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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
Home Improvement
Boston Legal
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
Summer Camp Island
American Dad!
Seinfeld
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Just Shoot Me!
Blossom
Cybill
Justice League
Party of Five
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Bee and PuppyCat
Justified
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
Christy
BoJack Horseman
Bee and PuppyCat
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
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
The Golden Palace
Amphibia
Workaholics
The Newsroom
Velma
Californication
ThunderCats
Lights Out with David Spade
The Defenders
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Torkelsons
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
The Legend of Korra
INVINCIBLE
DreamWorks Dragons
Eerie, Indiana
Clone High
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
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Just Friends
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Bicentennial Man
Black Rain
Bombshell
Superman: Unbound
Imagine That
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ghost
RoboCop 3
Surviving Christmas
Grind
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
The Empty Man
The Sissy Duckling
O.W.C.A. Files
The Lone Ranger
Finding Nemo
Crocodile Dundee II
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Life of the Party
On the Basis of Sex
No Country for Old Men
Big Miracle
Get Out
Dog Man
The Country Bears
Ice Age
Rango
King of the Hill
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Jersey Girl
Mad Money
Seberg
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
All the Way
From the Earth to the Moon
Paint
Heads of State
Office Space
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Uncle Frank
Fired on Mars
The West Wing
Ladies Man
Strip Law
Unthinkable
Four Good Days
Harts of the West
Idiotsitter
NewsRadio
Barry
It's Florida, Man.
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