
Stephen Root
- Date of Birth: 1951-11-17
- Place of Birth: 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, as Milton Waddams in the film Office Space (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and ... 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.

Night of the Scarecrow
Horror • 1995 August

The Monster Hunter
Horror, Comedy • 1999 January

The Country Bears
Adventure, Comedy, Family • 2002 July

Bob Funk
Comedy • 2009 March

V.I. Warshawski
Crime, Mystery • 1991 July

The Arrangement
Drama • 2013 January

Krippendorf's Tribe
Comedy, Family • 1998 February

Class of '61
Adventure, Action, Drama, TV Movie • 1993 April

Pandora's Clock
Action & Adventure, Drama • 1996 November

Looking for the Jackalope
Comedy, Drama • 2016 November