Stephen Root

Stephen Root

  • Birthday: 1951-11-17
  • Place of birth: Sarasota, Florida, USA
  • Also know as: Steve Root

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.

Filmography

Squirly Town

2009

As Lance (voice)

The Arrangement

2013

As Avery Boomer

Miles

2017

As Ron Walton

Cook-Off!

2007

As Morty Van Rookle

Four Good Days

2021

As Chris

Glock

2009

As Remington

Looking for the Jackalope

2016

As The Jackalope (voice)

Unthinkable

2010

As Charles Thompson

Raising Genius

2004

As Dwight Nestor

Son of Morning

2011

As Senator Larder

Bad Milo!

2013

As Roger

The Lottery

1996

As Graham Dunbar

To Leslie

2022

As Dutch

Thelma

0000

As

Lousy Carter

2024

As Analyst

Leatherheads

2008

As Suds

Bob Funk

2009

As Steve

Cedar Rapids

2011

As Bill Krogstad

Sweetwater

2013

As Hugh

7 Chinese Brothers

2015

As George

Gretchen

2006

As Herb

Office Space

1999

As Milton Waddams

Over Her Dead Body

2008

As Sculptor

Monkey Shines

1988

As Dean Burbage

Tripping the Rift: The Movie

2008

As Chode (voice)

Everything Must Go

2011

As Elliot

The Monster Hunter

1999

As Mr. Crenshaw

Bed & Breakfast

1991

As Randolph

Extreme Justice

1993

As Max Alvarez

All the Way

2016

As J. Edgar Hoover

Paint

2023

As Tony

Mad Money

2008

As Glover

Jersey Girl

2004

As Greenie

Rango

2011

As Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)

Ice Age

2002

As Frank / Start (voice)

The Fox and the Hound 2

2006

As Talent Scout (voice)

Life of the Party

2018

As Mike Cook

Seberg

2019

As Walt Breckman

Uncle Frank

2020

As Mac Bledsoe

Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz

2016

As Uncle Henry (voice)

Krippendorf's Tribe

1998

As Gerald Adams

Red State

2011

As Sherrif Wynan

The Country Bears

2002

As Zeb Zoober (voice)

Class of '61

1993

As

The Men Who Stare at Goats

2009

As Gus Lacey

Infinity Baby

2017

As Fenton

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz

2011

As Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)

Finding Nemo

2003

As Bubbles (voice)

No Country for Old Men

2007

As Man Who Hires Wells

The Soloist

2009

As Curt Reynolds

Big Miracle

2012

As Governor Haskell

On the Basis of Sex

2018

As Professor Brown

Crocodile Dundee II

1988

As DEA Agent (Toilet)

Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare

2010

As Burt (voice)

Three Christs

2017

As Dr. Rogers

The Road to Galveston

1996

As Ed Kirkman

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

2022

As Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)

The Lone Ranger

2013

As Habberman

Get Out

2017

As Jim Hudson

The Sissy Duckling

1999

As Big Ducky (voice)

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

2015

As Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)

Surviving Christmas

2004

As Dr. Freeman

The Ladykillers

2004

As Fernand Gudge

Grind

2003

As Cameron

The Empty Man

2020

As Arthur Parsons

Ghost

1990

As Police Sgt.

RoboCop 3

1993

As Coontz

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992

As Gary Murray

V.I. Warshawski

1991

As Mickey

Happily

2021

As Goodman

Gut Feeling

0000

As Kane Cohen

The Conspirator

2011

As John Lloyd

Imagine That

2009

As Fred Franklin

Superman: Unbound

2013

As Zor-El (voice)

Bombshell

2019

As Neil Mullin

Home

2021

As Father Browning

The Company You Keep

2012

As Billy Cusimano

Black Rain

1989

As Berg

Stanley & Iris

1990

As Mr. Hentley

Bicentennial Man

1999

As Dennis Mansky

The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021

As Porter

Trumbo

2015

As Hymie King

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018

As Teller (segment "Near Algodones")

Have Dreams, Will Travel

2007

As Sheriff Brock

Ice Age: The Meltdown

2006

As Aardvark Dad (voice)

Just Friends

2005

As KC

Batman: Year One

2011

As Brendon (voice)

Queenpins

2021

As Agent Flannigan

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000

As Radio Station Man

Finding Dory

2016

As Bubbles (voice)

Guilty by Suspicion

1991

As RKO Guard

Kim Possible: So the Drama

2005

As Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)

Spectral

2016

As Dr. Mindala

Selma

2014

As Col. Al Lingo

Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts

2009

As Turtle (voice)

Drillbit Taylor

2008

As Principal Doppler

Golden Years

1991

As Major Moreland

J. Edgar

2011

As Arthur Koehler

Dave

1993

As Don Durenberger

Idiocracy

2006

As Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

2019

As Cockmando (voice)

I Know That Voice

2014

As Self

Lennon or McCartney

2014

As Self

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