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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
American Dad!
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
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Veep
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Summer Camp Island
Malcolm in the Middle
Jake and the Fatman
Home Improvement
Boston Legal
Gravity Falls
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Raising Hope
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
Perry Mason
Succession
Roseanne
Diagnosis: Murder
Kim Possible
Louie
Ed
Adventure Time
From the Earth to the Moon
24
Justified
Solar Opposites
Seinfeld
Phineas and Ferb
The West Wing
Superman: The Animated Series
Cybill
Just Shoot Me!
Blossom
ThunderCats
Justice League
Party of Five
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Bee and PuppyCat
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
Bee and PuppyCat
BoJack Horseman
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
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
Velma
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
Clone High
Eerie, Indiana
DreamWorks Dragons
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
The Book of Boba Fett
Fired on Mars
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
Despicable Me 4
Batman: Year One
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
RoboCop 3
Ghost
Grind
The Empty Man
Surviving Christmas
The Lone Ranger
O.W.C.A. Files
The Sissy Duckling
Life of the Party
On the Basis of Sex
Big Miracle
No Country for Old Men
Finding Nemo
Get Out
Crocodile Dundee II
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
The Country Bears
Dog Man
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Rango
Seberg
Jersey Girl
Mad Money
Ice Age
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Office Space
Paint
Heads of State
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
All the Way
Uncle Frank
King of the Hill
Barry
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Ladies Man
Unthinkable
Four Good Days
Harts of the West
Idiotsitter
NewsRadio
It's Florida, Man.
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