Stephen Root
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-11-17
Place of Birth
Sarasota, Florida, USA
Stephen Root
Biography
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 notably starred as Monroe Fuches / The Raven on the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–2023), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019.
Also Known For
Finding Nemo
May 30, 2003
Ghost
Jul 13, 1990
Ice Age
Mar 14, 2002
Office Space
Feb 19, 1999
Just Friends
Nov 23, 2005
Bicentennial Man
Dec 17, 1999
The Sissy Duckling
Sep 14, 1999
Leatherheads
Mar 24, 2008
RoboCop 3
Jan 21, 1993
Dave
May 07, 1993
Golden Years
Jul 16, 1991
Krippendorf's Tribe
Feb 27, 1998
No Country for Old Men
Jun 13, 2007
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Dec 05, 2021
Mad Money
Jan 17, 2008
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Jun 18, 2004
Jersey Girl
Mar 25, 2004
The Fox and the Hound 2
Nov 09, 2006
Over Her Dead Body
Feb 01, 2008
Queenpins
Aug 26, 2021
Monkey Shines
Jul 29, 1988
Have Dreams, Will Travel
May 21, 2007
The Conspirator
Apr 15, 2011
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Mar 25, 2008
Surviving Christmas
Sep 21, 2004
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Oct 15, 2019
Unthinkable
Jun 14, 2010
Rango
Mar 02, 2011
Everything Must Go
May 13, 2011
The Soloist
Apr 24, 2009
Red State
Aug 19, 2011
The Country Bears
Jul 26, 2002
Batman: Year One
Sep 27, 2011
Bob Funk
Mar 20, 2009
Raising Genius
Mar 10, 2004
Imagine That
Jun 19, 2009
Cedar Rapids
Feb 11, 2011
Heads of State
Jun 24, 2025
Squirly Town
Aug 16, 2009
Son of Morning
Feb 28, 2011
Looking for the Jackalope
Nov 03, 2016
Big Miracle
Feb 02, 2012
The Company You Keep
Dec 20, 2012
Lousy Carter
Mar 29, 2024
Gut Feeling
Jan 01, 1999
The Monster Hunter
Jan 01, 1999
Sweetwater
Oct 09, 2013
Superman: Unbound
Apr 23, 2013
Bad Milo!
Aug 28, 2013
Bed & Breakfast
Sep 22, 1991
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Mar 01, 1992
Thelma
O.W.C.A. Files
Nov 09, 2015
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Jun 23, 2022
The Arrangement
Jan 01, 2013
Extreme Justice
Jun 26, 1993
Night of the Scarecrow
Aug 08, 1995
steve.oedekerk.com
Sep 03, 1997
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Oct 01, 1995
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Nov 27, 2015
Crocodile Dundee II
May 19, 1988
7 Chinese Brothers
Aug 14, 2015
Class of '61
Apr 12, 1993
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Oct 14, 1994
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Oct 17, 2009
All the Way
May 23, 2016
The Ladykillers
Mar 25, 2004
Playdate
Miles
Jun 09, 2017
Cook-Off!
Nov 17, 2017
Trumbo
Oct 27, 2015
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Jul 07, 2016
Drillbit Taylor
Feb 04, 2008
Finding Dory
Jun 16, 2016
Black Rain
Sep 22, 1989
Lennon or McCartney
Dec 12, 2014
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Jul 24, 1992
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Aug 30, 2000
The Wrecking Crew
Infinity Baby
Mar 11, 2017
The Lone Ranger
Jul 03, 2013
Get Out
Feb 24, 2017
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Mar 29, 2006
Selma
Dec 25, 2014
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
Aug 23, 2011
Grind
Aug 15, 2003
Life of the Party
May 10, 2018
On the Basis of Sex
Dec 25, 2018
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
Sep 14, 2010
Idiocracy
Sep 01, 2006
I Know That Voice
Jan 07, 2014
V.I. Warshawski
Jul 26, 1991
Seberg
Dec 13, 2019
The Empty Man
Oct 22, 2020
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Nov 09, 2018
Guilty by Suspicion
Mar 15, 1991
The Lottery
Sep 29, 1996
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Dec 28, 2004
Gretchen
Aug 05, 2006
Uncle Frank
Nov 25, 2020
Four Good Days
Apr 30, 2021
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Apr 08, 2005
Bombshell
Dec 13, 2019
Three Christs
Sep 23, 2017
Glock
Dec 31, 2009
The Road to Galveston
Jan 24, 1996
Happily
Mar 19, 2021
13 Scarier Movie Moments
Oct 10, 2009
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
Apr 08, 2009
J. Edgar
Nov 09, 2011
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
Jun 21, 2016
Home
Jul 29, 2021
Paint
Apr 06, 2023
To Leslie
Oct 07, 2022
Spectral
Dec 09, 2016
Stanley & Iris
Feb 09, 1990
Dog Man
Jan 24, 2025
Bye Bye Love
Mar 16, 1995
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
May 03, 1993
Unbearable Christmas
The Norm Show
Mar 24, 1999
Seinfeld
Jul 05, 1989
Teen Titans
Jul 19, 2003
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Oct 06, 2000
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Sep 28, 1987
L.A. Law
Sep 15, 1986
Californication
Aug 13, 2007
Home Improvement
Sep 17, 1991
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Nov 12, 1999
According to Jim
Oct 03, 2001
The Torkelsons
Sep 21, 1991
Ed
Oct 08, 2000
Kim Possible
Jun 07, 2002
The Legend of Tarzan
Sep 03, 2001
VR.5
Mar 10, 1995
24
Nov 06, 2001
Malcolm in the Middle
Jan 09, 2000
Cybill
Jan 02, 1995
Roseanne
Oct 18, 1988
Murphy Brown
Nov 14, 1988
Diagnosis: Murder
Oct 29, 1993
NewsRadio
Mar 21, 1995
Profiler
Sep 21, 1996
Quantum Leap
Mar 26, 1989
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Eerie, Indiana
Sep 15, 1991
The Golden Palace
Sep 18, 1992
Party of Five
Sep 12, 1994
Superman: The Animated Series
Sep 06, 1996
The X's
Nov 25, 2005
Jake and the Fatman
Sep 26, 1987
Blossom
Jul 05, 1990
Pushing Daisies
Oct 03, 2007
Northern Exposure
Jul 12, 1990
Grounded for Life
Jan 10, 2001
The Andy Dick Show
Feb 27, 2001
Chicago Hope
Sep 18, 1994
Just Shoot Me!
