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