Stephen Root
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 17 November 1951 · Sarasota, Florida, USA
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
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- 2027Slayground
- 2026Unbearable Christmas
- 2026Bob's Best Friends as Edgar (voice)
- 2026The Girlfriend
- 2026Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look as Brian Heder (voice) (uncredited)
- 2026The Long Haul
- 2026Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice as Chet
- 2026The Wrecking Crew as Detective Rennert
- 2025Thelma
- 2025Playdate as Gordon
- 2025Heads of State as Arthur Hammond
- 2025Dog Man as Grampa (voice)
- 2024Lousy Carter as Analyst
- 2023Paint as Tony
- 2022To Leslie as Dutch
- 2022Starting Now: the Making of Barry as Self
- 2022Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
- 2022Amphibia: The Hardest Thing as Mayor Toadstool
- 2021The Tragedy of Macbeth as Porter
- 2021Queenpins as Agent Flannigan
- 2021Home as Father Browning
- 2021Four Good Days as Chris
- 2021Happily as Goodman
- 2020Uncle Frank as Daddy Mac
- 2020The Empty Man as Arthur Parsons
- 2019Seberg as Walt Breckman
- 2019Bombshell as Neil Mullin
- 2019Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Cockmando (voice)
- 2018On the Basis of Sex as Professor Brown
- 2018The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
- 2018Life of the Party as Mike Cook
- 2017Cook-Off! as Morty Van Rookle
- 2017Three Christs as Dr. Rogers
- 2017Miles as Ron Walton
- 2017Infinity Baby as Fenton
- 2017Get Out as Jim Hudson
- 2016Spectral as Dr. Mindala
- 2016Looking for the Jackalope as The Jackalope (voice)
- 2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates as Burt
- 2016Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz as Uncle Henry (voice)
- 2016Finding Dory as Bubbles (voice)
- 2016All the Way as J. Edgar Hoover
- 2015Hello, My Name Is Doris as Todd
- 2015O.W.C.A. Files as Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)
- 2015Trumbo as Hymie King
- 20157 Chinese Brothers as George
- 2014Selma as Col. Al Lingo
- 2014Lennon or McCartney as Self
- 2014I Know That Voice as Self
- 2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest · 1 episode
- 2013Feels So Good as Nick Celisco
- 2013Sweetwater as Hugh
- 2013Bad Milo! as Roger
- 2013The Lone Ranger as Habberman
- 2013Superman: Unbound as Zor-El (voice)
- 2013The Arrangement as Avery Boomer
- 2012The Company You Keep as Billy Cusimano
- 2012Big Miracle as Governor Haskell
- 2011J. Edgar as Arthur Koehler
- 2011Batman: Year One as Brendon (voice)
- 2011Red State as Sherrif Wynan
- 2011Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
- 2011Everything Must Go as Elliot
- 2011The Conspirator as John Lloyd
- 2011Rango as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
- 2011Son of Morning as Senator Larder
- 2011Cedar Rapids as Bill Krogstad
- 2010Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare as Burt (voice)
- 2010Unthinkable as Charles Thompson
- 2009Glock as Remington
- 2009The Men Who Stare at Goats as Gus Lacey
- 200913 Scarier Movie Moments as Self
- 2009Squirly Town as Lance (voice)
- 2009Imagine That as Fred Franklin
- 2009The Soloist as Curt Reynolds
- 2009Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts as Turtle (voice)
- 2009Bob Funk as Steve
- 2008Tripping the Rift: The Movie as Chode (voice)
- 2008Leatherheads as Suds
- 2008Drillbit Taylor as Principal Doppler
- 2008Over Her Dead Body as Sculptor
- 2008Mad Money as Glover
- 2007No Country for Old Men as Man Who Hires Wells
- 2007Have Dreams, Will Travel as Sheriff Brock
- 2006The Fox and the Hound 2 as Talent Scout (voice)
- 2006Idiocracy as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
- 2006Gretchen as Herb
- 2006Ice Age: The Meltdown as Aardvark Dad (voice)
- 2005Just Friends as KC
- 2005Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama as Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)
- 2005American Dad! as Dick (voice) · 7 episodes
- 2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Vince Masters
- 2004Surviving Christmas as Dr. Freeman
- 2004DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Gordon
- 2004Jersey Girl as Greenie
- 2004The Ladykillers as Fernand Gudge
- 2004Raising Genius as Dwight Nestor
- 2003Grind as Cameron
- 2003The Making of 'King of the Hill'
- 2003Finding Nemo as Bubbles (voice)
- 2002The Country Bears as Zeb (voice)
- 2002Ice Age as Rhino / Start (voice)
- 2000O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Radio Station Man
- 1999Bicentennial Man as Dennis Mansky
- 1999The Sissy Duckling as Big Ducky (voice)
- 1999Office Space as Milton
- 1999Gut Feeling as Kane Cohen
- 1999The Monster Hunter as Mr. Crenshaw
- 1998Krippendorf's Tribe as Gerald Adams
- 1997steve.oedekerk.com
- 1996The Lottery as Graham Dunbar
- 1996The Road to Galveston as Ed Kirkman
- 1995In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice as Jaan Laaman
- 1995Night of the Scarecrow as Frank
- 1995Bye Bye Love as Awakened Neighbor
- 1994Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter as Kevin McDonald
- 1993Extreme Justice as Max Alvarez
- 1993Dave as Don Durenberger
- 1993Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story as Dr. Kirby
- 1993Class of '61 as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
- 1993RoboCop 3 as Coontz
- 1992Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Gary Murray
- 1992A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story as Kevin McDonald
- 1991Bed & Breakfast as Randolph
- 1991V.I. Warshawski as Mickey
- 1991Golden Years as Major Moreland
- 1991Guilty by Suspicion as RKO Guard
- 1990Ghost as Police Sgt.
- 1990Stanley & Iris as Mr. Hentley
- 1989Black Rain as Berg
- 1988Monkey Shines as Dean Burbage
- 1988Crocodile Dundee II as DEA Agent (Toilet)