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 currently stars as Monroe Fuches / The Raven on the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–present), 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 currently stars as Monroe Fuches / The Raven on the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–present), 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
Young Justice
The Good Wife
Masters of Sex
Fringe
Star Trek: The Next Generation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Veep
Summer Camp Island
Jake and the Fatman
Malcolm in the Middle
Home Improvement
Boston Legal
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
Perry Mason
Succession
Kim Possible
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
From the Earth to the Moon
24
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Justified
American Dad!
Seinfeld
The West Wing
Superman: The Animated Series
Blossom
Just Shoot Me!
Cybill
Party of Five
Justice League
ThunderCats
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
BoJack Horseman
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
The Legend of Vox Machina
Bee and PuppyCat
Murphy Brown
Invincible
Childrens Hospital
The Big Bang Theory
According to Jim
Chicago Hope
The Golden Palace
True Blood
The Newsroom
Workaholics
Californication
Lights Out with David Spade
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Velma
The Torkelsons
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Eerie, Indiana
Clone High
DreamWorks Dragons
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
The Book of Boba Fett
Fired on Mars
DuckTales
The Proud Family
Christy
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
Unscripted
Idiocracy
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Dave
J. Edgar
Drillbit Taylor
Selma
Spectral
Finding Dory
Pandora's Clock
Kim Possible: So the Drama
Just Friends
Despicable Me 4
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Black Rain
Bombshell
Imagine That
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
RoboCop 3
Ghost
The Empty Man
Surviving Christmas
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
The Sissy Duckling
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
The Lone Ranger
On the Basis of Sex
Finding Nemo
No Country for Old Men
Crocodile Dundee II
Big Miracle
The Country Bears
Seberg
Life of the Party
Uncle Frank
King of the Hill
Rango
Jersey Girl
Ice Age
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Office Space
All the Way
Barry
Get Out
Heads of State
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Ladies Man
Harts of the West
Untitled King Of The Hill Reboot
NewsRadio
Golden Years
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