Mar 04, 1997
Tripping the Rift
Mar 04, 2004
Wiseguy
Sep 16, 1987
Boston Legal
Oct 03, 2004
The Path to 9/11
Sep 10, 2006
Gravity Falls
Jun 15, 2012
Ladies Man
Sep 20, 1999
DAG
Nov 14, 2000
Civil Wars
Nov 20, 1991
Unscripted
Jan 09, 2005
Glenn Martin, DDS
Aug 17, 2009
Harts of the West
Sep 25, 1993
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Jul 23, 2021
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
Sep 18, 1999
Justice League
Nov 17, 2001
Fired on Mars
Apr 20, 2023
True Blood
Sep 07, 2008
The West Wing
Sep 22, 1999
Clone High
May 23, 2023
The Big Bang Theory
Sep 24, 2007
Inside The Episode: Barry
Mar 27, 2018
Bee and PuppyCat
Nov 06, 2014
Kim Possible
Jun 07, 2002
Kim Possible
Jun 07, 2002
Kim Possible
Jun 07, 2002
Kim Possible
Jun 07, 2002
From the Earth to the Moon
Apr 05, 1998
Childrens Hospital
Dec 08, 2008
Kim Possible
Jun 07, 2002
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
The Book of Boba Fett
Dec 29, 2021
Young Justice
Nov 26, 2010
Workaholics
Apr 06, 2011
Frasier
Sep 16, 1993
Random! Cartoons
Dec 06, 2008
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Nov 14, 2021
The Good Wife
Sep 22, 2009
The Legend of Vox Machina
Jan 27, 2022
We Baby Bears
Jan 01, 2022
We Baby Bears
Jan 01, 2022
Summer Camp Island
Jul 07, 2018
Barry
Mar 25, 2018
DreamWorks Dragons
Aug 07, 2012
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Aug 31, 2023
Fringe
Sep 09, 2008
The Mighty Ones
Nov 09, 2020
Adventure Time
Apr 05, 2010
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Aug 04, 2022
Beacon 23
Nov 12, 2023
Succession
Jun 03, 2018
King of the Hill
Jan 12, 1997
Justified
Mar 16, 2010
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Nov 17, 2023
Phineas and Ferb
Aug 17, 2007
Hamster & Gretel
Aug 12, 2022
Pandora's Clock
Nov 10, 1996
Head Case
Apr 18, 2007
Dallas & Robo
May 30, 2018
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Oct 02, 2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Oct 02, 2000
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Jan 25, 2024
Louie
Jun 29, 2010
We Baby Bears
Jan 01, 2022
Idiotsitter
Jan 14, 2016
Summer Camp Island
Jul 07, 2018
Masters of Sex
Sep 29, 2013
Summer Camp Island
Jul 07, 2018
The Proud Family
Sep 15, 2001
Summer Camp Island
Jul 07, 2018
Angie Tribeca
Jan 17, 2016
Amphibia
Jun 17, 2019
Veep
Apr 22, 2012
ThunderCats
Jul 29, 2011
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Sep 17, 2013
Lights Out with David Spade
Jul 29, 2019
Velma
Jan 12, 2023
Velma
Jan 12, 2023
Stars in the House
Mar 16, 2020
Night Court
Jan 04, 1984
BoJack Horseman
Aug 22, 2014
The Man in the High Castle
Jan 15, 2015
Night Court
Jan 04, 1984
Praise Petey
Jul 21, 2023
Velma
Jan 12, 2023
Hot in Cleveland
Jun 16, 2010
DuckTales
Aug 12, 2017
Bee and PuppyCat
Sep 06, 2022
Bee and PuppyCat
Sep 06, 2022
Bee and PuppyCat
Sep 06, 2022
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Jun 25, 2020
Perry Mason
Jun 21, 2020
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Feb 01, 2007
Con Man
Sep 30, 2015
The Newsroom
Jun 24, 2012
Boardwalk Empire
Sep 19, 2010
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Jan 18, 2015
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Nov 14, 2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Nov 14, 2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Nov 14, 2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Nov 14, 2008
The Defenders
Sep 22, 2010
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Aug 06, 2020
It's Florida, Man.
Oct 18, 2024
Gravity Falls
Jun 15, 2012
Golden Years
Jul 16, 1991
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
Jul 13, 2018
Raising Hope
Sep 21, 2010
StuGo
Jan 01, 2025
Christy
Apr 03, 1994
Rick and Morty
Dec 02, 2013
