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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
Veep
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Malcolm in the Middle
Jake and the Fatman
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Kim Possible
Home Improvement
Boston Legal
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Raising Hope
Gravity Falls
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
Perry Mason
Succession
Roseanne
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
Adventure Time
24
Justified
American Dad!
Summer Camp Island
Seinfeld
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Blossom
Cybill
Just Shoot Me!
Justice League
Party of Five
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
Bee and PuppyCat
BoJack Horseman
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
The Legend of Vox Machina
Murphy Brown
The Big Bang Theory
According to Jim
Childrens Hospital
Chicago Hope
True Blood
The Golden Palace
Amphibia
Workaholics
Velma
The Newsroom
Californication
Lights Out with David Spade
ThunderCats
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Defenders
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
The Proud Family
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
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
Gravity Falls: Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls
Pandora's Clock
Queenpins
Just Friends
Batman: Year One
Despicable Me 4
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Bicentennial Man
The Tragedy of Macbeth
From the Earth to the Moon
Black Rain
Imagine That
Superman: Unbound
Bombshell
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
RoboCop 3
Ghost
The Empty Man
Surviving Christmas
Grind
The Sissy Duckling
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
The Lone Ranger
On the Basis of Sex
No Country for Old Men
Life of the Party
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Get Out
Finding Nemo
Big Miracle
Crocodile Dundee II
The Country Bears
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Jersey Girl
Heads of State
Seberg
King of the Hill
Ice Age
Mad Money
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Rango
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Paint
All the Way
Office Space
Dog Man
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Uncle Frank
Unthinkable
The West Wing
Ladies Man
Idiotsitter
Four Good Days
Untitled King of the Hill Reboot
Harts of the West
NewsRadio
Golden Years
Barry
It's Florida, Man.
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