Stephen Root

Biography

Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), 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, 2025–present).

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), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Other notable film roles include 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) and 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 starred as Monroe Fuches in the HBO dark comedy series Barry, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019.

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Known For

Fargo 2014 ★ 8.3
Rick and Morty 2013 ★ 8.7
Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2013 ★ 8.2
Bob's Burgers 2011 ★ 7.8
Adventure Time 2010 ★ 8.5
Young Justice 2010 ★ 8.4
The Good Wife 2009 ★ 7.6
Fringe 2008 ★ 8.1
Californication 2007 ★ 7.6
Phineas and Ferb 2007 ★ 7.9
The Big Bang Theory 2007 ★ 7.9
American Dad! 2005 ★ 7.0
24 2001 ★ 7.8
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000 ★ 7.6
Family Guy 1999 ★ 7.4
The West Wing 1999 ★ 8.3
King of the Hill 1997 ★ 7.4
Chicago Hope 1994 ★ 7.2
Frasier 1993 ★ 7.7
Diagnosis: Murder 1993 ★ 7.1
The Simpsons 1989 ★ 8.0
Seinfeld 1989 ★ 8.3
Quantum Leap 1989 ★ 8.0
Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987 ★ 8.4