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Stephen Root
0 FOLLOWERS • 147 CREDITS • NOV 17, 1951 • 72
Biography
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
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Frasier
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xnFFz3etm1vftF0ns8RMHA8XdqT.jpg)
American Dad!
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bpEVtr4NCkbmTdponemKSjt9POc.jpg)
Night Court
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vHqeLzYl3dEAutojCO26g0LIkom.jpg)
The Simpsons
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hs1TBk6KlPBlnb7ybpqgK6IzcCx.jpg)
L.A. Law
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lasNCd45fpPLirlA7QxkuopWro.jpg)
The Good Wife
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bC42ksckQpjfck2BZ5McaEDN4pk.jpg)
Masters of Sex
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fn2wMnrPWIjDMnxIf0H89ZtDehK.jpg)
Young Justice
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sY9hg5dLJ93RJOyKEiu1nAtBRND.jpg)
Fringe
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vkLzXddgUKH5VcpnYiRzpJFrZhz.jpg)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/i5hmoRjHNWady4AtAGICTUXknKH.jpg)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mvSXebWlltJxJUNNkoLb0tzygi2.jpg)
Hot in Cleveland
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hgRMSOt7a1b8qyQR68vUixJPang.jpg)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tv2mOIRcPP4H0DhOH84xPgqui7d.jpg)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rsP68RZwUkhdi47hE8AEPLQNVfQ.jpg)
Veep
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ckLLIsNy3Z0Go1PYHA2PHzVymUA.jpg)
Malcolm in the Middle
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3WBkepiTwgemGDZadyJTV5SmS4l.jpg)
Jake and the Fatman
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qpu7pwpafHh75bqW0driyihht4c.jpg)
Kim Possible
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eQyJoKFGUTlytx9f2zNjqmMOR82.jpg)
Boston Legal
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sa3J2ZXeg7TiziuXGyfz99HdYDS.jpg)
Home Improvement
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ujIGP3e3V6kDQHRhjNYtUE3fHJi.jpg)
Quantum Leap
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pDKRxvfp5vB3FrHZ0g3oHvnHQKG.jpg)
Wiseguy
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xhoDZbMNeyCA0BGPZQsdIiO43Dp.jpg)
The Man in the High Castle
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/z0XiwdrCQ9yVIr4O0pxzaAYRxdW.jpg)
Succession
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4UARHgxTm7xwhcEHiVDwF0Gv4j0.jpg)
Roseanne
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5yhozeY2KgYXQQE9kfbiIyypYiI.jpg)
Diagnosis: Murder
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wunIdpYD42rtTgu9luzyzXc0COz.jpg)
Louie
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dkbqibIYSx2wtQRCF37O5Vnnjx8.jpg)
Ed
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qk3eQ8jW4opJ48gFWYUXWaMT4l.jpg)
Adventure Time
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sSnYvoVT2PYWJbF0aWdUFvLqKhR.jpg)
From the Earth to the Moon
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iq6yrZ5LEDXf1ArCOYLq8PIUBpV.jpg)
24
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/syipk7iIpV4DTvGuBuEqrVbAbaY.jpg)
Summer Camp Island
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aCw8ONfyz3AhngVQa1E2Ss4KSUQ.jpg)
Seinfeld
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yqDWr5NAE7m1IWrygYwLyEB6pN0.jpg)
The West Wing
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oSLwJMOOQGAsyJNMi4Y3MO44iAJ.jpg)
Phineas and Ferb
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7lhG7XSz0VkbUtXoXtUVdjDrUx6.jpg)
Superman: The Animated Series
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qZVQ73nf4N43LLvKzs0cSkXRne5.jpg)
Blossom
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xN3eCrHdRWY3loR5IxCJ613sGyq.jpg)
Cybill
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xP2JuabiJvvmVvGsHjDj4IL8gcO.jpg)
Just Shoot Me!
