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