Stephen Root
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
276
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-11-17 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Sarasota, Florida, USA
Acting

2025

Heads of State as Arthur Hammond

2025

Dog Man as Grampa (voice)

2025

Playdate as Gordon

2025

StuGo as Dr. Rostrum (voice)

2024

Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Cringer (voice)

2023

Paint as Tony

2023

Fired on Mars as Mark (voice)

2022

Bee and PuppyCat as Warlock G (voice)

2022

Bee and PuppyCat as Warlock G / Mr. Assam (voice)

2022

Bee and PuppyCat as Warlock G / Police Officer (voice)

2021

Blade Runner: Black Lotus as Police Chief Earl Grant (voice)

2021

The Tragedy of Macbeth as Porter

2021

Four Good Days as Chris

2021

Happily as Goodman

2021

Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Cringer / Battle Cat (voice)

2021

Queenpins as Agent Flannigan

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)

2017

Three Christs as Dr. Rogers

2016

All the Way as J. Edgar Hoover

2015

Con Man as Pascal

2014

Bee and PuppyCat as Farmer (voice)

2013

Superman: Unbound as Zor-El (voice)

2012

The Company You Keep as Billy Cusimano

2012

Big Miracle as Governor Haskell

2011

Everything Must Go as Elliot

2011

J. Edgar as Arthur Koehler

2011

The Conspirator as John Lloyd

2011

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)

2011

Red State as Sherrif Wynan

2011

Batman: Year One as Brendon (voice)

2010

Unthinkable as Charles Thompson

2010

Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare as Burt (voice)

2009

The Men Who Stare at Goats as Gus Lacey

2009

Glenn Martin, DDS as Not available

2009

Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts as Turtle (voice)

2008

Drillbit Taylor as Principal Doppler

2008

Mad Money as Glover

2007

Head Case as Pat Jennings

2007

Have Dreams, Will Travel as Sheriff Brock

2006

Gretchen as Herb

2005

Just Friends as KC

2005

Unscripted as Self

2004

Surviving Christmas as Dr. Freeman

2004

Tripping the Rift as Chode (voice)

2004

The Ladykillers as Fernand Gudge

2004

Jersey Girl as Greenie

2002

The Country Bears as Zeb Zoober (voice)

1999

Ladies Man as Gene

1999

The Norm Show as Mr. Sweeney

1999

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot as Dr. Donovan (voice)

1999

Gut Feeling as Kane Cohen

1999

The Monster Hunter as Mr. Crenshaw

1998

Krippendorf's Tribe as Gerald Adams

1995

Bye Bye Love as Awakened Neighbor

1994

Christy as Clarence Sweetwater

1993

Class of '61 as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

1993

Dave as Don Durenberger

1993

RoboCop 3 as Coontz

1993

Extreme Justice as Max Alvarez

1992

The Golden Palace as Mr. Tucker

1991

Eerie, Indiana as Mr. Chaney

1991

The Torkelsons as Sheriff Bobby

1991

Civil Wars as Not available

NaN

October as Not available

2024

It's Florida, Man. as Title Narrator

2023

Praise Petey as Petey's Father (voice)

2019

Seberg as Walt Breckman

2018

On the Basis of Sex as Professor Brown

2017

Miles as Ron Walton

2017

Cook-Off! as Morty Van Rookle

2017

Infinity Baby as Fenton

2016

Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz as Uncle Henry (voice)

2016

Idiotsitter as Ken Russel

2015

Trumbo as Hymie King

2015

7 Chinese Brothers as George

2014

I Know That Voice as Self

2013

Bad Milo! as Roger

2013

The Arrangement as Avery Boomer

2013

Sweetwater as Hugh

2009

Bob Funk as Steve

2009

Imagine That as Fred Franklin

2009

The Soloist as Curt Reynolds

2008

Leatherheads as Suds

2006

The Path to 9/11 as Richard Clarke

2005

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama as Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)

2005

The X's as Not available

2004

Raising Genius as Dwight Nestor

2003

Grind as Cameron

2001

The Andy Dick Show as Not available

2000

DAG as Senator Culpepper

1999

The Sissy Duckling as Big Ducky (voice)

