
Stephen Root
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Biography
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

Veep

The Sarah Silverman Program.

Malcolm in the Middle

Jake and the Fatman

Star Trek: Lower Decks

Kim Possible

Home Improvement

Boston Legal

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Raising Hope

Gravity Falls

Quantum Leap

Wiseguy

The Man in the High Castle

Perry Mason

Succession

Roseanne

Diagnosis: Murder

Ed

Louie

Adventure Time

24

Justified

American Dad!

Summer Camp Island

Seinfeld

Phineas and Ferb

Superman: The Animated Series

Blossom

Cybill

Just Shoot Me!

Justice League

Party of Five

Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake

Pushing Daisies

The Mighty Ones

Bee and PuppyCat

Profiler

BoJack Horseman

Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head

Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space

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

The Golden Palace

Amphibia

Workaholics

The Newsroom

Velma

Californication

ThunderCats

Lights Out with David Spade

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

The Defenders

The Torkelsons

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

INVINCIBLE

DreamWorks Dragons

Eerie, Indiana

Clone High

Teen Titans

DAG

Adventure Time: Distant Lands

The Book of Boba Fett

Fired on Mars

DuckTales

Christy

The Proud Family

Beacon 23

Northern Exposure

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

Gravity Falls: Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls

Pandora's Clock

Queenpins

Despicable Me 4

Just Friends

Batman: Year One

Ice Age: The Meltdown

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Bicentennial Man

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Black Rain

From the Earth to the Moon

Bombshell

Imagine That

Superman: Unbound

Ghost

RoboCop 3

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Grind

The Empty Man

Surviving Christmas

The Lone Ranger

Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files

The Sissy Duckling

On the Basis of Sex

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

Get Out

Crocodile Dundee II

Life of the Party

Big Miracle

No Country for Old Men

Finding Nemo

Masters of the Universe: Revolution

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

The Country Bears

Masters of the Universe: Revelation

Seberg

Jersey Girl

Mad Money

King of the Hill

Ice Age

Heads of State

Rango

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

All the Way

Paint

Office Space

Dog Man

Tripping the Rift: The Movie

Uncle Frank

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story

Ladies Man

Unthinkable

The West Wing

Untitled King of the Hill Reboot

Four Good Days

NewsRadio

Idiotsitter

Harts of the West

Golden Years

Barry

It's Florida, Man.
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