Stephen 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

Bubbles (voice)
Police Sgt.
Frank / Start (voice)
Milton Waddams
Dennis Mansky
Big Ducky (voice)
Coontz
Don Durenberger
Major Moreland
Man Who Hires Wells
Glover
Talent Scout (voice)
Agent Flannigan
Dean Burbage
John Lloyd
Cockmando (voice)
Charles Thompson
Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
Curt Reynolds
Sherrif Wynan
Zeb Zoober (voice)
Brendon (voice)
Dwight Nestor
Fred Franklin
Bill Krogstad
Arthur Hammond
Lance (voice)
Senator Larder
The Jackalope (voice)
Governor Haskell
Billy Cusimano
Kane Cohen
Mr. Crenshaw
Zor-El (voice)
Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)
Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
Avery Boomer
Max Alvarez
DEA Agent (Toilet)
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
J. Edgar Hoover
Fernand Gudge
Gordon
Ron Walton
Morty Van Rookle
Hymie King
Principal Doppler
Bubbles (voice)
Jim Hudson
Aardvark Dad (voice)
Col. Al Lingo
Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
Cameron
Professor Brown
Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
Walt Breckman
Arthur Parsons
Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
Graham Dunbar
Daddy Mac
Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)
Neil Mullin
Dr. Rogers
Remington
Goodman
Arthur Koehler
Uncle Henry (voice)
Father Browning
Tony
Dr. Mindala
Mr. Hentley
Grampa (voice)
Awakened Neighbor