Stephen Root

Stephen Root

Date of Birth:

Nov 17, 1951

Place of Birth:

Sarasota, Florida, USA

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:

The Empty Man The Empty Man

2020

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018

Seberg Seberg

2019

V.I. Warshawski V.I. Warshawski

1991

Idiocracy Idiocracy

2006

I Know That Voice I Know That Voice

2014

Guilty by Suspicion Guilty by Suspicion

1991

The Lottery The Lottery

1996

Four Good Days Four Good Days

2021

Kim Possible: So the Drama Kim Possible: So the Drama

2005

Uncle Frank Uncle Frank

2020

Gretchen Gretchen

2006

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

2004

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

1993

Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare

2010

Black Rain Black Rain

1989

Infinity Baby Infinity Baby

2017

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1992

Lennon or McCartney Lennon or McCartney

2014

Drillbit Taylor Drillbit Taylor

2008

Finding Dory Finding Dory

2016

The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger

2013

Get Out Get Out

2017

Grind Grind

2003

Life of the Party Life of the Party

2018

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz

2011

Ice Age: The Meltdown Ice Age: The Meltdown

2006

Selma Selma

2014

Bombshell Bombshell

2019

Glock Glock

2009

steve.oedekerk.com steve.oedekerk.com

1997

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

2019

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

2022

Thelma Thelma

1970

The Tragedy of Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth

2021

Queenpins Queenpins

2021

Heads of State Heads of State

1970

Squirly Town Squirly Town

2009

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

2015

Playdate Playdate

1970

Lousy Carter Lousy Carter

2024

Gut Feeling Gut Feeling

1970

Looking for the Jackalope Looking for the Jackalope

2016

Golden Years Golden Years

1991

The Sissy Duckling The Sissy Duckling

1999

13 Scarier Movie Moments 13 Scarier Movie Moments

2009

Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts

2009

The Road to Galveston The Road to Galveston

1996

Happily Happily

2021

Three Christs Three Christs

2017

J. Edgar J. Edgar

2011

Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz

2016

Spectral Spectral

2016

Stanley & Iris Stanley & Iris

1990

To Leslie To Leslie

2022

Paint Paint

2023

Home Home

2021

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

2016

Trumbo Trumbo

2015

Unthinkable Unthinkable

2010

Rango Rango

2011

Surviving Christmas Surviving Christmas

2004

The Conspirator The Conspirator

2011

Have Dreams, Will Travel Have Dreams, Will Travel

2007

Tripping the Rift: The Movie Tripping the Rift: The Movie

2008

O Brother, Where Art Thou? O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000

Everything Must Go Everything Must Go

2011

Raising Genius Raising Genius

2004

Batman: Year One Batman: Year One

2011

The Country Bears The Country Bears

2002

Red State Red State

2011

The Soloist The Soloist

2009

Monkey Shines Monkey Shines

1988

Over Her Dead Body Over Her Dead Body

2008

Bicentennial Man Bicentennial Man

1999

Leatherheads Leatherheads

2008

Just Friends Just Friends

2005

Office Space Office Space

1999

Ghost Ghost

1990

RoboCop 3 RoboCop 3

1993

Dave Dave

1993

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

2004

Jersey Girl Jersey Girl

2004

Mad Money Mad Money

2008

Krippendorf's Tribe Krippendorf's Tribe

1998

No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men

2007

Bob Funk Bob Funk

2009

Imagine That Imagine That

2009

Crocodile Dundee II Crocodile Dundee II

1988

Class of '61 Class of '61

1993

7 Chinese Brothers 7 Chinese Brothers

2015

Hello, My Name Is Doris Hello, My Name Is Doris

2015

Night of the Scarecrow Night of the Scarecrow

1995

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

1995

The Fox and the Hound 2 The Fox and the Hound 2

2006

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

1994

Miles Miles

2017

Cook-Off! Cook-Off!

2007

The Ladykillers The Ladykillers

2004

All the Way All the Way

2016

The Men Who Stare at Goats The Men Who Stare at Goats

2009

Ice Age Ice Age

2002

Extreme Justice Extreme Justice

1993

The Company You Keep The Company You Keep

2012

The Monster Hunter The Monster Hunter

1999

Big Miracle Big Miracle

2012

Son of Morning Son of Morning

2011

Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids

2011

Sweetwater Sweetwater

2013

Superman: Unbound Superman: Unbound

2013

On the Basis of Sex On the Basis of Sex

2018

The Arrangement The Arrangement

2013

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story

1992

Bed & Breakfast Bed & Breakfast

1991

Bad Milo! Bad Milo!

2013

Finding Nemo Finding Nemo

2003

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