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
Family Guy
Frasier
Night Court
The Simpsons
L.A. Law
The Good Wife
Masters of Sex
Young Justice
Fringe
Rick and Morty
Star Trek: The Next Generation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hot in Cleveland
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Boardwalk Empire
Resident Alien
Veep
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Malcolm in the Middle
Jake and the Fatman
Boston Legal
Home Improvement
Raising Hope
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Gravity Falls
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
Succession
Kim Possible
Roseanne
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
Adventure Time
24
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Solar Opposites
American Dad!
Summer Camp Island
The Proud Family
Seinfeld
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Blossom
Cybill
Just Shoot Me!
Justice League
Party of Five
ThunderCats
Bee and PuppyCat
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Justified
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
BoJack Horseman
Bee and PuppyCat
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Velma
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
The Legend of Vox Machina
Murphy Brown
The Big Bang Theory
According to Jim
Childrens Hospital
True Blood
Chicago Hope
The Golden Palace
Amphibia
Workaholics
The Newsroom
Californication
Lights Out with David Spade
The Defenders
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Torkelsons
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
The Legend of Korra
INVINCIBLE
Eerie, Indiana
DreamWorks Dragons
Clone High
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Fired on Mars
The Book of Boba Fett
DuckTales
Christy
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
Unscripted
Perry Mason
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
Despicable Me 4
Just Friends
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Bicentennial Man
Black Rain
Bombshell
Superman: Unbound
Imagine That
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ghost
RoboCop 3
Grind
Surviving Christmas
The Empty Man
The Sissy Duckling
The Lone Ranger
O.W.C.A. Files
No Country for Old Men
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Finding Nemo
Crocodile Dundee II
Big Miracle
Life of the Party
On the Basis of Sex
Get Out
The Country Bears
Dog Man
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Ice Age
Rango
King of the Hill
Jersey Girl
Seberg
Mad Money
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Office Space
Heads of State
From the Earth to the Moon
Paint
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
All the Way
Uncle Frank
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Barry
Ladies Man
The West Wing
Unthinkable
NewsRadio
Idiotsitter
Harts of the West
Four Good Days
Golden Years
It's Florida, Man.
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