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, 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.
Acting
Playdate
as Gordon
(2025)
Dog Man
as Grampa (voice)
(2025)
(2025)
Wednesdays with Gramps
as Gramps
(2024)
Lousy Carter
as Analyst
(2023)
Paint
as Tony
(2022)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
(2022)
To Leslie
as Dutch
(2021)
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Porter
(2021)
Queenpins
as Agent Flannigan
(2021)
Four Good Days
as Chris
(2021)
Happily
as Goodman
(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)
Cook-Off!
as Morty Van Rookle
(2017)
Infinity Baby
as Fenton
(2017)
Miles
as Ron Walton
(2016)
Finding Dory
as Bubbles (voice)
(2016)
Spectral
as Dr. Mindala
(2016)
(2016)
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
as Uncle Henry (voice)
(2016)
All the Way
as J. Edgar Hoover
(2016)
Looking for the Jackalope
as The Jackalope (voice)
(2015)
Trumbo
as Hymie King
(2015)
Hello, My Name Is Doris
as Todd
(2015)
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
as Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)
(2015)
7 Chinese Brothers
as George
(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)
Superman: Unbound
as Zor-El (voice)
(2013)
Bad Milo!
as Roger
(2013)
Sweetwater
as Hugh
(2013)
The Arrangement
as Avery Boomer
(2012)
Big Miracle
as Governor Haskell
(2012)
The Company You Keep
as Billy Cusimano
(2011)
Rango
as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
(2011)
Batman: Year One
as Brendon (voice)
(2011)
J. Edgar
as Arthur Koehler
(2011)
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
(2011)
The Conspirator
as John Lloyd
(2011)
Everything Must Go
as Elliot
(2011)
Red State
as Sherrif Wynan
(2011)
Cedar Rapids
as Bill Krogstad
(2011)
Son of Morning
as Senator Larder
(2010)
Unthinkable
as Charles Thompson
(2010)
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
as Burt (voice)
(2009)
The Soloist
as Curt Reynolds
(2009)
The Men Who Stare at Goats
as Gus Lacey
(2009)
Imagine That
as Fred Franklin
(2009)
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
as Turtle (voice)
(2009)
Bob Funk
as Steve
(2009)
Glock
as Remington
(2009)
13 Scarier Movie Moments
as Self
(2009)
Squirly Town
as Lance (voice)
(2008)
Mad Money
as Glover
(2008)
Drillbit Taylor
as Principal Doppler
(2008)
Over Her Dead Body
as Sculptor
(2008)
Leatherheads
as Suds
(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)
Idiocracy
as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
(2006)
Ice Age: The Meltdown
as Aardvark Dad (voice)
(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)
Jersey Girl
as Greenie
(2004)
Surviving Christmas
as Dr. Freeman
(2004)
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
as Vince Masters
(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)
Office Space
as Milton Waddams
(1999)
Bicentennial Man
as Dennis Mansky
(1999)
The Sissy Duckling
as Big Ducky (voice)
(1999)
The Monster Hunter
as Mr. Crenshaw
(1999)
Gut Feeling
as Kane Cohen
(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)
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
as Jaan Laaman
(1995)
Night of the Scarecrow
as Frank
(1994)
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
as Kevin McDonald
(1993)
RoboCop 3
as Coontz
(1993)
Dave
as Don Durenberger
(1993)
Extreme Justice
as Max Alvarez
(1993)
Class of '61
as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
(1993)
(1992)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Gary Murray
(1992)
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
as Kevin McDonald
(1991)
Guilty by Suspicion
as RKO Guard
(1991)
V.I. Warshawski
as Mickey
(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)
Crocodile Dundee II
as DEA Agent (Toilet)
(1988)
Monkey Shines
as Dean Burbage