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.
Filmography
all 235
TV Shows 119
Movies 116
Voice 51
self 6
Lousy Carter (2024)
Masters of the Universe: Revolution (2024)
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023)
Beacon 23 (2023)
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake (2023)
Praise Petey (2023)
Clone High (2023)
Fired on Mars (2023)
Paint (2023)
Velma (2023)
To Leslie (2022)
Hamster & Gretel (2022)
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head (2022)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)
The Legend of Vox Machina (2022)
We Baby Bears (2022)
The Book of Boba Fett (2021)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021)
Queenpins (2021)
Home (2021)
Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021)
Four Good Days (2021)
Happily (2021)
Uncle Frank (2020)
The Mighty Ones (2020)
The Empty Man (2020)
Adventure Time: Distant Lands (2020)
Perry Mason (2020)
The Midnight Gospel (2020)
Bombshell (2019)
Seberg (2019)
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
Lights Out with David Spade (2019)
Amphibia (2019)
On the Basis of Sex (2018)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Summer Camp Island (2018)
Succession (2018)
Dallas & Robo (2018)
Life of the Party (2018)
Inside The Episode: Barry (2018)
Barry (2018)
Three Christs (2017)
DuckTales (2017)
Miles (2017)
Infinity Baby (2017)
Get Out (2017)
Spectral (2016)
Looking for the Jackalope (2016)
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016)
Finding Dory (2016)
All the Way (2016)
Angie Tribeca (2016)
Idiotsitter (2016)
Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files (2015)
Trumbo (2015)
Con Man (2015)
7 Chinese Brothers (2015)
Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015)
The Man in the High Castle (2015)
Selma (2014)
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
Bee and PuppyCat (2014)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
I Know That Voice (2014)
Gravity Falls Shorts (2013)
Sweetwater (2013)
Masters of Sex (2013)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
Bad Milo! (2013)
The Lone Ranger (2013)
Superman: Unbound (2013)
The Arrangement (2013)
The Company You Keep (2012)
DreamWorks Dragons (2012)
The Newsroom (2012)
Gravity Falls (2012)
Veep (2012)
Big Miracle (2012)
J. Edgar (2011)
Batman: Year One (2011)
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz (2011)
Red State (2011)
ThunderCats (2011)
Everything Must Go (2011)
The Conspirator (2011)
Workaholics (2011)
Rango (2011)
Son of Morning (2011)
Cedar Rapids (2011)
Young Justice (2010)
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare (2010)
Louie (2010)
Hot in Cleveland (2010)
Unthinkable (2010)
Adventure Time (2010)
Justified (2010)
Glock (2009)
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
13 Scarier Movie Moments (2009)
The Good Wife (2009)
Glenn Martin, DDS (2009)
Squirly Town (2009)
Imagine That (2009)
The Soloist (2009)
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts (2009)
Bob Funk (2009)
Childrens Hospital (2008)
Random! Cartoons (2008)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008)
Fringe (2008)
True Blood (2008)
Tripping the Rift: The Movie (2008)
Leatherheads (2008)
Drillbit Taylor (2008)
Over Her Dead Body (2008)
Mad Money (2008)
Cook-Off! (2007)
Pushing Daisies (2007)
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
Phineas and Ferb (2007)
Californication (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Have Dreams, Will Travel (2007)
Head Case (2007)
The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)
The Frank Anderson (2006)
The Path to 9/11 (2006)
Idiocracy (2006)
Gretchen (2006)
Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
The X's (2005)
Just Friends (2005)
Kim Possible: So the Drama (2005)
American Dad! (2005)
Unscripted (2005)
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004)
Boston Legal (2004)
Surviving Christmas (2004)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Jersey Girl (2004)
The Ladykillers (2004)
Raising Genius (2004)
Tripping the Rift (2004)
Grind (2003)
Teen Titans (2003)
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Country Bears (2002)
Kim Possible (2002)
Ice Age (2002)
Justice League (2001)
24 (2001)
According to Jim (2001)
The Proud Family (2001)
The Legend of Tarzan (2001)
The Andy Dick Show (2001)
Grounded for Life (2001)
DAG (2000)
Ed (2000)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Bicentennial Man (1999)
Courage the Cowardly Dog (1999)
The West Wing (1999)
Ladies Man (1999)
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (1999)
The Sissy Duckling (1999)
Norm (1999)
Office Space (1999)
The Monster Hunter (1999)
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
steve.oedekerk.com (1997)
Just Shoot Me! (1997)
King of the Hill (1997)
Pandora's Clock (1996)
The Lottery (1996)
Profiler (1996)
Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
The Road to Galveston (1996)
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (1995)
Night of the Scarecrow (1995)
NewsRadio (1995)
VR.5 (1995)
Cybill (1995)
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (1994)
Chicago Hope (1994)
Party of Five (1994)
Christy (1994)
Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
Harts of the West (1993)
Frasier (1993)
Extreme Justice (1993)
Dave (1993)
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993)
Class of '61 (1993)
RoboCop 3 (1993)
The Golden Palace (1992)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992)
Civil Wars (1991)
Bed & Breakfast (1991)
The Torkelsons (1991)
Home Improvement (1991)
Eerie, Indiana (1991)
V.I. Warshawski (1991)
Golden Years (1991)
Golden Years (1991)
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Ghost (1990)
Northern Exposure (1990)
Blossom (1990)
Stanley & Iris (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Black Rain (1989)
Seinfeld (1989)
Quantum Leap (1989)
Murphy Brown (1988)
Roseanne (1988)
Monkey Shines (1988)
Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
Wiseguy (1987)
L.A. Law (1986)
Night Court (1984)
Thelma
Heads of State
Untitled King Of The Hill Reboot
Gut Feeling
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1951-11-17 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceSarasota, Florida, United States of America
SpouseRomy Rosemont
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsSteve Root, Стивен Рут
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