Stephen Root
Acting
- Born
- November 17, 1951
- Place of Birth
- Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Known For
- Мужской
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
The Simpsons
as Bildorf (voice)
1989
Family Guy
as Priest (voice), as Professor O'Callaghan (voice)
1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Michael Kirkwood
2000
American Dad!
as Dick (voice), as Dick / Dentist's Father (voice)
2005
Rick and Morty
as Gromflomite General (voice)
2013
King of the Hill
as Bill Dauterive (voice)
1997
24
as Bill Prady
2001
Frasier
as Harbin
1993
Seinfeld
as Mr. Lager
1989
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Captain K'Vada
1987
The West Wing
as Bob Mayer
1999
Diagnosis: Murder
as Charlie Lane
1993
Bob's Burgers
as Jackson (voice)
2011
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Lynn Boyle
2013
Adventure Time
as Martin (voice)
2010
The Good Wife
as Judge Murphy Wicks
2009
Fringe
as Raymond
2008
Fargo
as Burt Canton
2014
Phineas and Ferb
as Floyd (voice)
2007
Young Justice
as Jack Haly (voice)
2010
Malcolm in the Middle
as John Pratt
2000
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Woozy Winks (voice), as Killer Croc / Penguin (voice), as Penguin / Carnival Barker (voice), as Penguin / Planet Master (voice)
2008
L.A. Law
as Brandon McCafferty, as Ferret
1986
Quantum Leap
as John Tremaine Jr.
1989
Boston Legal
as Ethan Melman
2004
True Blood
as Eddie
2008
The Big Bang Theory
as Dan
2007
Home Improvement
as Exterminator
1991
Night Court
as Mr. Willard, as Spirit of Death
1984
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
as Brian (voice)
2015
Californication
as Ricardo Collini
2007
Party of Five
as Football Coach
1994
BoJack Horseman
as Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice)
2014
Gravity Falls
as Bud Gleeful (voice), as Bud Gleeful / Additional Voices (voice)
2012
Kim Possible
as Phillipe Bullion / Pop-Pop Porter (voice), as Chester Yapsby (voice), as Memphis (voice), as Mr. Nevius (voice), as Texan (voice), as Pop-Pop Porter (voice)
2002
DuckTales
as J.W. Guidebook (voice)
2017
The Legend of Korra
as Gommu (voice)
2012