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5LZgFeMynMeeKX8Bn9s1RWe9n9S.jpg)
Party of Five
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/caIAQIoM9NLZofT8fz8t47W1gYe.jpg)
Justice League
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2qwIq9Dqceine5TPwf50iQdqL3G.jpg)
Bee and PuppyCat
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fi1b6U1kp73xheECzqwzMn8u3mX.jpg)
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ki6vzzyqC8fkayJnHa9v7VnqTNd.jpg)
Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oSRO8cGvve0pggPK9gHGItfl4j5.jpg)
Pushing Daisies
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ie1quhMk09lDtvtAyQAHTu09R9Z.jpg)
Justified
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2yqo5H0XvQEw93UjLE27dXHCRhW.jpg)
The Mighty Ones
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rZPFS2CRMZOy2LV4hE64KBxAbGg.jpg)
Profiler
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pB9L0jAnEQLMKgexqCEocEW8TA.jpg)
BoJack Horseman
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aJZrshwczcRbe0aJ8MKQ3lGQ1Ac.jpg)
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/38ICxu88LgU44i6B54dxz0t4lXK.jpg)
Velma
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4fqfhmVNOHe2nLcligiVMtMnfeM.jpg)
The Legend of Vox Machina
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/o3y2BwrzJQPojl0ZaqNq8O9VDFq.jpg)
Murphy Brown
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ooBGRQBdbGzBxAVfExiO8r7kloA.jpg)
The Big Bang Theory
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bbnXmarKkuxde9kkeyjAPzZY6Od.jpg)
Childrens Hospital
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5jIJEqRIbbGdR5CxOZ9RNp7EsAX.jpg)
According to Jim
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ktEp6fzL4xzCWsSVtrcH8JaQNQy.jpg)
True Blood
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/x8ic33t4NurJul1oXmvKwKtWH28.jpg)
Chicago Hope
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bFCgv9iWZECWSDxNQYc9soqvwjx.jpg)
Amphibia
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ej1EQd50VZKvzoXzOsXR21D2u02.jpg)
The Golden Palace
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kXg4tFUHN7h7bNdBTeLIIKqw9UJ.jpg)
Workaholics
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2s6IPLtfw0GiMxlJznb1TkA6KXk.jpg)
The Newsroom
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jPqOY8cq9KXQN4bD7zJGHCNvcb4.jpg)
Californication
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5LbdG5SVwGKJZaGsGXuMReSXxjO.jpg)
ThunderCats
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5AO1sWKOrwHo3Jh5ORcCgozjwng.jpg)
Lights Out with David Spade
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nHROk2C6bv8LqtvyYd0tCMURbxC.jpg)
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iJN1EczX0FiLy0H6JaWxbF1J7Uo.jpg)
The Torkelsons
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dKFL1AOdKNoazqZDg1zq2z69Lx1.jpg)
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dMOpdkrDC5dQxqNydgKxXjBKyAc.jpg)
INVINCIBLE
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sr8CmrtnPTJSYtNyMxvWHRaweSN.jpg)
Eerie, Indiana
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/saqoerRN5OdjCNuchebqeSqrLXP.jpg)
DreamWorks Dragons
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qM5L944slfDJUmc9v47ixxdeSUX.jpg)
Clone High
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gxe4wIp3kYfw4QSkLMt99HfLkok.jpg)
Teen Titans
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lGSG9MSSg37OArbla5gh2KFR4Ha.jpg)
DAG
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tw673pIwR0fou0fpfjymm52YIKV.jpg)
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7x4EO1UOvat2V78WuC2CpAqxjH8.jpg)
Fired on Mars
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gNbdjDi1HamTCrfvM9JeA94bNi2.jpg)
The Book of Boba Fett
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3klapeIKLp9IBy4uHo7szTeMTdQ.jpg)
DuckTales
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oDkG0hve6OfiSjIpVC6hvoCJCjO.jpg)
Christy
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wcfbfActZ9VZ3anFqe3YYNWOHsG.jpg)
The Proud Family
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/navBdlLzcebb6ANZVg24Szfil9h.jpg)
Beacon 23
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4yPQY1PcH7W2j3fTE77xQcoEgbZ.jpg)
Northern Exposure
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iawTl6V5x84MZ3CWW20fEas9Ltp.jpg)
Unscripted
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5QcaEyfSbJEmiaxf7ch8nBl0GO4.jpg)
Perry Mason
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rKsiNxKjhWEwndOgWPs273oy9EZ.jpg)
Idiocracy
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vUo0pNXGhp2ffTJxiStWt6fHL7F.jpg)
The Lego Ninjago Movie
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wIUuf1NFchdCJe833JBTiSMzqfv.jpg)
Dave
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hWHFPhGvCvfHbZCxJSR3n6GsXIf.jpg)
J. Edgar
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/shqO696kFnM8Z4ODa3JglcjP97u.jpg)
Drillbit Taylor
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5MttL2NNQzUeR7MnGd5JHjkcNrk.jpg)
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wq4lhMc4BuOyQqe1ZGzhxLyy3Uk.jpg)
Selma
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fYtIWhTDgPTcutD24f53Dcc7BAE.jpg)
Spectral
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qoqt8Viw7vqVNV14g3YhSKjF7ta.jpg)
