
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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Titles
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Team Démolition
Detective Rennert • 2026
Film
★7/10

Super chien
Grampa (voice) • 2025
Film
★8/10

Chef d'État
Arthur Hammond • 2025
Film
★7/10

Playdate
Gordon • 2025
Film
★6/10

Les Maîtres de l'univers : Révolution
Cringer (voice) • 2024
Série
★8/10

It's Florida, Man
Title Narrator (voice) • 2024
Série
★6/10

Lousy Carter
Analyst • 2024
Film
★6/10

To Leslie
Dutch • 2022
Film
★7/10

La tragédie de Macbeth
Porter • 2021
Film
★7/10

Four Good Days
Chris • 2021
Film
★7/10

Les Maîtres de l'univers : Révélation
Cringer / Battle Cat (voice) • 2021
Série
★7/10

Queenpins
Agent Flannigan • 2021
Film
★7/10

Malheureux bonheur
Goodman • 2021
Film
★6/10

Mon oncle Frank
Daddy Mac • 2020
Film
★7/10

The Empty Man
Arthur Parsons • 2020
Film
★6/10

Scandale
Neil Mullin • 2019
Film
★7/10

Barry
Monroe Fuches • 2018
Série
★8/10

Une femme d'exception
Professor Brown • 2018
Film
★7/10

La ballade de Buster Scruggs
Teller (segment "Near Algodones") • 2018
Film
★7/10

La reine de la fête
Mike Cook • 2018
Film
★6/10

Dallas & Robo
Uncle Danny • 2018
Série
★6/10

Get Out
Jim Hudson • 2017
Film
★8/10

Cook-Off!
Morty Van Rookle • 2017
Film
★5/10

Mike et Dave cherchent compagnes pour mariage
Burt • 2016
Film
★6/10

Trumbo
Hymie King • 2015
Film
★7/10

Bonjour, mon nom est Doris
Todd • 2015
Film
★6/10

Superman contre Brainiac
Zor-El (voice) • 2013
Film
★7/10

The Lone Ranger : Le justicier masqué
Habberman • 2013
Film
★6/10

Shérif Jackson
Hugh • 2013
Film
★6/10

Le Grand Miracle
Governor Haskell • 2012
Film
★7/10

Sous surveillance
Billy Cusimano • 2012
Film
★6/10

Batman : Les Origines
Brendon (voice) • 2011
Film
★7/10

Rango
Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice) • 2011
Film
★7/10

La conspiration
John Lloyd • 2011
Film
★7/10

Tom et Jerry - Le magicien d'Oz
Uncle Henry / Crows (voice) • 2011
Film
★6/10

Everything Must Go
Elliot • 2011
Film
★6/10

Red State
Sherrif Wynan • 2011
Film
★6/10

Cedar Rapids
Bill Krogstad • 2011
Film
★6/10

Scooby-Doo ! La colonie de la peur
Burt (voice) • 2010
Film
★8/10

Impensable
Charles Thompson • 2010
Film
★7/10

Dans ses rêves !
Fred Franklin • 2009
Film
★6/10

Les Chèvres du Pentagone
Gus Lacey • 2009
Film
★6/10

Bob Funk
Steve • 2009
Film
★5/10

Folles du cash
Glover • 2008
Film
★6/10

Jeux de dupes
Suds • 2008
Film
★6/10

Le fantôme de son ex
Sculptor • 2008
Film
★6/10

No Country for Old Men
Man Who Hires Wells • 2007
Film
★8/10

L'ère de glace : La fonte
Aardvark Dad (voice) • 2006
Film
★7/10
