Stephen Root
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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
Family Guy
Frasier
Night Court
American Dad!
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
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Veep
Summer Camp Island
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
Perry Mason
Succession
Roseanne
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
Kim Possible
Adventure Time
From the Earth to the Moon
24
Justified
Solar Opposites
Seinfeld
The West Wing
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Just Shoot Me!
Cybill
Blossom
Justice League
ThunderCats
Party of Five
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Bee and PuppyCat
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
Bee and PuppyCat
BoJack Horseman
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
The Legend of Vox Machina
The Big Bang Theory
Murphy Brown
According to Jim
Childrens Hospital
True Blood
Chicago Hope
The Golden Palace
Amphibia
Workaholics
Velma
The Newsroom
Californication
Lights Out with David Spade
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Defenders
The Torkelsons
The Legend of Korra
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
INVINCIBLE
Eerie, Indiana
Clone High
DreamWorks Dragons
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Fired on Mars
The Book of Boba Fett
DuckTales
The Proud Family
Christy
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
Golden Years
Unscripted
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
Bicentennial Man
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Black Rain
Superman: Unbound
Bombshell
Imagine That
RoboCop 3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ghost
Surviving Christmas
The Empty Man
Grind
The Sissy Duckling
The Lone Ranger
O.W.C.A. Files
Finding Nemo
Big Miracle
On the Basis of Sex
Get Out
Crocodile Dundee II
Life of the Party
No Country for Old Men
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Dog Man
The Country Bears
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Mad Money
Seberg
Rango
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Jersey Girl
Ice Age
Paint
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Heads of State
All the Way
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Office Space
Barry
Uncle Frank
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
King of the Hill
Unthinkable
Ladies Man
NewsRadio
Idiotsitter
Four Good Days
Harts of the West
It's Florida, Man.
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