Stephen Root
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Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio, 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). 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), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Other notable film roles include in 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), 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 notably starred as Monroe Fuches / The Raven on the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–2023), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019.
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Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio, 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). 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), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Other notable film roles include in 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), 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 notably starred as Monroe Fuches / The Raven on the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–2023), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019.
Known For
Frasier
Night Court
The Simpsons
L.A. Law
The Good Wife
Masters of Sex
Young Justice
Fringe
Star Trek: The Next Generation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hot in Cleveland
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Boardwalk Empire
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Veep
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Malcolm in the Middle
Summer Camp Island
Jake and the Fatman
Boston Legal
Home Improvement
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Raising Hope
Gravity Falls
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
Perry Mason
Succession
Roseanne
Kim Possible
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
Adventure Time
From the Earth to the Moon
24
American Dad!
Seinfeld
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Just Shoot Me!
Blossom
Cybill
ThunderCats
Party of Five
Justice League
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Justified
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
Bee and PuppyCat
BoJack Horseman
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
The Legend of Vox Machina
The Big Bang Theory
Murphy Brown
According to Jim
Childrens Hospital
Chicago Hope
True Blood
Amphibia
The Golden Palace
Workaholics
The Newsroom
Velma
Californication
Lights Out with David Spade
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Defenders
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
The Torkelsons
INVINCIBLE
Eerie, Indiana
Clone High
DreamWorks Dragons
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
The Book of Boba Fett
DuckTales
Christy
The Proud Family
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
Golden Years
Unscripted
Idiocracy
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Dave
J. Edgar
Bye Bye Love
Drillbit Taylor
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
Selma
Spectral
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Finding Dory
Pandora's Clock
Queenpins
Batman: Year One
Just Friends
Despicable Me 4
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Bicentennial Man
Black Rain
Superman: Unbound
Imagine That
Bombshell
Ghost
RoboCop 3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Grind
Surviving Christmas
The Empty Man
The Lone Ranger
The Sissy Duckling
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
On the Basis of Sex
Finding Nemo
No Country for Old Men
Big Miracle
Crocodile Dundee II
Life of the Party
Get Out
The Country Bears
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Dog Man
Jersey Girl
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Mad Money
Seberg
Rango
Ice Age
Paint
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Office Space
Heads of State
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
All the Way
Uncle Frank
Fired on Mars
King of the Hill
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Barry
Ladies Man
The West Wing
Unthinkable
Idiotsitter
NewsRadio
Untitled King of the Hill Reboot
Harts of the West
Four Good Days
It's Florida, Man.
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