‘Arrested Development’ Cast: Where Are They Now?

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'Arrested Development' Cast: Where Are They Now?

There’s always money in the banana stand. Jason Bateman, Michael Cera and more rounded out the dysfunctional — yet beloved — Bluth family across five seasons of Arrested Development. The comedy originally aired on Fox from 2003 to 2006. Amid rumors that the series would be moving to Showtime, creator Mitchell Hurwitz noted he was “more worried about letting down the fans in terms of the quality of the show dropping” than he was about the series being picked up for another season. “I had taken it as far as I felt I could as a series,” he said in a 2006 interview with Entertainment Weekly. “I told the story I wanted to tell, and we were getting to a point where I think a lot of the actors were ready to move on. … If there's a way to continue this in a form that's not weekly episodic series television, I'd be up for it.” Six years after its cancellation, season 4 of Arrested Development began production. New episodes were released on Netflix in 2013, with the first half of season 5 hitting the streaming platform in late 2018. The series came to an end in 2019. “It’s very surreal doing a job for 15 years,” Alia Shawkat, who played Maeby Fünke in all five seasons, told The New York Times during a roundtable with the cast in 2018. “Especially transitioning from a child into an adult. When we finished [in 2006], I was 18, and I didn’t work for a little while because... I was like, ‘This is just a bad version of an angsty teen.’ I was like, ‘I can’t do this.’” Returning to the Bluth family for the later seasons wasn’t a challenge for Jessica Walter. “Lucille is in my DNA now,” the late actress, who died in March 2021, told the outlet at the time. The Bluths may not have been the picture-perfect family, but behind the scenes, the cast felt like one. “From the first moment that we all worked together, we got a sense that there was a chemistry and that there was something about this group of people that worked,” Will Arnett said of his costars. “Through the good, and the bad, and the difficult, and the highs of winning the Emmy, when we all stood on that stage in 2004, there is something that drives us together. And I can tell you from my own personal experience … these are people that I enjoy being with and creating with.” Scroll down to see where the cast of Arrested Development is now: [podcast_block]

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'Arrested Development' Cast: Where Are They Now?

There’s always money in the banana stand. Jason Bateman, Michael Cera and more rounded out the dysfunctional — yet beloved — Bluth family across five seasons of Arrested Development. The comedy originally aired on Fox from 2003 to 2006. Amid rumors that the series would be moving to Showtime, creator Mitchell Hurwitz noted he was “more worried about letting down the fans in terms of the quality of the show dropping” than he was about the series being picked up for another season. “I had taken it as far as I felt I could as a series,” he said in a 2006 interview with Entertainment Weekly. “I told the story I wanted to tell, and we were getting to a point where I think a lot of the actors were ready to move on. … If there's a way to continue this in a form that's not weekly episodic series television, I'd be up for it.” Six years after its cancellation, season 4 of Arrested Development began production. New episodes were released on Netflix in 2013, with the first half of season 5 hitting the streaming platform in late 2018. The series came to an end in 2019. “It’s very surreal doing a job for 15 years,” Alia Shawkat, who played Maeby Fünke in all five seasons, told The New York Times during a roundtable with the cast in 2018. “Especially transitioning from a child into an adult. When we finished [in 2006], I was 18, and I didn’t work for a little while because... I was like, ‘This is just a bad version of an angsty teen.’ I was like, ‘I can’t do this.’” Returning to the Bluth family for the later seasons wasn’t a challenge for Jessica Walter. “Lucille is in my DNA now,” the late actress, who died in March 2021, told the outlet at the time. The Bluths may not have been the picture-perfect family, but behind the scenes, the cast felt like one. “From the first moment that we all worked together, we got a sense that there was a chemistry and that there was something about this group of people that worked,” Will Arnett said of his costars. “Through the good, and the bad, and the difficult, and the highs of winning the Emmy, when we all stood on that stage in 2004, there is something that drives us together. And I can tell you from my own personal experience … these are people that I enjoy being with and creating with.” Scroll down to see where the cast of Arrested Development is now: [podcast_block]

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Jason Bateman (Michael Bluth)

Bateman’s role as the Bluth family’s voice of reason earned him the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy in 2005. Following a string of rom-com appearances, including 2007’s Juno and 2010’s The Switch, he returned to television in Netflix’s Ozark, which debuted in 2017. He won two SAG Awards and an Emmy for his work on the series. The Zootopia star shares two daughters with wife Amanda Anka.

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Michael Cera (George Michael Bluth)

Cera joined Bateman in 2007’s Juno and later starred in several quirky films, including 2010’s Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and 2013’s This Is the End. He made his Broadway debut in This Is Our Youth in 2014. Four years later, he scored a Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Lobby Hero, which also starred Chris Evans. Apart from acting, the Canada native also has a passion for music and previously toured with indie band Mister Heavenly.

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Jessica Walter (Lucille Bluth)

Before her March 2021 death, the legendary actress was nominated for two Golden Globes, three SAG Awards and four Emmys, one of which she won in 1975. Her final film role was in 2020’s The Mimic. Since 2009, she lent her voice to the animated FX series Archer.

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Will Arnett (Gob Bluth)

Arnett has been nominated for five Emmys: once for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on Arrested Development and four times for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for 30 Rock. From 2014 to 2020, he voiced the titular role on Netflix’s BoJack Horseman, which he also executive produced. He shares two sons with ex-wife Amy Poehler, from whom he split in 2012. Their divorce was finalized four years later. He welcomed another son with girlfriend Alessandra Brawn in June 2020.

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Portia de Rossi (Lindsay Bluth-Fünke)

Previously known for her work on Ally McBeal from 1998 to 2002, the Australian actress is the founder and CEO of art company General Public. From 2014 to 2017, she starred as Elizabeth North on ABC’s Scandal. She married Ellen DeGeneres in August 2008.

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Alia Shawkat (Maeby Fünke)

Apart from Arrested Development, Shawkat is recognized for portraying Dory Sief on cult comedy series Search Party, which premiered in 2016. She has also guest starred on Portlandia, Broad City and Drunk History. In 2020, she was rumored to be dating Brad Pitt, but she denied more than once that the duo were anything more than friends.

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David Cross (Tobias Fünke)

The controversial comic has appeared in 2001’s Scary Movie 2, 2006’s She's the Man, 2009’s Year One and 2015’s Pitch Perfect 2. On the small screen, Cross is known for his work on Mr. Show, Modern Family, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret and more. He welcomed a daughter with Amber Tamblyn in 2017, five years after they exchanged vows.

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Tony Hale (Buster Bluth)

Following Arrested Development, Hale scored two Emmys for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Gary Walsh on HBO’s Veep. The New York native has also voiced characters in The Tale of Despereaux (2008), The Angry Birds Movie and its sequel (2016 and 2019, respectively) and Toy Story 4 (2019). He shares a daughter with wife Martel Thompson.

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Jeffrey Tambor (George Bluth Sr.)

On the big screen, the California native appeared in Mr. Mom (1983), There's Something About Mary (1998), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) and the Hangover trilogy (2009 to 2013). Tambor is also known for playing Maura Pfefferman on Transparent from 2014 to 2017. He stepped down from the series before its fifth season amid allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied. Tambor was the first actor to win an Emmy for portraying a transgender character.