Stephen Root

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

Birth Location Sarasota, Florida, USA
Born 1951-11-17

Movies

Lousy Carter as Analyst
2024
Paint as Tony
2023
To Leslie as Dutch
2022
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
2022
2021
Queenpins as Agent Flannigan
2021
Home as Father Browning
2021
Four Good Days as Chris
2021
Happily as Goodman
2021
Uncle Frank as Mac Bledsoe
2020
The Empty Man as Arthur Parsons
2020
Bombshell as Neil Mullin
2019
Seberg as Walt Breckman
2019
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Cockmando (voice)
2019
On the Basis of Sex as Professor Brown
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
2018
Life of the Party as Mike Cook
2018
Three Christs as Dr. Rogers
2017
Miles as Ron Walton
2017
Infinity Baby as Fenton
2017
Get Out as Jim Hudson
2017
Spectral as Dr. Mindala
2016
Looking for the Jackalope as The Jackalope (voice)
2016
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz as Uncle Henry (voice)
2016
Finding Dory as Bubbles (voice)
2016
All the Way as J. Edgar Hoover
2016
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files as Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)
2015
Trumbo as Hymie King
2015
7 Chinese Brothers as George
2015
Selma as Col. Al Lingo
2014
2014
2014
Sweetwater as Hugh
2013
Bad Milo! as Roger
2013
The Lone Ranger as Habberman
2013
Superman: Unbound as Zor-El (voice)
2013
The Arrangement as Avery Boomer
2013
The Company You Keep as Billy Cusimano
2012
Big Miracle as Governor Haskell
2012
J. Edgar as Arthur Koehler
2011
Batman: Year One as Brendon (voice)
2011
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
2011
Red State as Sherrif Wynan
2011
Everything Must Go as Elliot
2011
The Conspirator as John Lloyd
2011
Rango as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
2011
Son of Morning as Senator Larder
2011
Cedar Rapids as Bill Krogstad
2011
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare as Burt (voice)
2010
Unthinkable as Charles Thompson
2010
Glock as Remington
2009
2009
Squirly Town as Lance (voice)
2009
Imagine That as Fred Franklin
2009
The Soloist as Curt Reynolds
2009
2009
Bob Funk as Steve
2009
Tripping the Rift: The Movie as Chode (voice)
2008
Leatherheads as Suds
2008
Drillbit Taylor as Principal Doppler
2008
Over Her Dead Body as Sculptor
2008
Mad Money as Glover
2008
Cook-Off! as Morty Van Rookle
2007
No Country for Old Men as Man Who Hires Wells
2007
Have Dreams, Will Travel as Sheriff Brock
2007
The Fox and the Hound 2 as Talent Scout (voice)
2006
Idiocracy as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
2006
Gretchen as Herb
2006
Ice Age: The Meltdown as Aardvark Dad (voice)
2006
Just Friends as KC
2005
Kim Possible: So the Drama as Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)
2005
Surviving Christmas as Dr. Freeman
2004
The Ladykillers as Fernand Gudge
2004
Jersey Girl as Greenie
2004
Raising Genius as Dwight Nestor
2004
Grind as Cameron
2003
Finding Nemo as Bubbles (voice)
2003
The Country Bears as Zeb Zoober (voice)
2002
Ice Age as Frank / Start (voice)
2002
O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Radio Station Man
2000
Bicentennial Man as Dennis Mansky
1999
The Sissy Duckling as Big Ducky (voice)
1999
Office Space as Milton Waddams
1999
The Monster Hunter as Mr. Crenshaw
1999
Krippendorf's Tribe as Gerald Adams
1998
The Lottery as Graham Dunbar
1996
The Road to Galveston as Ed Kirkman
1996
1995
Extreme Justice as Max Alvarez
1993
Dave as Don Durenberger
1993
RoboCop 3 as Coontz
1993
Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Gary Murray
1992
Bed & Breakfast as Randolph
1991
V.I. Warshawski as Mickey
1991
Golden Years as Major Moreland
1991
Guilty by Suspicion as RKO Guard
1991
Ghost as Police Sgt.
1990
Stanley & Iris as Mr. Hentley
1990
Black Rain as Berg
1989
Monkey Shines as Dean Burbage
1988
Crocodile Dundee II as DEA Agent (Toilet)
1988
Gut Feeling as Kane Cohen
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