Early Life
Bateman was born in Rye, New York. His mother, Victoria Elizabeth, was a former flight attendant for Pan Am, and his father, Kent Bateman, is an actor, film and television writer/director, and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood. His mother was from the United Kingdom, born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. His older sister, Justine Bateman, is well known for her work on the sitcom Family Ties. Bateman also has three half-brothers. Bateman was only four years old when his family moved to Salt Lake City, and later to California.
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