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
Home Improvement
Boston Legal
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
Just Shoot Me!
Cybill
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
Childrens Hospital
The Big Bang Theory
According to Jim
Chicago Hope
Amphibia
The Golden Palace
True Blood
Workaholics
The Newsroom
Californication
Lights Out with David Spade
ThunderCats
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Velma
The Torkelsons
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Invincible
Eerie, Indiana
DreamWorks Dragons
Clone High
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
The Book of Boba Fett
Fired on Mars
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
Batman: Year One
Despicable Me 4
Just Friends
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Bicentennial Man
The Tragedy of Macbeth
From the Earth to the Moon
Black Rain
Imagine That
Bombshell
Ghost
RoboCop 3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Surviving Christmas
The Empty Man
The Sissy Duckling
The Lone Ranger
Get Out
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
Crocodile Dundee II
No Country for Old Men
On the Basis of Sex
Finding Nemo
Big Miracle
The Country Bears
Gravity Falls
Ice Age
Seberg
Rango
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Jersey Girl
Uncle Frank
Life of the Party
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Office Space
Paint
All the Way
King of the Hill
Heads of State
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Barry
Unthinkable
Ladies Man
The West Wing
NewsRadio
Harts of the West
Idiotsitter
Untitled King Of The Hill Reboot
Golden Years
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