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
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
Resident Alien
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Veep
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Malcolm in the Middle
Jake and the Fatman
Boston Legal
Home Improvement
Gravity Falls
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Raising Hope
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
Perry Mason
Succession
Kim Possible
Roseanne
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
Adventure Time
24
Solar Opposites
American Dad!
Summer Camp Island
Seinfeld
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Just Shoot Me!
Blossom
Cybill
Justice League
Party of Five
Bee and PuppyCat
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Justified
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
Christy
BoJack Horseman
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Bee and PuppyCat
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
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
Amphibia
The Golden Palace
Workaholics
Velma
The Newsroom
Californication
Lights Out with David Spade
ThunderCats
The Defenders
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Torkelsons
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
The Legend of Korra
INVINCIBLE
Clone High
Eerie, Indiana
DreamWorks Dragons
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
The Book of Boba Fett
DuckTales
The Proud Family
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
Despicable Me 4
Just Friends
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Bicentennial Man
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Black Rain
Superman: Unbound
Imagine That
Bombshell
RoboCop 3
Ghost
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Surviving Christmas
Grind
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
The Empty Man
The Sissy Duckling
The Lone Ranger
O.W.C.A. Files
No Country for Old Men
Crocodile Dundee II
Life of the Party
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Finding Nemo
Big Miracle
On the Basis of Sex
Get Out
The Country Bears
Dog Man
Seberg
King of the Hill
Mad Money
Ice Age
Rango
Jersey Girl
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
From the Earth to the Moon
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Paint
All the Way
Heads of State
Office Space
Fired on Mars
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Uncle Frank
The West Wing
Strip Law
Ladies Man
Unthinkable
NewsRadio
Four Good Days
Idiotsitter
Harts of the West
Barry
It's Florida, Man.
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