
Stephen Root
Birthday: 1951-11-17
Place of Birth: Sarasota, Florida, USA
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.

Crocodile Dundee II, 1988
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Comedy

Monkey Shines, 1988
Thriller
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Black Rain, 1989
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Ghost, 1990
Fantasy
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 1992
Action
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Dave, 1993
Comedy

Bicentennial Man, 1999
Sci-Fi
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Office Space, 1999
Comedy

O Brother, Where Art Thou?, 2000
Adventure
Comedy
Detective

Ice Age, 2002
Animation
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Finding Nemo, 2003
Animation

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, 2004
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The Ladykillers, 2004
Comedy
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Thriller

Jersey Girl, 2004
Comedy
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Surviving Christmas, 2004
Comedy
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Just Friends, 2005
Comedy
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Ice Age: The Meltdown, 2006
Animation
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Idiocracy, 2006
Comedy
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The Fox and the Hound 2, 2006
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No Country for Old Men, 2007
Detective
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Drillbit Taylor, 2008
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Mad Money, 2008
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Over Her Dead Body, 2008
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Leatherheads, 2008
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Imagine That, 2009
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The Men Who Stare at Goats, 2009
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The Soloist, 2009
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Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare, 2010
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Unthinkable, 2010
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Rango, 2011
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Batman: Year One, 2011
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J. Edgar, 2011
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The Conspirator, 2011
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Red State, 2011
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Cedar Rapids, 2011
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Everything Must Go, 2011
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Big Miracle, 2012
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The Company You Keep, 2012
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The Lone Ranger, 2013
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Superman: Unbound, 2013
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Bad Milo!, 2013
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Selma, 2014
Historical
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Trumbo, 2015
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Hello, My Name Is Doris, 2015
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Finding Dory, 2016
Adventure
Animation
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Spectral, 2016
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Thriller
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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, 2016
Comedy

Get Out, 2017
Mystery
Thriller
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, 2018
Western
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Life of the Party, 2018
Comedy

On the Basis of Sex, 2018
Drama
Historical

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, 2019
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Bombshell, 2019
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Seberg, 2019
Thriller
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The Empty Man, 2020
Horror
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Uncle Frank, 2020
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The Tragedy of Macbeth, 2021
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Queenpins, 2021
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