Stephen Root
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), 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, 2025–present). 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), 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) and 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 starred as Monroe Fuches in the HBO dark comedy series Barry, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Strip Law as
- 2025 · Playdate as Gordon
- 2025 · Heads of State as Arthur Hammond
- 2025 · Dog Man as Grampa (voice)
- 2025 · StuGo as Dr. Rostrum (voice)
- 2024 · It's Florida, Man. as Title Narrator
- 2022 · To Leslie as Dutch
- 2022 · Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
- 2018 · On the Basis of Sex as Professor Brown
- 2017 · Cook-Off! as Morty Van Rookle
- 2017 · Infinity Baby as Fenton
- 2016 · Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates as Burt
- 2016 · Idiotsitter as Ken Russel
- 2013 · Sweetwater as Hugh
- 2013 · Superman: Unbound as Zor-El (voice)
- 2012 · The Company You Keep as Billy Cusimano
- 2011 · Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
- 2011 · Son of Morning as Senator Larder
- 2010 · Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare as Burt (voice)
- 2009 · Imagine That as Fred Franklin
- 2009 · Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts as Turtle (voice)
- 2009 · Bob Funk as Steve
- 2005 · Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama as Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)
- 2004 · Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Vince Masters
- 1999 · The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot as Dr. Donovan (voice)
- 1999 · The Monster Hunter as Mr. Crenshaw
- 1999 · Gut Feeling as Kane Cohen
- 1996 · Pandora's Clock as Mark Hastings
- 1995 · Night of the Scarecrow as Frank
- 1993 · Harts of the West as R.O
- 1993 · Extreme Justice as Max Alvarez
- 1993 · Dave as Don Durenberger
- 1993 · Class of '61 as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
- 1992 · Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Gary Murray
- 1991 · V.I. Warshawski as Mickey
- 1988 · Monkey Shines as Dean Burbage
- 1988 · Crocodile Dundee II as DEA Agent (Toilet)
- Future · October as
- 1991 · Golden Years as Major Moreland
- Future · Thelma as
- 2024 · Lousy Carter as Analyst
- 2024 · Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Cringer (voice)
- 2023 · Scott Pilgrim Takes Off as The Nanomachines (voice)
- 2023 · Beacon 23 as Solomon Smythe
- 2023 · Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Martin Mertens (voice)
- 2023 · Praise Petey as Petey's Father (voice)
- 2023 · Clone High as Mr. Big Corporation (voice)
- 2023 · Fired on Mars as Mark (voice)
- 2023 · Paint as Tony
- 2023 · Velma as Chief Cogburn / Merie Cogburn (voice)
- 2023 · Velma as Merie Cogburn (voice)
- 2023 · Velma as Chief Cogburn (voice)
- 2022 · Bee and PuppyCat as Warlock G (voice)
- 2022 · Bee and PuppyCat as Warlock G / Mr. Assam (voice)
- 2022 · Bee and PuppyCat as Warlock G / Police Officer (voice)
- 2022 · Hamster & Gretel as Jeff Strawberry (voice)
- 2022 · Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head as Gary (voice)
- 2022 · Amphibia: The Hardest Thing as Mayor Toadstool
- 2022 · The Legend of Vox Machina as Professor Anders (voice)
- 2022 · We Baby Bears as Rexford / Zach / Rover (voice)
- 2022 · We Baby Bears as Zach / Bread Monster (voice)
- 2022 · We Baby Bears as Rexford / Trees / Video Person (voice)
- 2021 · The Book of Boba Fett as Lortha Peel
- 2021 · The Tragedy of Macbeth as Porter
- 2021 · Blade Runner: Black Lotus as Police Chief Earl Grant (voice)
- 2021 · Queenpins as Agent Flannigan
- 2021 · Home as Father Browning
- 2021 · Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Cringer / Battle Cat (voice)
- 2021 · Four Good Days as Chris
- 2021 · Happily as Goodman
- 2021 · Resident Alien as Ed Vanderspeigle
- 2020 · Uncle Frank as Daddy Mac
- 2020 · The Mighty Ones as Bernard (voice)
- 2020 · The Empty Man as Arthur Parsons
- 2020 · Star Trek: Lower Decks as Gene Jakobowski (voice)
- 2020 · Adventure Time: Distant Lands as Mr. M / Bob (voice)
- 2020 · Perry Mason as Maynard Barnes
- 2020 · Solar Opposites as
- 2020 · Stars in the House as Self
- 2019 · Bombshell as Neil Mullin
- 2019 · Seberg as Walt Breckman
- 2019 · Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Cockmando (voice)
- 2019 · Lights Out with David Spade as Self - Panelist
