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
Frasier
Night Court
The Simpsons
L.A. Law
The Good Wife
Masters of Sex
Young Justice
Fringe
Star Trek: The Next Generation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hot in Cleveland
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Veep
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Malcolm in the Middle
Jake and the Fatman
Home Improvement
Boston Legal
Gravity Falls
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
Perry Mason
Succession
Kim Possible
Roseanne
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
Adventure Time
24
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
American Dad!
Summer Camp Island
The Proud Family
Seinfeld
The West Wing
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Blossom
Cybill
Just Shoot Me!
Justice League
Party of Five
Bee and PuppyCat
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Pushing Daisies
Justified
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
BoJack Horseman
Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
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
ThunderCats
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Torkelsons
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
INVINCIBLE
Eerie, Indiana
DreamWorks Dragons
Clone High
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Fired on Mars
The Book of Boba Fett
DuckTales
Christy
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
Unscripted
Idiocracy
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Dave
J. Edgar
Drillbit Taylor
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
Selma
Spectral
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Finding Dory
Pandora's Clock
Queenpins
Despicable Me 4
Just Friends
Batman: Year One
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Bicentennial Man
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Black Rain
Superman: Unbound
Bombshell
Imagine That
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
RoboCop 3
Ghost
Surviving Christmas
The Empty Man
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
The Sissy Duckling
The Lone Ranger
Get Out
Crocodile Dundee II
Finding Nemo
On the Basis of Sex
Big Miracle
No Country for Old Men
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
The Country Bears
Heads of State
Ice Age
Jersey Girl
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Rango
Mad Money
Seberg
Life of the Party
All the Way
Paint
Office Space
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
From the Earth to the Moon
King of the Hill
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Uncle Frank
Dog Man
Ladies Man
Unthinkable
Idiotsitter
Untitled King Of The Hill Reboot
Four Good Days
NewsRadio
Harts of the West
Barry
Golden Years
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