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Stephen Root

Stephen Root

Acting1951Sarasota, Florida, USA

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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Acting History

2026
The Wrecking Crew
as Detective Rennert
Widow's Bay
TVas Wyck
2025
Dog Man
as Grampa (voice)
Heads of State
as Arthur Hammond
Playdate
as Gordon
Resident Alien
TVas Ed Vanderspeigle1 eps
Rick and Morty
TVas Gromflomite General (voice)1 eps
StuGo
TVas Dr. Rostrum (voice)1 eps
Bob's Burgers
TVas Jackson (voice)1 eps
Family Guy
TVas Professor O'Callaghan (voice)1 eps
Krapopolis
TVas Salt (voice)1 eps
2024
Lousy Carter
as Analyst
Star Trek: Lower Decks
TVas Gene Jakobowski (voice)1 eps
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
TVas Cringer (voice)5 eps
It's Florida, Man.
TVas Title Narrator (voice)
2023
Paint
as Tony
Praise Petey
TVas Petey's Father (voice)10 eps
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
TVas Martin Mertens (voice)1 eps
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
TVas Gary (voice)1 eps
Clone High
TVas Mr. Big Corporation (voice)1 eps
Fired on Mars
TVas Mark (voice)3 eps
Velma
TVas Chief Cogburn (voice) / Merie Cogburn (voice) / Chief Cogburn / Merie Cogburn (voice)4 eps
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
TVas The Nanomachines (voice)1 eps
Beacon 23
TVas Solomon Smythe4 eps
Hamster & Gretel
TVas Jeff Strawberry (voice)1 eps
2022
To Leslie
as Dutch
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
Bee and PuppyCat
TVas Warlock G / Police Officer (voice) / Warlock G / Mr. Assam (voice) / Warlock G (voice)1 eps
The Legend of Vox Machina
TVas Professor Anders (voice)4 eps
We Baby Bears
TVas Zach / Bread Monster (voice) / Rexford / Zach / Rover (voice) / Rexford / Trees / Video Person (voice)1 eps
The Book of Boba Fett
TVas Lortha Peel1 eps
2021
Home
as Father Browning
Queenpins
as Agent Flannigan
Happily
as Goodman
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
TVas Police Chief Earl Grant (voice)6 eps
Summer Camp Island
TVas Prime Monister (voice)1 eps
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
TVas Cringer / Battle Cat (voice)10 eps
The Simpsons
TVas Bildorf (voice)1 eps
Succession
TVas Ron Petkus2 eps
2020
Uncle Frank
as Daddy Mac
The Empty Man
as Arthur Parsons
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
TVas Mr. M / Bob / Additional Voices (voice)1 eps
Perry Mason
TVas Maynard Barnes7 eps
The Mighty Ones
TVas Bernard (voice)4 eps
Stars in the House
TVas Self1 eps
DuckTales
TVas J.W. Guidebook (voice)1 eps
2019
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
as Cockmando (voice)
Bombshell
as Neil Mullin
Seberg
as Walt Breckman
Amphibia
TVas Mayor Toadstool (voice)15 eps
BoJack Horseman
TVas Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice)1 eps
Lights Out with David Spade
TVas Self - Panelist1 eps
2018
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
Life of the Party
as Mike Cook
On the Basis of Sex
as Professor Brown
Barry
TVas Monroe Fuches32 eps
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
TVas Mr. Fyde / Avacadwoe / Hush Muffleman (voice)1 eps
Dallas & Robo
TVas Uncle Danny
2017
State of Mind
as Dr. Rogers
Cook-Off!
as Morty Van Rookle
Miles
as Ron Walton
Get Out
as Jim Hudson
Infinity Baby
as Fenton
Angie Tribeca
TVas Mortimer Begoyle1 eps
Veep
TVas Judge Walsh1 eps
Adventure Time
TVas Martin (voice)1 eps
2016
Spectral
as Dr. Mindala
All the Way
as J. Edgar Hoover
Finding Dory
as Bubbles (voice)
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
as Uncle Henry (voice)
The Man in the High Castle
TVas Hawthorne Abendsen10 eps
Workaholics
TVas Carty1 eps
Con Man
TVas Pascal1 eps
Masters of Sex
TVas Harvey Toplin1 eps
2015
Trumbo
as Hymie King
O.W.C.A. Files
as Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
TVas Brian (voice)2 eps
2014
Selma
as Col. Al Lingo
Hot in Cleveland
TVas Brian1 eps
The Big Bang Theory
TVas Dan2 eps
Phineas and Ferb
TVas Floyd (voice)1 eps
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TVas Lynn Boyle4 eps
Bee and PuppyCat
TVas Farmer (voice)2 eps
2013
Bad Milo!
as Roger
The Arrangement
as Avery Boomer
The Lone Ranger
as Habberman
Sweetwater
as Hugh
Superman: Unbound
as Zor-El (voice)
The Newsroom
TVas General Stomtonovich2 eps
2012
The Company You Keep
as Billy Cusimano
Big Miracle
as Governor Haskell
Gravity Falls
TVas Bud Gleeful (voice) / Bud Gleeful / Additional Voices (voice)2 eps
The Good Wife
TVas Judge Murphy Wicks2 eps
Young Justice
TVas Jack Haly (voice)2 eps
The Legend of Korra
TVas Gommu (voice) / White Lotus Leader / Gommu / Chung (voice)1 eps