- 2019 · Amphibia as Mayor Toadstool (voice)
- 2018 · The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
- 2018 · The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants as Mr. Fyde / Avacadwoe / Hush Muffleman (voice)
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Dean Stuart / Additional Voices (voice)
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Stuart (voice)
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2018 · Summer Camp Island as Prime Monister (voice)
- 2018 · Succession as Ron Petkus
- 2018 · Dallas & Robo as Uncle Danny
- 2018 · Life of the Party as Mike Cook
- 2018 · Inside The Episode: Barry as Self
- 2018 · Barry as Monroe Fuches
- 2017 · Three Christs as Dr. Rogers
- 2017 · DuckTales as J.W. Guidebook (voice)
- 2017 · Miles as Ron Walton
- 2017 · Get Out as Jim Hudson
- 2016 · Spectral as Dr. Mindala
- 2016 · Looking for the Jackalope as The Jackalope (voice)
- 2016 · Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz as Uncle Henry (voice)
- 2016 · Finding Dory as Bubbles (voice)
- 2016 · All the Way as J. Edgar Hoover
- 2016 · Angie Tribeca as Mortimer Begoyle
- 2015 · Hello, My Name Is Doris as Todd
- 2015 · O.W.C.A. Files as Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)
- 2015 · Trumbo as Hymie King
- 2015 · Con Man as Pascal
- 2015 · 7 Chinese Brothers as George
- 2015 · Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Brian (voice)
- 2015 · The Man in the High Castle as Hawthorne Abendsen
- 2014 · Selma as Col. Al Lingo
- 2014 · Lennon or McCartney as Self
- 2014 · Bee and PuppyCat as Farmer (voice)
- 2014 · BoJack Horseman as Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice)
- 2014 · I Know That Voice as Self
- 2013 · Rick and Morty as Gromflomite General (voice)
- 2013 · Masters of Sex as Harvey Toplin
- 2013 · Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Lynn Boyle
- 2013 · Bad Milo! as Roger
- 2013 · The Lone Ranger as Habberman
- 2013 · The Arrangement as Avery Boomer
- 2012 · DreamWorks Dragons as Mildew (voice)
- 2012 · The Newsroom as General Stomtonovich
- 2012 · Gravity Falls as Bud Gleeful (voice)
- 2012 · Gravity Falls as Bud Gleeful / Additional Voices (voice)
- 2012 · Veep as Judge Walsh
- 2012 · The Legend of Korra as White Lotus Leader / Gommu / Chung (voice)
- 2012 · The Legend of Korra as Gommu (voice)
- 2012 · Big Miracle as Governor Haskell
- 2011 · J. Edgar as Arthur Koehler
- 2011 · Batman: Year One as Brendon (voice)
- 2011 · Red State as Sherrif Wynan
- 2011 · ThunderCats as Hattanzo the Drifter (voice)
- 2011 · Everything Must Go as Elliot
- 2011 · The Conspirator as John Lloyd
- 2011 · Workaholics as Carty
- 2011 · Rango as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
- 2011 · Cedar Rapids as Bill Krogstad
- 2010 · Young Justice as Jack Haly (voice)
- 2010 · The Defenders as Judge Taylor
- 2010 · Raising Hope as Cap Collins
- 2010 · Boardwalk Empire as Gaston Means
- 2010 · Louie as Dr. Hepa
- 2010 · Hot in Cleveland as Brian
- 2010 · Unthinkable as Charles Thompson
- 2010 · Adventure Time as Martin (voice)
- 2010 · Justified as Mike Reardon
- 2009 · Glock as Remington
- 2009 · The Men Who Stare at Goats as Gus Lacey
- 2009 · 13 Scarier Movie Moments as Self
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Judge Murphy Wicks
- 2009 · Glenn Martin, DDS as
- 2009 · Squirly Town as Lance (voice)
- 2009 · The Soloist as Curt Reynolds
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Hank Maestro
- 2008 · Random! Cartoons as Lance (voice)
- 2008 · Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Woozy Winks (voice)
- 2008 · Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Penguin / Planet Master (voice)
- 2008 · Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Penguin / Carnival Barker (voice)
- 2008 · Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Killer Croc / Penguin (voice)
- 2008 · Fringe as Raymond
- 2008 · True Blood as Eddie
- 2008 · Tripping the Rift: The Movie as Chode (voice)
- 2008 · Leatherheads as Suds
- 2008 · Drillbit Taylor as Principal Doppler
- 2008 · Over Her Dead Body as Sculptor
- 2008 · Mad Money as Glover
- 2007 · No Country for Old Men as Man Who Hires Wells
- 2007 · Pushing Daisies as Dwight Dixon
- 2007 · The Big Bang Theory as Dan
- 2007 · Phineas and Ferb as Floyd (voice)
- 2007 · Californication as Ricardo Collini
- 2007 · Have Dreams, Will Travel as Sheriff Brock
- 2007 · Head Case as Pat Jennings
- 2007 · The Sarah Silverman Program. as Johnny Forrealz
