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