DreamWorks Dragons
TVas Mildew (voice)16 eps
Boardwalk Empire
TVas Gaston Means1 eps
2011
Cedar Rapids
as Bill Krogstad
Red State
as Sherrif Wynan
J. Edgar
as Arthur Koehler
Batman: Year One
as Brendon (voice)
Rango
as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
The Conspirator
as John Lloyd
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
TVas Woozy Winks (voice) / Penguin / Carnival Barker (voice) / Killer Croc / Penguin (voice) / Penguin / Planet Master (voice)1 eps
Raising Hope
TVas Cap Collins1 eps
ThunderCats
TVas Hattanzo the Drifter (voice)1 eps
Fringe
TVas Raymond1 eps
Childrens Hospital
TVas Hank Maestro1 eps
2010
Unthinkable
as Charles Thompson
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
as Burt (voice)
24
TVas Bill Prady3 eps
Justified
TVas Mike Reardon7 eps
Louie
TVas Dr. Hepa1 eps
The Defenders
TVas Judge Taylor1 eps
2009
Imagine That
as Fred Franklin
Bob Funk
as Steve
The Soloist
as Curt Reynolds
Californication
TVas Ricardo Collini1 eps
Random! Cartoons
TVas Lance (voice)1 eps
2008
Drillbit Taylor
as Principal Doppler
Mad Money
as Glover
The Sarah Silverman Program.
TVas Johnny Forrealz1 eps
Pushing Daisies
TVas Dwight Dixon5 eps
True Blood
TVas Eddie5 eps
Boston Legal
TVas Ethan Melman1 eps
2007
No Country for Old Men
as Man Who Hires Wells
Have Dreams, Will Travel
as Sheriff Brock
Head Case
TVas Pat Jennings
2006
Idiocracy
as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
The Fox and the Hound 2
as Talent Scout (voice)
Gretchen
as Herb
Ice Age: The Meltdown
as Aardvark Dad (voice)
2005
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
as Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)
The West Wing
TVas Bob Mayer9 eps
Teen Titans
TVas Val Yor (voice)1 eps
Unscripted
TVas Self1 eps
American Dad!
TVas Dick (voice) / Dick / Dentist's Father (voice)1 eps
2004
Surviving Christmas
as Dr. Freeman
Raising Genius
as Dwight Nestor
Jersey Girl
as Greenie
The Ladykillers
as Fernand Gudge
Frasier
TVas Harbin1 eps
Tripping the Rift
TVas Chode (voice)
2003
Grind
as Cameron
Finding Nemo
as Bubbles (voice)
Kim Possible
TVas Phillipe Bullion / Pop-Pop Porter (voice) / Texan (voice) / Chester Yapsby (voice) / Memphis (voice) / Pop-Pop Porter (voice) / Mr. Nevius (voice)1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Michael Kirkwood1 eps
2002
The Country Bears
as Zeb (voice)
Ice Age
as Frank / Start (voice)
Justice League
TVas Cat Man (voice)2 eps
The Proud Family
TVas Mr. Andrews (voice)1 eps
According to Jim
TVas Al Crannis1 eps
Grounded for Life
TVas Tony Bustamante3 eps
Just Shoot Me!
TVas Dr. Drake Kelson1 eps
Malcolm in the Middle
TVas John Pratt2 eps
2001
Ed
TVas George MacPherson1 eps
The Legend of Tarzan
TVas Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (voice)1 eps
2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Radio Station Man
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
TVas Sheriff / Sentry #2 (voice)1 eps
DAG
TVas Senator Culpepper
1999
The Monster Hunter
as Mr. Crenshaw
Gut Feeling
as Kane Cohen
Office Space
as Milton Waddams
The Sissy Duckling
as Big Ducky (voice)
Bicentennial Man
as Dennis Mansky
The Norm Show
TVas Mr. Sweeney
Ladies Man
TVas Gene
Superman: The Animated Series
TVas Reverend Amos Howell / Unity (voice)1 eps
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
TVas Dr. Donovan (voice)
1998
Krippendorf's Tribe
as Gerald Adams
Profiler
TVas Houston Plant Manager2 eps
From the Earth to the Moon
TVas Chris Kraft5 eps
1997
King of the Hill
TVas Bill Dauterive (voice)275 eps
1996
Seinfeld
TVas Mr. Lager1 eps
1995
VR.5
TVas F.A.A. Negotiator1 eps
Cybill
TVas Phil Asher1 eps
NewsRadio
TVas Jimmy James97 eps
Chicago Hope
TVas Trumpet Playing Mental Patient1 eps
1994
Diagnosis: Murder
TVas Charlie Lane1 eps
Christy
TVas Clarence Sweetwater
Party of Five
TVas Football Coach1 eps
1993
RoboCop 3
as Coontz
Dave
as Don Durenberger
Quantum Leap
TVas John Tremaine Jr.1 eps
Northern Exposure
TVas Brother Timothy1 eps
1992
Night Court
TVas Mr. Willard1 eps
The Golden Palace
TVas Mr. Tucker
Eerie, Indiana
TVas Mr. Chaney1 eps
1991
Golden Years
as Major Moreland
Bed & Breakfast
as Randolph
Home Improvement
TVas Exterminator1 eps
The Torkelsons
TVas Sheriff Bobby1 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TVas Captain K'Vada2 eps
Golden Years
TVas Major Moreland
1990
Ghost
as Police Sgt.
Stanley and Iris
as Mr. Hentley
L.A. Law
TVas Brandon McCafferty / Ferret1 eps
1989
Black Rain
as Berg
1988
Crocodile Dundee II
as DEA Agent (Toilet)
Monkey Shines
as Dean Burbage

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/17/1951(74 years old)
Place of Birth
Sarasota, Florida, USA