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Stephen Root

Born 1951-11-17

📍 Sarasota, Florida, USA

Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), 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, 2025–present).

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), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Other notable film roles include 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) and 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 starred as Monroe Fuches in the HBO dark comedy series Barry, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019.

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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice

as Glem Blorchman (voice)

The Wrecking Crew

as Detective Rennert

as Arthur Hammond

as Grampa (voice)

as Dr. Rostrum (voice)

It's Florida, Man.

as Title Narrator (voice)

Masters of the Universe: Revolution

as Cringer (voice)

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

as The Nanomachines (voice)

as Solomon Smythe

as Salt (voice)

Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake

as Martin Mertens (voice)

as Petey's Father (voice)

as Mr. Big Corporation (voice)

as Mark (voice)

as Chief Cogburn / Merie Cogburn (voice)

as Merie Cogburn (voice)

as Chief Cogburn (voice)

Bee and PuppyCat

as Warlock G (voice)

Bee and PuppyCat

as Warlock G / Mr. Assam (voice)

Bee and PuppyCat

as Warlock G / Police Officer (voice)

Hamster & Gretel

as Jeff Strawberry (voice)

Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head

as Gary (voice)

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)

The Legend of Vox Machina

as Professor Anders (voice)

as Rexford / Zach / Rover (voice)

as Zach / Bread Monster (voice)

as Rexford / Trees / Video Person (voice)

The Book of Boba Fett

The Tragedy of Macbeth

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

as Police Chief Earl Grant (voice)

as Agent Flannigan

as Father Browning

Masters of the Universe: Revelation

as Cringer / Battle Cat (voice)

as Ed Vanderspeigle

The Mighty Ones

as Bernard (voice)

as Arthur Parsons

Star Trek: Lower Decks

as Gene Jakobowski (voice)

Adventure Time: Distant Lands

as Mr. M / Bob / Additional Voices (voice)

as Maynard Barnes

Solar Opposites

as Train Store Owner (voice)

Stars in the House

as Walt Breckman

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

as Cockmando (voice)

Lights Out with David Spade

as Self - Panelist

as Mayor Toadstool (voice)

On the Basis of Sex

as Professor Brown

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants

as Mr. Fyde / Avacadwoe / Hush Muffleman (voice)

Summer Camp Island

as Dean Stuart / Additional Voices (voice)

Summer Camp Island

as Stuart (voice)

Summer Camp Island

as Additional Voices (voice)

Summer Camp Island

as Prime Monister (voice)

Life of the Party

Inside The Episode: Barry

as Monroe Fuches

as Morty Van Rookle

as J.W. Guidebook (voice)

Looking for the Jackalope

as The Jackalope (voice)

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz

as Uncle Henry (voice)

as Bubbles (voice)

as J. Edgar Hoover

as Mortimer Begoyle

Hello, My Name Is Doris

as Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)

7 Chinese Brothers

Star vs. the Forces of Evil

as Brian (voice)

The Man in the High Castle

as Hawthorne Abendsen

as Col. Al Lingo

Lennon or McCartney

Bee and PuppyCat

as Farmer (voice)

BoJack Horseman

as Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice)

I Know That Voice

as Gromflomite General (voice)

as Harvey Toplin

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

The Lone Ranger

Superman: Unbound

as Zor-El (voice)

The Arrangement

as Avery Boomer

The Company You Keep

as Billy Cusimano

DreamWorks Dragons

as Mildew (voice)

as General Stomtonovich

as Bud Gleeful (voice)

as Bud Gleeful / Additional Voices (voice)

The Legend of Korra

as White Lotus Leader / Gommu / Chung (voice)

The Legend of Korra

as Gommu (voice)

as Governor Haskell

as Arthur Koehler

Batman: Year One

as Brendon (voice)

as Sherrif Wynan

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz

as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)

as Hattanzo the Drifter (voice)

Everything Must Go

The Conspirator

as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)

as Senator Larder

as Bill Krogstad

as Jackson (voice)

as Jack Haly (voice)

as Judge Taylor

Boardwalk Empire

as Gaston Means

Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare

as Burt (voice)

