
Stephen Root
Acting
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.

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Chet

The Wrecking Crew
Detective Rennert

Playdate
Gordon

Heads of State
Arthur Hammond

Dog Man
Grampa (voice)

Lousy Carter
Analyst

Paint
Tony

To Leslie
Dutch

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)

The Tragedy of Macbeth
Porter

Queenpins
Agent Flannigan

Home
Father Browning

Four Good Days
Chris

Happily
Goodman

Uncle Frank
Daddy Mac

The Empty Man
Arthur Parsons

Bombshell
Neil Mullin

Seberg
Walt Breckman

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Cockmando (voice)

On the Basis of Sex
Professor Brown

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Teller (segment "Near Algodones")

Life of the Party
Mike Cook

Cook-Off!
Morty Van Rookle

Three Christs
Dr. Rogers

Miles
Ron Walton

Infinity Baby
Fenton

Get Out
Jim Hudson

Spectral
Dr. Mindala

Looking for the Jackalope
The Jackalope (voice)

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Burt

Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
Uncle Henry (voice)

Finding Dory
Bubbles (voice)

All the Way
J. Edgar Hoover

Hello, My Name Is Doris
Todd

O.W.C.A. Files
Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)

Trumbo
Hymie King

7 Chinese Brothers
George

Selma
Col. Al Lingo

Lennon or McCartney
Self

I Know That Voice
Self
Feels So Good
Nick Celisco

Sweetwater
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Bad Milo!
Roger

The Lone Ranger
Habberman

Superman: Unbound
Zor-El (voice)

The Arrangement
Avery Boomer

The Company You Keep
Billy Cusimano

Big Miracle
Governor Haskell

J. Edgar
Arthur Koehler

Batman: Year One
Brendon (voice)

Red State
Sherrif Wynan

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)

Everything Must Go
Elliot

The Conspirator
John Lloyd

Rango
Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)

Son of Morning
Senator Larder

Cedar Rapids
Bill Krogstad

Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
Burt (voice)

Unthinkable
Charles Thompson
Glock
Remington

The Men Who Stare at Goats
Gus Lacey

13 Scarier Movie Moments
Self

Squirly Town
Lance (voice)

Imagine That
Fred Franklin

The Soloist
Curt Reynolds

Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
Turtle (voice)

Bob Funk
Steve

Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Chode (voice)

Leatherheads
Suds

Drillbit Taylor
Principal Doppler

Over Her Dead Body
Sculptor

Mad Money
Glover

No Country for Old Men
Man Who Hires Wells

Have Dreams, Will Travel
Sheriff Brock

The Fox and the Hound 2
Talent Scout (voice)

Idiocracy
Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)

Gretchen
Herb

Ice Age: The Meltdown
Aardvark Dad (voice)

Just Friends
KC

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Vince Masters

Surviving Christmas
Dr. Freeman

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Gordon

The Ladykillers
Fernand Gudge

Jersey Girl
Greenie

Raising Genius
Dwight Nestor

Grind
Cameron
The Making of 'King of the Hill'

Finding Nemo
Bubbles (voice)

The Country Bears
Zeb (voice)

Ice Age
Frank / Start (voice)

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Radio Station Man

Bicentennial Man
Dennis Mansky

The Sissy Duckling
Big Ducky (voice)

Office Space
Milton Waddams

The Monster Hunter
Mr. Crenshaw

Gut Feeling
Kane Cohen

Krippendorf's Tribe
Gerald Adams

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The Lottery
Graham Dunbar

The Road to Galveston
Ed Kirkman

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Jaan Laaman

Night of the Scarecrow
Frank

Bye Bye Love
Awakened Neighbor

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Kevin McDonald

Extreme Justice
Max Alvarez

Dave
Don Durenberger

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Dr. Kirby

Class of '61
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

RoboCop 3
Coontz

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Gary Murray

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Kevin McDonald

Bed & Breakfast
Randolph

V.I. Warshawski
Mickey

Golden Years
Major Moreland

Guilty by Suspicion
RKO Guard

Ghost
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Stanley & Iris
Mr. Hentley

Black Rain
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Monkey Shines
Dean Burbage

Crocodile Dundee II
DEA Agent (Toilet)







