Stephen Root
Acting
- Born:
- 1951-11-17
- Place of birth:
- Sarasota, Florida, USA
Biography
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor and voice actor. Known for his extensive character actor roles in film and television, he gained attention for his roles as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), as Milton Waddams in the comedy film Office Space (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series King of the Hill (1997–2010, 2025–present).[1] 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), Bicentennial Man (1999), Dodgeball (2004), Idiocracy (2006), Cedar Rapids (2011), Selma (2014), Trumbo (2015), Get Out (2017), and On the Basis of Sex (2018), as well as his voice roles in Ice Age (2002) and Finding Nemo (2003). On television, he played supporting roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991), True Blood (2008–2009), Boardwalk Empire (2012–2013), Fargo (2014), The Man in the High Castle (2016–2019), Perry Mason (2020), and Succession (2021–2023). He has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, in 2019 for the role of manipulative hitman handler Monroe Fuches in the HBO dark comedy crime series Barry (2018–2023) and in 2026 for the role of fisherman and outspoken superstitious Wyck Crawford in the Apple TV comedy horror series Widow's Bay (2026–present), which he won. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Slayground
Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look
President Curtis
The Long Haul
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
The Terror: Devil in Silver
Widow's Bay
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Strip Law
The Wrecking Crew
Playdate
Heads of State
Dog Man
StuGo
It's Florida, Man.
Lousy Carter
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Beacon 23
Krapopolis
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Praise Petey
Clone High
Fired on Mars
Paint
Velma
To Leslie
Bee and PuppyCat
Hamster & Gretel
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Starting Now: the Making of Barry
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
The Legend of Vox Machina
We Baby Bears
The Book of Boba Fett
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Queenpins
Home
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Four Good Days
Happily
Resident Alien
Uncle Frank
The Mighty Ones
The Empty Man
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Perry Mason
Solar Opposites
Stars in the House
Seberg
Bombshell
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Lights Out with David Spade
Amphibia
On the Basis of Sex
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
Summer Camp Island
Succession
Dallas & Robo
Life of the Party
Barry
Cook-Off!
Three Christs
DuckTales
Miles
Infinity Baby
Get Out
Spectral
Looking for the Jackalope
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
Finding Dory
All the Way
Angie Tribeca
Idiotsitter
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Trumbo
Con Man
7 Chinese Brothers
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
The Man in the High Castle
Selma
Lennon or McCartney
Bee and PuppyCat
BoJack Horseman
Fargo
Late Night with Seth Meyers
I Know That Voice
Rick and Morty
Feels So Good
Sweetwater
Masters of Sex
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Bad Milo!
The Lone Ranger
Superman: Unbound
The Arrangement
The Company You Keep
DreamWorks Dragons
The Newsroom
Gravity Falls
Veep
The Legend of Korra
Big Miracle
J. Edgar
Batman: Year One
Red State
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
ThunderCats
Everything Must Go
The Conspirator
Workaholics
Rango
Son of Morning
Cedar Rapids
Bob's Burgers
Young Justice
The Defenders
Raising Hope
Boardwalk Empire
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
Louie
Hot in Cleveland
Unthinkable
Adventure Time
Justified
Glock
The Men Who Stare at Goats
13 Scarier Movie Moments
The Good Wife
Glenn Martin, DDS
Squirly Town
Imagine That
The Soloist
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
Bob Funk
Childrens Hospital
Random! Cartoons
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Fringe
True Blood
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Leatherheads
Drillbit Taylor
Over Her Dead Body
Mad Money
No Country for Old Men
Pushing Daisies
The Big Bang Theory
Phineas and Ferb
Californication
Have Dreams, Will Travel
Head Case
The Sarah Silverman Program
The Fox and the Hound 2
The Path to 9/11
Idiocracy
Gretchen
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The X's
Just Friends
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
American Dad!
Unscripted
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Boston Legal
Surviving Christmas
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Jersey Girl
The Ladykillers
Raising Genius
Tripping the Rift
Grind
Teen Titans
The Making of 'King of the Hill'
Finding Nemo
The Country Bears
Kim Possible
Ice Age
Justice League
24
According to Jim
The Proud Family
The Legend of Tarzan
The Andy Dick Show
Grounded for Life
DAG
Ed
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Malcolm in the Middle
Bicentennial Man
Courage the Cowardly Dog
The West Wing
Ladies Man
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
The Sissy Duckling
The Norm Show
Office Space
Family Guy
Gut Feeling
The Monster Hunter
From the Earth to the Moon
Krippendorf's Tribe
steve.oedekerk.com
Just Shoot Me!
King of the Hill
Pandora's Clock
The Lottery
Profiler
Superman: The Animated Series
The Road to Galveston
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Night of the Scarecrow
NewsRadio
Bye Bye Love
VR.5
Cybill
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Chicago Hope
Party of Five
Christy
Diagnosis: Murder
Harts of the West
Frasier
Extreme Justice
Dave
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Class of '61
RoboCop 3
The Golden Palace
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Civil Wars
Bed & Breakfast
The Torkelsons
Home Improvement
Eerie, Indiana
V.I. Warshawski
Golden Years
Golden Years
Guilty by Suspicion
Ghost
Northern Exposure
Blossom
Stanley & Iris
The Simpsons
Cross of Fire
Black Rain
Seinfeld
Quantum Leap
Murphy Brown
Roseanne
Monkey Shines
Crocodile Dundee II
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Jake and the Fatman
Wiseguy
L.A. Law
Night Court
Unbearable Christmas
Bob's Best Friends
The Girlfriend