Stephen Root
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-11-17 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Sarasota, Florida, USA
Stephen Root
Biography
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), 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, 2025–present).
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), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Other notable film roles include 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) and 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 starred as Monroe Fuches in the HBO dark comedy series Barry, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
Heads of State
as Arthur Hammond
(2025)
Dog Man
as Grampa (voice)
(2025)
Playdate
as Gordon
(2024)
Lousy Carter
as Analyst
(2023)
Paint
as Tony
(2022)
To Leslie
as Dutch
(2022)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
(2021)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Porter
(2021)
Happily
as Goodman
(2021)
Four Good Days
as Chris
(2021)
Queenpins
as Agent Flannigan
(2021)
Home
as Father Browning
(2020)
The Empty Man
as Arthur Parsons
(2020)
Uncle Frank
as Daddy Mac
(2019)
Bombshell
as Neil Mullin
(2019)
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
as Cockmando (voice)
(2019)
Seberg
as Walt Breckman
(2018)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
(2018)
Life of the Party
as Mike Cook
(2018)
On the Basis of Sex
as Professor Brown
(2017)
Get Out
as Jim Hudson
(2017)
Three Christs
as Dr. Rogers
(2017)
Miles
as Ron Walton
(2017)
Cook-Off!
as Morty Van Rookle
(2017)
Infinity Baby
as Fenton
(2016)
Spectral
as Dr. Mindala
(2016)
(2016)
Finding Dory
as Bubbles (voice)
(2016)
All the Way
as J. Edgar Hoover
(2016)
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
as Uncle Henry (voice)
(2016)
Looking for the Jackalope
as The Jackalope (voice)
(2015)
Trumbo
as Hymie King
(2015)
7 Chinese Brothers
as George
(2015)
Hello, My Name Is Doris
as Todd
(2015)
O.W.C.A. Files
as Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)
(2014)
Selma
as Col. Al Lingo
(2014)
I Know That Voice
as Self
(2014)
Lennon or McCartney
as Self
(2013)
The Lone Ranger
as Habberman
(2013)
Sweetwater
as Hugh
(2013)
Bad Milo!
as Roger
(2013)
Superman: Unbound
as Zor-El (voice)
(2013)
The Arrangement
as Avery Boomer
(2012)
The Company You Keep
as Billy Cusimano
(2012)
Big Miracle
as Governor Haskell
(2011)
Rango
as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
(2011)
The Conspirator
as John Lloyd
(2011)
Everything Must Go
as Elliot
(2011)
J. Edgar
as Arthur Koehler
(2011)
Cedar Rapids
as Bill Krogstad
(2011)
Batman: Year One
as Brendon (voice)
(2011)
Red State
as Sherrif Wynan
(2011)
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
(2011)
Son of Morning
as Senator Larder
(2010)
Unthinkable
as Charles Thompson
(2010)
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
as Burt (voice)
(2009)
The Men Who Stare at Goats
as Gus Lacey
(2009)
Imagine That
as Fred Franklin
(2009)
The Soloist
as Curt Reynolds
(2009)
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
as Turtle (voice)
(2009)
Bob Funk
as Steve
(2009)
Squirly Town
as Lance (voice)
(2009)
Glock
as Remington
(2009)
13 Scarier Movie Moments
as Self
(2008)
Mad Money
as Glover
(2008)
Drillbit Taylor
as Principal Doppler
(2008)
Leatherheads
as Suds
(2008)
Over Her Dead Body
as Sculptor
(2008)
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
as Chode (voice)
(2007)
No Country for Old Men
as Man Who Hires Wells
(2007)
Have Dreams, Will Travel
as Sheriff Brock
(2006)
Ice Age: The Meltdown
as Aardvark Dad (voice)
(2006)
Idiocracy
as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
(2006)
The Fox and the Hound 2
as Talent Scout (voice)
(2006)
Gretchen
as Herb
(2005)
Just Friends
as KC
(2005)
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
as Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)
(2004)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Gordon
(2004)
The Ladykillers
as Fernand Gudge
(2004)
Surviving Christmas
as Dr. Freeman
(2004)
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
as Vince Masters
(2004)
Jersey Girl
as Greenie
(2004)
Raising Genius
as Dwight Nestor
(2003)
Finding Nemo
as Bubbles (voice)
(2003)
Grind
as Cameron
(2002)
Ice Age
as Frank / Start (voice)
(2002)
The Country Bears
as Zeb Zoober (voice)
(2000)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Radio Station Man
(1999)
Bicentennial Man
as Dennis Mansky
(1999)
Office Space
as Milton Waddams
(1999)
The Monster Hunter
as Mr. Crenshaw
(1999)
Gut Feeling
as Kane Cohen
(1999)
The Sissy Duckling
as Big Ducky (voice)
(1998)
Krippendorf's Tribe
as Gerald Adams
(1997)
(1996)
The Lottery
as Graham Dunbar
(1996)
The Road to Galveston
as Ed Kirkman
(1995)
Bye Bye Love
as Awakened Neighbor
(1995)
Night of the Scarecrow
as Frank
(1995)
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
as Jaan Laaman
(1994)
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
as Kevin McDonald
(1993)
Dave
as Don Durenberger
(1993)
RoboCop 3
as Coontz
(1993)
Class of '61
as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
(1993)
Extreme Justice
as Max Alvarez
(1993)
(1992)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Gary Murray
(1992)
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
as Kevin McDonald
(1991)
V.I. Warshawski
as Mickey
(1991)
Guilty by Suspicion
as RKO Guard
(1991)
Golden Years
as Major Moreland
(1991)
Bed & Breakfast
as Randolph
(1990)
Ghost
as Police Sgt.
(1990)
Stanley & Iris
as Mr. Hentley
(1989)
Black Rain
as Berg
(1988)
Monkey Shines
as Dean Burbage
(1988)
Crocodile Dundee II
as DEA Agent (Toilet)