Stephen Root

Stephen Root

Date of Birth:

Nov 17, 1951

Place of Birth:

Sarasota, Florida, USA

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.

filmography:

The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger

2013

Get Out Get Out

2017

Infinity Baby Infinity Baby

2017

The Wrecking Crew The Wrecking Crew

1970

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992

O Brother, Where Art Thou? O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000

Ice Age: The Meltdown Ice Age: The Meltdown

2006

Selma Selma

2014

On the Basis of Sex On the Basis of Sex

2018

Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare

2010

Life of the Party Life of the Party

2018

Grind Grind

2003

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz

2011

Lennon or McCartney Lennon or McCartney

2014

Black Rain Black Rain

1989

All the Way All the Way

2016

The Ladykillers The Ladykillers

2004

The Men Who Stare at Goats The Men Who Stare at Goats

2009

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

1994

7 Chinese Brothers 7 Chinese Brothers

2015

Class of '61 Class of '61

1993

Playdate Playdate

1970

Miles Miles

2017

Drillbit Taylor Drillbit Taylor

2008

Finding Dory Finding Dory

2016

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

2016

Trumbo Trumbo

2015

Cook-Off! Cook-Off!

2007

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

1993

Idiocracy Idiocracy

2006

J. Edgar J. Edgar

2011

Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz

2016

Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts

2009

13 Scarier Movie Moments 13 Scarier Movie Moments

2009

The Road to Galveston The Road to Galveston

1996

Happily Happily

2021

Home Home

2021

Paint Paint

2023

Dog Man Dog Man

2025

Bye Bye Love Bye Bye Love

1995

Stanley & Iris Stanley & Iris

1990

Spectral Spectral

2016

To Leslie To Leslie

2022

Glock Glock

2009

Three Christs Three Christs

2017

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018

Guilty by Suspicion Guilty by Suspicion

1991

The Empty Man The Empty Man

2020

Seberg Seberg

2019

I Know That Voice I Know That Voice

2014

V.I. Warshawski V.I. Warshawski

1991

The Lottery The Lottery

1996

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

2005

Bombshell Bombshell

2019

Four Good Days Four Good Days

2021

Uncle Frank Uncle Frank

2020

Gretchen Gretchen

2006

Crocodile Dundee II Crocodile Dundee II

1988

Hello, My Name Is Doris Hello, My Name Is Doris

2015

Monkey Shines Monkey Shines

1988

Have Dreams, Will Travel Have Dreams, Will Travel

2007

Queenpins Queenpins

2021

Over Her Dead Body Over Her Dead Body

2008

Jersey Girl Jersey Girl

2004

The Fox and the Hound 2 The Fox and the Hound 2

2006

The Conspirator The Conspirator

2011

Tripping the Rift: The Movie Tripping the Rift: The Movie

2008

Rango Rango

2011

Everything Must Go Everything Must Go

2011

Unthinkable Unthinkable

2010

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

2019

Surviving Christmas Surviving Christmas

2004

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

2004

Mad Money Mad Money

2008

Bicentennial Man Bicentennial Man

1999

The Sissy Duckling The Sissy Duckling

1999

Just Friends Just Friends

2005

Office Space Office Space

1999

Ghost Ghost

1990

Ice Age Ice Age

2002

Leatherheads Leatherheads

2008

RoboCop 3 RoboCop 3

1993

No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men

2007

The Tragedy of Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021

Krippendorf's Tribe Krippendorf's Tribe

1998

Golden Years Golden Years

1991

Dave Dave

1993

The Soloist The Soloist

2009

Red State Red State

2011

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story

1992

Thelma Thelma

1970

Bed & Breakfast Bed & Breakfast

1991

Bad Milo! Bad Milo!

2013

Sweetwater Sweetwater

2013

Superman: Unbound Superman: Unbound

2013

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

2015

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

2022

steve.oedekerk.com steve.oedekerk.com

1997

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

1995

Night of the Scarecrow Night of the Scarecrow

1995

Extreme Justice Extreme Justice

1993

The Arrangement The Arrangement

2013

The Monster Hunter The Monster Hunter

1999

Gut Feeling Gut Feeling

1999

Imagine That Imagine That

2009

Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids

2011

Raising Genius Raising Genius

2004

Bob Funk Bob Funk

2009

The Country Bears The Country Bears

2002

Batman: Year One Batman: Year One

2011

Heads of State Heads of State

1970

Squirly Town Squirly Town

2009

The Company You Keep The Company You Keep

2012

Lousy Carter Lousy Carter

2024

Big Miracle Big Miracle

2012

Looking for the Jackalope Looking for the Jackalope

2016

Son of Morning Son of Morning

2011

Finding Nemo Finding Nemo

2003

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