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