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Stephen Root

17th November 1951 Sarasota, Florida, USA Acting

Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), as Milton Waddams in the film Office Space (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series King of the Hill (1997–2010, 2025–present). Root has appeared in numerous Coen brothers films, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Ladykillers (2004), No Country for Old Men (2007), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Other notable film roles include Dave (1993), Dodgeball (2004), Idiocracy (2006), Cedar Rapids (2011), Selma (2014), Trumbo (2015), Get Out (2017), and On the Basis of Sex (2018). His television roles have included Capt. K'Vada in the Star Trek: The Next Generation two-part episode "Unification" (1991) and Hawthorne Abendsen in seasons 2–4 of the series The Man in the High Castle. He has supporting roles in a variety of HBO series, including Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, Perry Mason, and Succession. He starred as Monroe Fuches in the HBO dark comedy series Barry, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

124 Movies 137 TV Shows 261 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Dog Man poster
Dog Man 24th January 2025 as Grampa (voice)
Paint poster
Paint 6th April 2023 as Tony
Home poster
Home 29th July 2021 as Father Browning
Seberg poster
Seberg 13th December 2019 as Walt Breckman
Cook-Off! poster
Cook-Off! 17th November 2017 as Morty Van Rookle
Miles poster
Miles 9th June 2017 as Ron Walton
Get Out poster
Get Out 24th February 2017 as Jim Hudson
Trumbo poster
Trumbo 27th October 2015 as Hymie King
Selma poster
Selma 25th December 2014 as Col. Al Lingo
J. Edgar poster
J. Edgar 9th November 2011 as Arthur Koehler
Rango poster
Rango 2nd March 2011 as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
Glock poster
Glock 31st December 2009 as Remington
Idiocracy poster
Idiocracy 1st September 2006 as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
Grind poster
Grind 15th August 2003 as Cameron
Ice Age poster
Ice Age 14th March 2002 as Rhino / Start (voice)
Dave poster
Dave 7th May 1993 as Don Durenberger
Ghost poster
Ghost 13th July 1990 as Police Sgt.
Strip Law poster
Strip Law 20th February 2026 as Glem Blorchman (voice)
StuGo poster
StuGo 1st January 2025 as Dr. Rostrum (voice)
Clone High poster
Clone High 23rd May 2023 as Mr. Big Corporation (voice)
Velma poster
Velma 12th January 2023 as Chief Cogburn (voice)
We Baby Bears poster
We Baby Bears 1st January 2022 as Rexford / Trees / Video Person (voice)
Amphibia poster
Amphibia 17th June 2019 as Mayor Toadstool (voice)
Barry poster
Barry 25th March 2018 as Monroe Fuches
DuckTales poster
DuckTales 12th August 2017 as J.W. Guidebook (voice)
Fargo poster
Fargo 15th April 2014 as Burt Canton
Gravity Falls poster
Gravity Falls 15th June 2012 as Bud Gleeful / Additional Voices (voice)
Veep poster
Veep 22nd April 2012 as Judge Walsh
ThunderCats poster
ThunderCats 29th July 2011 as Hattanzo the Drifter (voice)
Louie poster
Louie 29th June 2010 as Dr. Hepa
Fringe poster
Fringe 9th September 2008 as Raymond
24 poster
24 6th November 2001 as Bill Prady
DAG poster
DAG 14th November 2000 as Senator Culpepper
Ed poster
Ed 8th October 2000 as George MacPherson
Profiler poster
Profiler 21st September 1996 as Houston Plant Manager
VR.5 poster
VR.5 10th March 1995 as F.A.A. Negotiator
Cybill poster
Cybill 2nd January 1995 as Phil Asher
Chicago Hope poster
Chicago Hope 18th September 1994 as Trumpet Playing Mental Patient
Christy poster
Christy 3rd April 1994 as Clarence Sweetwater