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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
Family Guy
Frasier
Night Court
The Simpsons
L.A. Law
The Good Wife
Masters of Sex
Young Justice
Fringe
Rick and Morty
Star Trek: The Next Generation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hot in Cleveland
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Boardwalk Empire
Resident Alien
Veep
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Malcolm in the Middle
Jake and the Fatman
Home Improvement
Boston Legal
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Raising Hope
Gravity Falls
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
Perry Mason
Succession
Kim Possible
Roseanne
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
Adventure Time
From the Earth to the Moon
24
Solar Opposites
American Dad!
Summer Camp Island
The Proud Family
Seinfeld
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Blossom
Just Shoot Me!
Cybill
Party of Five
Justice League
ThunderCats
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Pushing Daisies
Justified
The Mighty Ones
Bee and PuppyCat
Profiler
BoJack Horseman
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Velma
The Legend of Korra
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
Bee and PuppyCat
The Legend of Vox Machina
Murphy Brown
The Big Bang Theory
According to Jim
Childrens Hospital
True Blood
Chicago Hope
Amphibia
The Golden Palace
Workaholics
The Newsroom
Californication
Lights Out with David Spade
The Defenders
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
The Torkelsons
INVINCIBLE
Clone High
Eerie, Indiana
DreamWorks Dragons
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
The Book of Boba Fett
DuckTales
Christy
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
Unscripted
Golden Years
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
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
Imagine That
Superman: Unbound
Bombshell
Ghost
RoboCop 3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The Empty Man
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Grind
Surviving Christmas
O.W.C.A. Files
The Sissy Duckling
The Lone Ranger
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
No Country for Old Men
Crocodile Dundee II
On the Basis of Sex
Big Miracle
Get Out
Finding Nemo
Life of the Party
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Dog Man
The Country Bears
The Fox and the Hound 2
Rango
Seberg
Jersey Girl
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Mad Money
Ice Age
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Paint
Office Space
Playdate
Heads of State
All the Way
Barry
Fired on Mars
King of the Hill
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Uncle Frank
Unthinkable
Ladies Man
Strip Law
The West Wing
Idiotsitter
NewsRadio
Harts of the West
Four Good Days
It's Florida, Man.
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