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Quick Facts

Born:
1951-11-17

Birthplace:
Sarasota, Florida, USA

Credits:
283 Total Roles

Stephen Root

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Biography

Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), 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, 2025–present).

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), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Other notable film roles include 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) and 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 starred as Monroe Fuches in the HBO dark comedy series Barry, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019.

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Known For

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Widow's Bay TV Wyck
2026 Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice MOVIE Chet
2026 Strip Law TV Glem Blorchman (voice)
2026 The Wrecking Crew MOVIE Detective Rennert
2025 Playdate MOVIE Gordon
2025 Heads of State MOVIE Arthur Hammond
2025 Dog Man MOVIE Grampa (voice)
2025 StuGo TV Dr. Rostrum (voice)
2024 It's Florida, Man. TV Title Narrator (voice)
2024 Lousy Carter MOVIE Analyst

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