1996

The Road to Galveston as Ed Kirkman

1995

VR.5 as F.A.A. Negotiator

1992

Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Gary Murray

1991

Guilty by Suspicion as RKO Guard

NaN

Thelma as Not available

2026

Strip Law as Not available

2024

Lousy Carter as Analyst

2023

Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Martin Mertens (voice)

2023

Velma as Chief Cogburn / Merie Cogburn (voice)

2023

Velma as Merie Cogburn (voice)

2023

Velma as Chief Cogburn (voice)

2023

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off as The Nanomachines (voice)

2023

Clone High as Mr. Big Corporation (voice)

2023

Beacon 23 as Solomon Smythe

2022

The Legend of Vox Machina as Professor Anders (voice)

2022

We Baby Bears as Rexford / Zach / Rover (voice)

2022

We Baby Bears as Zach / Bread Monster (voice)

2022

We Baby Bears as Rexford / Trees / Video Person (voice)

2022

Hamster & Gretel as Jeff Strawberry (voice)

2022

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)

2022

To Leslie as Dutch

2021

Resident Alien as Ed Vanderspeigle

2021

The Book of Boba Fett as Lortha Peel

2021

Home as Father Browning

2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks as Gene Jakobowski (voice)

2020

Solar Opposites as Not available

2020

Stars in the House as Self

2020

Perry Mason as Maynard Barnes

2020

The Mighty Ones as Bernard (voice)

2020

Adventure Time: Distant Lands as Mr. M / Bob (voice)

2019

Amphibia as Mayor Toadstool (voice)

2019

Lights Out with David Spade as Self - Panelist

2018

Succession as Ron Petkus

2018

Summer Camp Island as Dean Stuart / Additional Voices (voice)

2018

Summer Camp Island as Stuart (voice)

2018

Summer Camp Island as Additional Voices (voice)

2018

Summer Camp Island as Prime Monister (voice)

2018

Barry as Monroe Fuches

2018

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")

2018

The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants as Mr. Fyde / Avacadwoe / Hush Muffleman (voice)

2018

Life of the Party as Mike Cook

2018

Dallas & Robo as Uncle Danny

2017

DuckTales as J.W. Guidebook (voice)

2017

Get Out as Jim Hudson

2016

Angie Tribeca as Mortimer Begoyle

2016

Spectral as Dr. Mindala

2016

Finding Dory as Bubbles (voice)

2016

Looking for the Jackalope as The Jackalope (voice)

2015

The Man in the High Castle as Hawthorne Abendsen

2015

Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Brian (voice)

2015

O.W.C.A. Files as Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)

2014

BoJack Horseman as Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice)

2014

Selma as Col. Al Lingo

2014

Lennon or McCartney as Self

2013

Rick and Morty as Gromflomite General (voice)

2013

Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Lynn Boyle

2013

Masters of Sex as Harvey Toplin

2013

The Lone Ranger as Habberman

2012

Gravity Falls as Bud Gleeful (voice)

2012

Gravity Falls as Bud Gleeful / Additional Voices (voice)

2012

Veep as Judge Walsh

2012

The Legend of Korra as White Lotus Leader / Gommu / Chung (voice)

2012

The Legend of Korra as Gommu (voice)

2012

The Newsroom as General Stomtonovich

2012

DreamWorks Dragons as Mildew (voice)

2011

Workaholics as Carty

2011

Rango as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)

2011

ThunderCats as Hattanzo the Drifter (voice)

2011

Son of Morning as Senator Larder

2011

Cedar Rapids as Bill Krogstad

2010

Adventure Time as Martin (voice)

2010

Young Justice as Jack Haly (voice)

2010

Justified as Mike Reardon

2010

Boardwalk Empire as Gaston Means

2010

Hot in Cleveland as Brian

2010

Raising Hope as Cap Collins

2010

Louie as Dr. Hepa

2010

The Defenders as Judge Taylor

2009

The Good Wife as Judge Murphy Wicks

2009

Squirly Town as Lance (voice)