Kim Possible: So the Drama
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yFjVlsJmEMacU0BNUwdGZlo2ixq.jpg)
Finding Dory
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nIZvx1tm7rxaAulbxoERTBMqErN.jpg)
Pandora's Clock
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/55uYpBNnlsUE9fCb3Eibx7F4zps.jpg)
Queenpins
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mLZRhulJcDsxZWTdfx0trtk6y07.jpg)
Batman: Year One
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wWba3TaojhK7NdycRhoQpsG0FaH.jpg)
Despicable Me 4
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jgs2mdFlx8NJzbxXTHeQxvQbN6n.jpg)
Just Friends
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/zDduhCHasKQ9YOTvlOreHem7Wbi.jpg)
Ice Age: The Meltdown
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/voxl654m7p36y8FLu8oQD7dfwwK.jpg)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tDNJEhcLbX3jIk3BMCur9pCdaVD.jpg)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wrs23eO0VEWwOQpXoOasMnlW9Y4.jpg)
Bicentennial Man
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/funhGWt9ee3Uwb6Ar8SGCCvbJdV.jpg)
Black Rain
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nnZKtmVSnueWd4pjk1BekLJxXRL.jpg)
Superman: Unbound
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lyCTP5C3raH46hJNS9WfBSnWHsG.jpg)
Imagine That
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gbPfvwBqbiHpQkYZQvVwB6MVauV.jpg)
Bombshell
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ppLSSwCuC5ERRWbu9H3R8SPL9AM.jpg)
RoboCop 3
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w9RaPHov8oM5cnzeE27isnFMsvS.jpg)
Ghost
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q72hZtWIxmHuJASMGUWQSqujyxY.jpg)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8apzu9JFTUMtOpYkHk6LNPOs3pY.jpg)
The Empty Man
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8jHtvFpCOOqp2U2qwI3L3h10cUv.jpg)
Surviving Christmas
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s54EXuPe3BlQ4PlotUznkuIHgd9.jpg)
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mE24wUCfjK8AoBBjaMjho7Rczr7.jpg)
Get Out
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ri786ZmueAVYEAOze8JKPoNu1z6.jpg)
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rwg1rBKcn3WUDOJ8DTZwUatuUb5.jpg)
The Sissy Duckling
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xRmsqvHnaWmrazJl9bTBqs4LAjp.jpg)
The Lone Ranger
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eHuGQ10FUzK1mdOY69wF5pGgEf5.jpg)
Finding Nemo
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/izY9Le3QWtu7xkHq7bjJnuE5yGI.jpg)
On the Basis of Sex
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hqdrgC5oHK06DDaAlulReUC7Nog.jpg)
Big Miracle
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bj1v6YKF8yHqA489VFfnQvOJpnc.jpg)
No Country for Old Men
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2Nf0xeDuToLHysdkWj3aT5r42rC.jpg)
Crocodile Dundee II
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aR06SJRDGqRmGQYXAXqeOkRZq7T.jpg)
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/evxXr4OCH2YvhB8VchgDuArSyw0.jpg)
Gravity Falls
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h6mm3z7Wf4y1rJGHxqjVTTHl217.jpg)
The Country Bears
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vGujQOfGIaZx5UWxf9JdNEOxl7B.jpg)
Rango
![](https://images.rivr.app/posters/1000/20050.jpg)
Heads of State
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/749iUAWQWeutQuTd9excjmigecw.jpg)
Life of the Party
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kv78WJ2YvWyk3c32sbOGFh64xcs.jpg)
Seberg
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vIhyANmvTiBjlmX0Uy48Z9AD24j.jpg)
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nMmMWoSooR6QmCjdT0AvZardof1.jpg)
Jersey Girl
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gLhHHZUzeseRXShoDyC4VqLgsNv.jpg)
Ice Age
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/u3yozs3oGY0ubwf4cKQKOMWqNx3.jpg)
Uncle Frank
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rK0UwpiE3PSdGahfDZLCummxMwd.jpg)
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jZ1PhCyXEySYR7f9q52KYb62Bwp.jpg)
Paint
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j4AEurmnYoRsA1nHhRK9AE4j2CL.jpg)
All the Way
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v7fBXxHZ5WQn2PGgpXhTqHgtcJk.jpg)
Office Space
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fbgeFS8gsZuEUrGJIaBzO9bCZHZ.jpg)
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3MnkwPdqQ4if7HL4rYTy6eUyq8q.jpg)
King of the Hill
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6yQqguytl10FhImngDHV90Aqewa.jpg)
Unthinkable
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/akbOTl4XvTavEpjMk5bnN8zt70z.jpg)
Ladies Man
![](https://images.rivr.app/posters/1000/16920.jpg)
Untitled King Of The Hill Reboot
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bX8HcTfON8dwt4fQWwY1mXxG0Uo.jpg)
NewsRadio
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3pbcNfH1tAKrlwX7HDNzM4q1bg5.jpg)
Harts of the West
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/eYkfVLTFISg0wfra27H0R5YvpW8.jpg)
Idiotsitter
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/j1XpwD11f0BAEI7pX6UdMhUVX2F.jpg)
Barry
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2AsktJQwX7doh6qx1Wk1vOG1Fif.jpg)
Golden Years
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