- 2006 · The Fox and the Hound 2 as Talent Scout (voice)
- 2006 · The Path to 9/11 as Richard Clarke
- 2006 · Idiocracy as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
- 2006 · Gretchen as Herb
- 2006 · Ice Age: The Meltdown as Aardvark Dad (voice)
- 2005 · The X's as
- 2005 · Just Friends as KC
- 2005 · American Dad! as Dick (voice)
- 2005 · American Dad! as Dick / Dentist's Father (voice)
- 2005 · Unscripted as Self
- 2004 · Boston Legal as Ethan Melman
- 2004 · Surviving Christmas as Dr. Freeman
- 2004 · DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Gordon
- 2004 · The Ladykillers as Fernand Gudge
- 2004 · Jersey Girl as Greenie
- 2004 · Raising Genius as Dwight Nestor
- 2004 · Tripping the Rift as Chode (voice)
- 2003 · Grind as Cameron
- 2003 · Teen Titans as Val Yor (voice)
- 2003 · Finding Nemo as Bubbles (voice)
- 2002 · The Country Bears as Zeb Zoober (voice)
- 2002 · Kim Possible as Pop-Pop Porter (voice)
- 2002 · Kim Possible as Texan (voice)
- 2002 · Kim Possible as Chester Yapsby (voice)
- 2002 · Kim Possible as Phillipe Bullion / Pop-Pop Porter (voice)
- 2002 · Kim Possible as Mr. Nevius (voice)
- 2002 · Kim Possible as Memphis (voice)
- 2002 · Ice Age as Frank / Start (voice)
- 2001 · Justice League as Cat Man (voice)
- 2001 · 24 as Bill Prady
- 2001 · According to Jim as Al Crannis
- 2001 · The Proud Family as Mr. Andrews (voice)
- 2001 · The Legend of Tarzan as Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (voice)
- 2001 · The Andy Dick Show as
- 2001 · Grounded for Life as
- 2000 · DAG as Senator Culpepper
- 2000 · Ed as George MacPherson
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Michael Kirkwood
- 2000 · Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Sheriff (voice)
- 2000 · Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Sheriff / Sentry #2 (voice)
- 2000 · O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Radio Station Man
- 2000 · Malcolm in the Middle as John Pratt
- 1999 · Bicentennial Man as Dennis Mansky
- 1999 · Courage the Cowardly Dog as
- 1999 · The West Wing as Bob Mayer
- 1999 · Ladies Man as Gene
- 1999 · The Sissy Duckling as Big Ducky (voice)
- 1999 · The Norm Show as Mr. Sweeney
- 1999 · Office Space as Milton Waddams
- 1999 · Family Guy as Professor O'Callaghan (voice)
- 1998 · From the Earth to the Moon as Chris Kraft
- 1998 · Krippendorf's Tribe as Gerald Adams
- 1997 · steve.oedekerk.com as
- 1997 · Just Shoot Me! as Dr. Drake Kelson
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Bill Dauterive (voice)
- 1996 · The Lottery as Graham Dunbar
- 1996 · Profiler as
- 1996 · Superman: The Animated Series as Reverend Amos Howell / Unity (voice)
- 1996 · The Road to Galveston as Ed Kirkman
- 1995 · In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice as Jaan Laaman
- 1995 · NewsRadio as Jimmy James
- 1995 · Bye Bye Love as Awakened Neighbor
- 1995 · VR.5 as F.A.A. Negotiator
- 1995 · Cybill as Phil Asher
- 1994 · Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter as Kevin McDonald
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1994 · Party of Five as
- 1994 · Christy as Clarence Sweetwater
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Charlie Lane
- 1993 · Frasier as Harbin
- 1993 · Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story as Dr. Kirby
- 1993 · RoboCop 3 as Coontz
- 1992 · The Golden Palace as Mr. Tucker
- 1992 · A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story as Kevin McDonald
- 1991 · Civil Wars as
- 1991 · Bed & Breakfast as Randolph
- 1991 · The Torkelsons as Sheriff Bobby
- 1991 · Home Improvement as Exterminator
- 1991 · Eerie, Indiana as Mr. Chaney
- 1991 · Golden Years as Major Moreland
- 1991 · Guilty by Suspicion as RKO Guard
- 1990 · Ghost as Police Sgt.
- 1990 · Northern Exposure as Brother Timothy
- 1990 · Blossom as
- 1990 · Stanley & Iris as Mr. Hentley
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Bildorf (voice)
- 1989 · Black Rain as Berg
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Mr. Lager
- 1989 · Quantum Leap as John Tremaine Jr.
- 1988 · Murphy Brown as
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1987 · Star Trek: The Next Generation as Captain K'Vada
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1987 · Wiseguy as
- 1986 · L.A. Law as Atty. Brandon McCafferty
- 1984 · Night Court as Spirit of Death
- 1984 · Night Court as Mr. Willard
- Future · The Wrecking Crew as
- Future · Unbearable Christmas as
- Future · Dead Letters as