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