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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
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Veep
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Malcolm in the Middle
Jake and the Fatman
Boston Legal
Home Improvement
Gravity Falls
Raising Hope
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
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
The West Wing
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Blossom
Cybill
Just Shoot Me!
ThunderCats
Party of Five
Justice League
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
Justified
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
Bee and PuppyCat
BoJack Horseman
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Velma
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
The Legend of Vox Machina
Murphy Brown
The Big Bang Theory
According to Jim
Childrens Hospital
True Blood
Chicago Hope
The Golden Palace
Amphibia
Workaholics
The Newsroom
Californication
Lights Out with David Spade
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Defenders
The Torkelsons
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
INVINCIBLE
DreamWorks Dragons
Eerie, Indiana
Clone High
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
The Book of Boba Fett
Fired on Mars
DuckTales
Christy
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
Unscripted
Golden Years
Perry Mason
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
Gravity Falls: Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls
Pandora's Clock
Queenpins
Despicable Me 4
Batman: Year One
Just Friends
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Bicentennial Man
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Black Rain
Superman: Unbound
Bombshell
Imagine That
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ghost
RoboCop 3
Surviving Christmas
Grind
The Empty Man
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
The Lone Ranger
The Sissy Duckling
No Country for Old Men
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Finding Nemo
On the Basis of Sex
Get Out
Crocodile Dundee II
Life of the Party
Big Miracle
The Country Bears
Mad Money
Heads of State
Ice Age
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Rango
Jersey Girl
Seberg
All the Way
Paint
Office Space
Dog Man
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Barry
Uncle Frank
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
King of the Hill
Ladies Man
Unthinkable
NewsRadio
Harts of the West
Four Good Days
Untitled King of the Hill Reboot
Idiotsitter
It's Florida, Man.
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