Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for The Walt Disney Company Limited Tap Here To Add Us Weekly As A Trusted Source Add as a preferred source on Google Jason Bateman has been sober for two decades. Bateman began experimenting with alcohol and cocaine after wrapping the six-season The Hogan Family at age 22. He put a stop to his frequent partying habits by 2004, one year after landing the role of Michael Bluth on Arrested Development. "I've got friends who had bottoms that were pretty chilling," Bateman told The Hollywood Reporter in a February 2026 profile.