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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
Boardwalk Empire
Veep
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Malcolm in the Middle
Jake and the Fatman
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Kim Possible
Home Improvement
Boston Legal
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Raising Hope
Gravity Falls
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
Perry Mason
Succession
Roseanne
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
Adventure Time
24
Justified
Summer Camp Island
American Dad!
Seinfeld
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Cybill
Just Shoot Me!
Blossom
Party of Five
Justice League
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
Bee and PuppyCat
BoJack Horseman
Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
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
The Golden Palace
Amphibia
Workaholics
The Newsroom
Velma
Californication
ThunderCats
Lights Out with David Spade
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Defenders
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
The Torkelsons
INVINCIBLE
Eerie, Indiana
DreamWorks Dragons
Clone High
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Fired on Mars
The Book of Boba Fett
DuckTales
The Proud Family
Christy
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
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
Gravity Falls: Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls
Pandora's Clock
Queenpins
Just Friends
Despicable Me 4
Batman: Year One
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Bicentennial Man
Black Rain
From the Earth to the Moon
Bombshell
Superman: Unbound
Imagine That
Ghost
RoboCop 3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Grind
Surviving Christmas
The Empty Man
The Lone Ranger
The Sissy Duckling
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Life of the Party
Crocodile Dundee II
Finding Nemo
Get Out
Big Miracle
No Country for Old Men
On the Basis of Sex
The Country Bears
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Jersey Girl
Rango
Heads of State
King of the Hill
Seberg
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Mad Money
Ice Age
Office Space
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Dog Man
All the Way
Paint
Uncle Frank
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Ladies Man
Unthinkable
The West Wing
Untitled King of the Hill Reboot
Harts of the West
NewsRadio
Idiotsitter
Four Good Days
Barry
Golden Years
It's Florida, Man.
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