Stephen Root
Born November 17, 1951 (Age: 74)
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Sarasota, Florida, USA
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
The Wrecking Crew
2026
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as Detective Rennert
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Age: 74
Dog Man
2025
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as Grampa (voice)
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Age: 73
Paint
2023
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as Tony
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Age: 71
To Leslie
2022
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as Dutch
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Age: 70
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
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as Porter
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Age: 70
Four Good Days
2021
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as Chris
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Age: 69
The Empty Man
2020
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as Arthur Parsons
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Age: 68
Seberg
2019
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as Walt Breckman
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Age: 68
Bombshell
2019
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as Neil Mullin
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Age: 68
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
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as Cockmando (voice)
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Age: 67
On the Basis of Sex
2018
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as Professor Brown
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Age: 67
Life of the Party
2018
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as Mike Cook
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Age: 66
Miles
2017
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as Ron Walton
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Age: 65
Get Out
2017
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as Jim Hudson
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Age: 65
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016
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as Burt
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Age: 64
Finding Dory
2016
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as Bubbles (voice)
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Age: 64
Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015
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as Todd
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Age: 64
Trumbo
2015
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as Hymie King
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Age: 63
Selma
2014
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as Col. Al Lingo
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Age: 63
The Lone Ranger
2013
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as Habberman
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Age: 61
Superman: Unbound
2013
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as Zor-El (voice)
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Age: 61
The Company You Keep
2012
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as Billy Cusimano
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Age: 61
Big Miracle
2012
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as Governor Haskell
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Age: 60
J. Edgar
2011
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as Arthur Koehler
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Age: 59
Red State
2011
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as Sherrif Wynan
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Age: 59
Everything Must Go
2011
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as Elliot
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Age: 59
The Conspirator
2011
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as John Lloyd
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Age: 59
Rango
2011
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as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
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Age: 59
Cedar Rapids
2011
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as Bill Krogstad
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Age: 59
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009
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as Gus Lacey
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Age: 57
Imagine That
2009
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as Fred Franklin
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Age: 57
The Soloist
2009
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as Curt Reynolds
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Age: 57
Leatherheads
2008
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as Suds
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Age: 56
Drillbit Taylor
2008
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as Principal Doppler
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Age: 56
No Country for Old Men
2007
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as Man Who Hires Wells
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Age: 55
Idiocracy
2006
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as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
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Age: 54
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
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as Aardvark Dad (voice)
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Age: 54
Just Friends
2005
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as KC
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Age: 54
Surviving Christmas
2004
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as Dr. Freeman
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Age: 52
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
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as Gordon
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Age: 52
The Ladykillers
2004
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as Fernand Gudge
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Age: 52
Jersey Girl
2004
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as Greenie
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Age: 52
Grind
2003
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as Cameron
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Age: 51
Finding Nemo
2003
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as Bubbles (voice)
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Age: 51
The Country Bears
2002
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as Zeb (voice)
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Age: 50
Ice Age
2002
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as Frank / Start (voice)
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Age: 50
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
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as Radio Station Man
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Age: 48
Bicentennial Man
1999
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as Dennis Mansky
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Age: 48
Office Space
1999
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as Milton Waddams
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Age: 47
Gut Feeling
1999
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as Kane Cohen
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Age: 47
Dave
1993
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as Don Durenberger
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Age: 41
RoboCop 3
1993
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as Coontz
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Age: 41
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
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as Gary Murray
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Age: 40
Guilty by Suspicion
1991
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as RKO Guard
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Age: 39
Ghost
1990
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as Police Sgt.
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Age: 38
Stanley & Iris
1990
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as Mr. Hentley
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Age: 38
Black Rain
1989
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as Berg
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Age: 37
Monkey Shines
1988
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as Dean Burbage
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Age: 36
Crocodile Dundee II
1988
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as DEA Agent (Toilet)
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Age: 36