Stephen Root
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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 currently stars as Monroe Fuches / The Raven on the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–present), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019.
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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 currently stars as Monroe Fuches / The Raven on the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–present), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019.
Known For
Frasier
Night Court
American Dad!
The Simpsons
L.A. Law
The Good Wife
Masters of Sex
Young Justice
Fringe
Star Trek: The Next Generation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hot in Cleveland
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Veep
Malcolm in the Middle
Jake and the Fatman
Kim Possible
Boston Legal
Home Improvement
Wiseguy
Quantum Leap
The Man in the High Castle
Perry Mason
Succession
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
Adventure Time
24
Summer Camp Island
Seinfeld
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Blossom
Cybill
Just Shoot Me!
Party of Five
Justice League
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Bee and PuppyCat
Pushing Daisies
Justified
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
BoJack Horseman
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
The Legend of Vox Machina
Murphy Brown
The Big Bang Theory
Childrens Hospital
According to Jim
Chicago Hope
The Golden Palace
Amphibia
True Blood
Workaholics
The Newsroom
Californication
ThunderCats
Lights Out with David Spade
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Velma
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
The Torkelsons
Invincible
Eerie, Indiana
Clone High
DreamWorks Dragons
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Fired on Mars
The Book of Boba Fett
DuckTales
The Proud Family
Christy
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
Unscripted
Idiocracy
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Dave
J. Edgar
Drillbit Taylor
Gravity Falls: Weirdmageddon
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
Selma
Spectral
Finding Dory
Pandora's Clock
Kim Possible: So the Drama
Queenpins
Just Friends
Despicable Me 4
Batman: Year One
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Bicentennial Man
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Black Rain
From the Earth to the Moon
Bombshell
Imagine That
RoboCop 3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ghost
Surviving Christmas
The Empty Man
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
The Sissy Duckling
The Lone Ranger
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
Get Out
No Country for Old Men
Crocodile Dundee II
On the Basis of Sex
Finding Nemo
Big Miracle
The Country Bears
Gravity Falls
Seberg
Jersey Girl
Ice Age
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Life of the Party
Uncle Frank
Rango
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Office Space
Paint
All the Way
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
King of the Hill
Barry
Heads of State
Unthinkable
Ladies Man
The West Wing
Untitled King Of The Hill Reboot
Harts of the West
NewsRadio
Idiotsitter
Golden Years
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