Hot in Cleveland

as Charles Thompson

as Martin (voice)

as Mike Reardon

The Men Who Stare at Goats

13 Scarier Movie Moments

as Judge Murphy Wicks

Glenn Martin, DDS

as Lance (voice)

as Fred Franklin

as Curt Reynolds

Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts

as Turtle (voice)

Childrens Hospital

as Hank Maestro

Random! Cartoons

as Lance (voice)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

as Penguin / Planet Master (voice)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

as Woozy Winks (voice)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

as Penguin / Carnival Barker (voice)

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

as Killer Croc / Penguin (voice)

Tripping the Rift: The Movie

as Chode (voice)

Drillbit Taylor

as Principal Doppler

Over Her Dead Body

No Country for Old Men

as Man Who Hires Wells

Pushing Daisies

as Dwight Dixon

The Big Bang Theory

Phineas and Ferb

as Floyd (voice)

Californication

as Ricardo Collini

Have Dreams, Will Travel

as Sheriff Brock

as Pat Jennings

The Sarah Silverman Program.

as Johnny Forrealz

The Fox and the Hound 2

as Talent Scout (voice)

The Path to 9/11

as Richard Clarke

as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)

Ice Age: The Meltdown

as Aardvark Dad (voice)

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

as Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)

as Dick (voice)

as Dick / Dentist's Father (voice)

as Stephen Root

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

as Vince Masters

as Ethan Melman

Surviving Christmas

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

The Ladykillers

as Fernand Gudge

as Dwight Nestor

Tripping the Rift

as Chode (voice)

as Val Yor (voice)

The Making of 'King of the Hill'

as Bubbles (voice)

The Country Bears

as Pop-Pop Porter (voice)

as Mr. Nevius (voice)

as Texan (voice)

as Phillipe Bullion / Pop-Pop Porter (voice)

as Chester Yapsby (voice)

as Memphis (voice)

as Rhino / Start (voice)

as Cat Man (voice)

According to Jim

The Proud Family

as Mr. Andrews (voice)

The Legend of Tarzan

as Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (voice)

The Andy Dick Show

Grounded for Life

as Tony Bustamante

as Senator Culpepper

as George MacPherson

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Michael Kirkwood

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

as Sheriff (voice)

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

as Sheriff / Sentry #2 (voice)

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

as Radio Station Man

Malcolm in the Middle

Bicentennial Man

as Dennis Mansky

Courage the Cowardly Dog

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

as Dr. Donovan (voice)

The Sissy Duckling

as Big Ducky (voice)

as Milton Waddams

as Professor O'Callaghan (voice)

as Priest (voice)

The Monster Hunter

as Mr. Crenshaw

From the Earth to the Moon

Krippendorf's Tribe

as Gerald Adams

steve.oedekerk.com

as Dr. Drake Kelson

King of the Hill

as Bill Dauterive (voice)

Pandora's Clock

as Mark Hastings

as Graham Dunbar

as Houston Plant Manager

Superman: The Animated Series

as Reverend Amos Howell / Unity (voice)

The Road to Galveston

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

Night of the Scarecrow

as Awakened Neighbor

as F.A.A. Negotiator

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

as Kevin McDonald

as Trumpet Playing Mental Patient

as Football Coach

as Clarence Sweetwater

Diagnosis: Murder

as Charlie Lane

Harts of the West

Extreme Justice

as Don Durenberger

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

The Golden Palace

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story

as Kevin McDonald

Bed & Breakfast

as Sheriff Bobby

Home Improvement

as Exterminator

V.I. Warshawski

as Major Moreland

as Major Moreland

Guilty by Suspicion

Northern Exposure

as Brother Timothy

as Bildorf (voice)

as John Tremaine Jr.

as Dean Burbage

Crocodile Dundee II

as DEA Agent (Toilet)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Captain K'Vada

Jake and the Fatman

as Brandon McCafferty

as Spirit of Death