
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

Rick and Morty

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

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

Diagnosis: Murder

Louie

Ed

Adventure Time

From the Earth to the Moon

24

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Solar Opposites

Summer Camp Island

American Dad!

Seinfeld

Phineas and Ferb

Superman: The Animated Series

Cybill

Blossom

Just Shoot Me!

Party of Five

Justice League

Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake

Bee and PuppyCat

Justified

Pushing Daisies

Kim Possible

The Mighty Ones

Profiler

Christy

BoJack Horseman

Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head

Velma

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants

The Legend of Vox Machina

Bee and PuppyCat

Murphy Brown

The Big Bang Theory

According to Jim

Childrens Hospital

Chicago Hope

True Blood

Amphibia

The Golden Palace

Workaholics

The Newsroom

Californication

ThunderCats

Lights Out with David Spade

The Defenders

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

The Torkelsons

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

INVINCIBLE

Clone High

Eerie, Indiana

DreamWorks Dragons

Teen Titans

DAG

Adventure Time: Distant Lands

The Book of Boba Fett

Fired on Mars

DuckTales

The Proud Family

Beacon 23

Northern Exposure

Unscripted

Golden Years

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

Masters of the Universe: Revolution

Surviving Christmas

The Empty Man

Grind

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

The Lone Ranger

The Sissy Duckling

Big Miracle

Life of the Party

Get Out

Finding Nemo

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

No Country for Old Men

On the Basis of Sex

Crocodile Dundee II

The Country Bears

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Dog Man

King of the Hill

Mad Money

Rango

Ice Age

Masters of the Universe: Revelation

Seberg

Jersey Girl

Heads of State

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Tripping the Rift: The Movie

All the Way

Paint

Office Space

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story

Uncle Frank

Ladies Man

Unthinkable

The West Wing

NewsRadio

Harts of the West

Four Good Days

Idiotsitter

Barry

It's Florida, Man.
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