateman, 54, thanked his wife and children, as well as everyone else who has supported him along the way, in accepting the prize.
“Thank you to the people who watched the show because if you didn’t I wouldn’t be here,” he began. “And I get to say thank you to my wife Amanda [Anka], my two kids at home, Maple [and] Francesca, they made me feel like I was a good dad even though I was gone for 6 months every year. They’re better actors than I am.”
He took a moment to congratulate his Ozark co-stars, notably mentioning Laura Linney and Julia Garner, before thanking Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos. He also gave admiration to the group behind the scenes working on the series.
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“Laura and Julia and the rest of the cast taught me so much and made the show everything that it is,” he said. “Chris Mundy and your writing staff wrote incredible stuff that we all got to enjoy, myself included. You made the show incredible. And finally to the crew, as you guys know we’re lucky enough to work on great projects. That was a great project because it was a great crew. It was a great family. People treated each other well. People had pride in what they were doing and that’s it.”
He added, “I mean, if you can have harmony on a set and enjoy what you’re doing, we only get paid for about 75 percent of work. You don’t get fired if you only do 75 percent, but the only way to get to 100 percent is if people really like where they’re at. If they like each other and treat each other well.”
Closing his speech, Bateman wrapped with one last sweet message for his Ozark family: “Thank you guys, I’m going to miss you all a lot.”
The four-season run of Ozark, in which Bateman portrayed Martin “Marty” Byrde, ended in April. For the part, he has previously received two SAG Awards.
Following financial expert Marty as he relocated his family from the Chicago suburbs to the Missouri Ozarks, the 2017 television series premiered. Marty learned there about the consequences of running a money-laundering scheme for a Mexican drug organization.
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