2009

Glock as Remington

2008

Fringe as Raymond

2008

True Blood as Eddie

2008

Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Woozy Winks (voice)

2008

Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Penguin / Planet Master (voice)

2008

Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Penguin / Carnival Barker (voice)

2008

Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Killer Croc / Penguin (voice)

2008

Childrens Hospital as Hank Maestro

2008

Random! Cartoons as Lance (voice)

2008

Over Her Dead Body as Sculptor

2008

Tripping the Rift: The Movie as Chode (voice)

2007

Phineas and Ferb as Floyd (voice)

2007

Californication as Ricardo Collini

2007

No Country for Old Men as Man Who Hires Wells

2007

Pushing Daisies as Dwight Dixon

2007

The Sarah Silverman Program. as Johnny Forrealz

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)

2005

American Dad! as Dick (voice)

2005

American Dad! as Dick / Dentist's Father (voice)

2004

Boston Legal as Ethan Melman

2003

Finding Nemo as Bubbles (voice)

2003

Teen Titans as Val Yor (voice)

2002

Kim Possible as Pop-Pop Porter (voice)

2002

Kim Possible as Texan (voice)

2002

Kim Possible as Chester Yapsby (voice)

2002

Kim Possible as Phillipe Bullion / Pop-Pop Porter (voice)

2002

Kim Possible as Mr. Nevius (voice)

2002

Kim Possible as Memphis (voice)

2002

Ice Age as Frank / Start (voice)

2001

24 as Bill Prady

2001

According to Jim as Al Crannis

2001

Grounded for Life as Not available

2001

The Legend of Tarzan as Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (voice)

2001

The Proud Family as Mr. Andrews (voice)

2001

Justice League as Cat Man (voice)

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Michael Kirkwood

2000

Malcolm in the Middle as John Pratt

2000

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Sheriff (voice)

2000

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Sheriff / Sentry #2 (voice)

2000

Ed as George MacPherson

2000

O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Radio Station Man

1999

Family Guy as Professor O'Callaghan (voice)

1999

The West Wing as Bob Mayer

1999

Courage the Cowardly Dog as Not available

1999

Bicentennial Man as Dennis Mansky

1999

Office Space as Milton Waddams

1998

From the Earth to the Moon as Chris Kraft

1997

King of the Hill as Bill Dauterive (voice)

1997

Just Shoot Me! as Dr. Drake Kelson

1997

steve.oedekerk.com as Not available

1996

Superman: The Animated Series as Reverend Amos Howell / Unity (voice)

1996

Profiler as Not available

1996

Pandora's Clock as Mark Hastings

1996

The Lottery as Graham Dunbar

1995

NewsRadio as Jimmy James

1995

Cybill as Phil Asher

1994

Chicago Hope as Not available

1994

Party of Five as Not available

1993

Frasier as Harbin

1993

Diagnosis: Murder as Charlie Lane

1993

Harts of the West as R.O

1991

Home Improvement as Exterminator

1991

Golden Years as Major Moreland

1991

V.I. Warshawski as Mickey

NaN

The Wrecking Crew as Not available

1991

Golden Years as Major Moreland

1991

Bed & Breakfast as Randolph

1990

Northern Exposure as Brother Timothy

1990

Blossom as Not available

1990

Ghost as Police Sgt.

1990

Stanley & Iris as Mr. Hentley

1989

The Simpsons as Bildorf (voice)

1989

Seinfeld as Mr. Lager

1989

Quantum Leap as John Tremaine Jr.

1989

Black Rain as Berg

1988

Murphy Brown as Not available

1988

Crocodile Dundee II as DEA Agent (Toilet)

1988

Roseanne as Not available

1988

Monkey Shines as Dean Burbage

1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation as Captain K'Vada

1987

Jake and the Fatman as Not available

1987

Wiseguy as Not available

1986

L.A. Law as Atty. Brandon McCafferty

1984

Night Court as Spirit of Death

1984

Night Court as Mr. Willard

NaN

Dead Letters as Not available

NaN

Unbearable Christmas as Not available