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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
American Dad!
The Simpsons
L.A. Law
The Good Wife
Masters of Sex
Young Justice
Fringe
Star Trek: The Next Generation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hot in Cleveland
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Boardwalk Empire
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Veep
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Summer Camp Island
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
From the Earth to the Moon
24
Justified
Seinfeld
Phineas and Ferb
The West Wing
Superman: The Animated Series
Just Shoot Me!
Blossom
Cybill
Justice League
Party of Five
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
BoJack Horseman
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Velma
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
True Blood
Chicago Hope
Amphibia
The Golden Palace
Workaholics
The Newsroom
Californication
ThunderCats
Lights Out with David Spade
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Defenders
The Torkelsons
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
INVINCIBLE
DreamWorks Dragons
Eerie, Indiana
Clone High
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
Golden Years
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
Gravity Falls: Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls
Pandora's Clock
Queenpins
Despicable Me 4
Batman: Year One
Just Friends
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Bicentennial Man
Black Rain
Bombshell
Imagine That
Superman: Unbound
RoboCop 3
Ghost
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Empty Man
Surviving Christmas
Grind
The Lone Ranger
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
The Sissy Duckling
Crocodile Dundee II
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Get Out
No Country for Old Men
Finding Nemo
Life of the Party
On the Basis of Sex
Big Miracle
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
The Country Bears
Seberg
Heads of State
King of the Hill
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Mad Money
Ice Age
Jersey Girl
Rango
Paint
All the Way
Office Space
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Dog Man
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Uncle Frank
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Unthinkable
Ladies Man
Idiotsitter
Harts of the West
Four Good Days
Untitled King of the Hill Reboot
NewsRadio
Barry
It's Florida, Man.
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