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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
Jake and the Fatman
Home Improvement
Boston Legal
Gravity Falls
Raising Hope
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
Succession
Kim Possible
Roseanne
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
Adventure Time
From the Earth to the Moon
24
Summer Camp Island
American Dad!
The Proud Family
Seinfeld
The West Wing
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Just Shoot Me!
Blossom
Cybill
Justice League
ThunderCats
Party of Five
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
Justified
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Bee and PuppyCat
Profiler
BoJack Horseman
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
Chicago Hope
True Blood
The Golden Palace
Amphibia
Workaholics
The Newsroom
Californication
Lights Out with David Spade
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Defenders
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
The Torkelsons
INVINCIBLE
DreamWorks Dragons
Clone High
Eerie, Indiana
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Fired on Mars
The Book of Boba Fett
DuckTales
Christy
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
Unscripted
Golden Years
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
Just Friends
Despicable Me 4
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Bicentennial Man
Black Rain
Bombshell
Superman: Unbound
Imagine That
Ghost
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
RoboCop 3
Surviving Christmas
Grind
The Empty Man
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
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
No Country for Old Men
On the Basis of Sex
Crocodile Dundee II
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Dog Man
The Country Bears
Ice Age
Mad Money
Jersey Girl
Rango
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Seberg
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Office Space
Heads of State
Paint
All the Way
Barry
King of the Hill
Uncle Frank
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Ladies Man
Unthinkable
Untitled King of the Hill Reboot
NewsRadio
Idiotsitter
Harts of the West
Four Good Days
It's Florida, Man.
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