Stephen Root
Known for Acting · 261 credits
- Born
- 1951-11-17 (age 74)
- Place of birth
- Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Also known as
- Steve Root
Biography
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
TV Shows (137)
The Simpsons
1989
as Bildorf (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Professor O'Callaghan (voice) / Priest (voice)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Michael Kirkwood
Rick and Morty
2013
as Gromflomite General (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Dick (voice) / Dick / Dentist's Father (voice)
24
2001
as Bill Prady
Seinfeld
1989
as Mr. Lager
The Good Wife
2009
as Judge Murphy Wicks
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Captain K'Vada
Frasier
1993
as Harbin
Fargo
2014
as Burt Canton
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
as Lynn Boyle
Bob's Burgers
2011
as Jackson (voice)
The West Wing
1999
as Bob Mayer
Fringe
2008
as Raymond
King of the Hill
1997
as Bill Dauterive (voice)
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as John Pratt
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Floyd (voice)
Widow's Bay
2026
as Wyck
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Charlie Lane
Adventure Time
2010
as Martin (voice)
The Big Bang Theory
2007
as Dan
Young Justice
2010
as Jack Haly (voice)
Boston Legal
2004
as Ethan Melman
The Legend of Vox Machina
2022
as Professor Anders (voice)
True Blood
2008
as Eddie
Chicago Hope
1994
as Trumpet Playing Mental Patient
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice)
Gravity Falls
2012
as Bud Gleeful (voice) / Bud Gleeful / Additional Voices (voice)
Californication
2007
as Ricardo Collini
Home Improvement
1991
as Exterminator
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
2026
as Jampft (voice)
Quantum Leap
1989
as John Tremaine Jr.
Succession
2018
as Ron Petkus
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
2015
as Brian (voice)
L.A. Law
1986
as Brandon McCafferty / Ferret
The Man in the High Castle
2015
as Hawthorne Abendsen
Kim Possible
2002
as Pop-Pop Porter (voice) / Mr. Nevius (voice) / Texan (voice) / Phillipe Bullion / Pop-Pop Porter (voice) / Chester Yapsby (voice) / Memphis (voice)
Night Court
1984
as Spirit of Death / Mr. Willard
Boardwalk Empire
2010
as Gaston Means
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Brian
Justified
2010
as Mike Reardon
Summer Camp Island
2018
as Dean Stuart / Additional Voices (voice) / Stuart (voice) / Prime Monister (voice)
The Legend of Korra
2012
as White Lotus Leader / Gommu / Chung (voice) / Gommu (voice)
Courage the Cowardly Dog
1999
Veep
2012
as Judge Walsh
Party of Five
1994
as Football Coach
Resident Alien
2021
as Ed Vanderspeigle
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
as Penguin / Planet Master (voice) / Woozy Winks (voice) / Penguin / Carnival Barker (voice) / Killer Croc / Penguin (voice)
DuckTales
2017
as J.W. Guidebook (voice)
Northern Exposure
1990
as Brother Timothy
According to Jim
2001
as Al Crannis
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Dr. Drake Kelson
Jake and the Fatman
1987
Amphibia
2019
as Mayor Toadstool (voice)
Masters of Sex
2013
as Harvey Toplin
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Hank Maestro
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
as Reverend Amos Howell / Unity (voice)
Solar Opposites
2020
as Train Store Owner (voice)
Star Trek: Lower Decks
2020
as Gene Jakobowski (voice)
Movies (124)
The Wrecking Crew
2026
as Detective Rennert
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
2026
as Chet
Finding Nemo
2003
as Bubbles (voice)
Ice Age
2002
as Rhino / Start (voice)
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Man Who Hires Wells
Rango
2011
as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
Get Out
2017
as Jim Hudson
Playdate
2025
as Gordon
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
as Aardvark Dad (voice)
Idiocracy
2006
as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
Ghost
1990
as Police Sgt.
Heads of State
2025
as Arthur Hammond
Finding Dory
2016
as Bubbles (voice)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
Dog Man
2025
as Grampa (voice)
Unthinkable
2010
as Charles Thompson
Spectral
2016
as Dr. Mindala
The Empty Man
2020
as Arthur Parsons
RoboCop 3
1993
as Coontz
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Radio Station Man
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004
as Gordon
The Lone Ranger
2013
as Habberman
Office Space
1999
as Milton Waddams
Drillbit Taylor
2008
as Principal Doppler
Black Rain
1989
as Berg
Bombshell
2019
as Neil Mullin
Bicentennial Man
1999
as Dennis Mansky
Surviving Christmas
2004
as Dr. Freeman
The Ladykillers
2004
as Fernand Gudge
Life of the Party
2018
as Mike Cook
Just Friends
2005
as KC
J. Edgar
2011
as Arthur Koehler
Seberg
2019
as Walt Breckman
The Company You Keep
2012
as Billy Cusimano
Jersey Girl
2004
as Greenie
Uncle Frank
2020
as Daddy Mac
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992
as Gary Murray
Batman: Year One
2011
as Brendon (voice)
The Conspirator
2011
as John Lloyd
Crocodile Dundee II
1988
as DEA Agent (Toilet)
Mad Money
2008
as Glover
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004
as Vince Masters
Selma
2014
as Col. Al Lingo
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009
as Gus Lacey
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016
as Burt
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019
as Cockmando (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
2010
as Burt (voice)
Big Miracle
2012
as Governor Haskell
The Fox and the Hound 2
2006
as Talent Scout (voice)
Leatherheads
2008
as Suds
Grind
2003
as Cameron
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005
as Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)
Trumbo
2015
as Hymie King
Queenpins
2021
as Agent Flannigan
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
as Porter
Three Christs
2017
as Dr. Rogers
Dave
1993
as Don Durenberger
Imagine That
2009
as Fred Franklin
Over Her Dead Body
2008
as Sculptor
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
2011
as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015
as Todd
Superman: Unbound
2013
as Zor-El (voice)
Golden Years
1991
as Major Moreland
On the Basis of Sex
2018
as Professor Brown
Sweetwater
2013
as Hugh
Lennon or McCartney
2014
as Self
Red State
2011
as Sherrif Wynan
Paint
2023
as Tony
The Country Bears
2002
as Zeb (voice)
To Leslie
2022
as Dutch
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
2022
as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
Guilty by Suspicion
1991
as RKO Guard
Happily
2021
as Goodman
The Soloist
2009
as Curt Reynolds
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
2009
as Turtle (voice)
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
2016
as Uncle Henry (voice)
Bad Milo!
2013
as Roger
All the Way
2016
as J. Edgar Hoover
Monkey Shines
1988
as Dean Burbage
Cedar Rapids
2011
as Bill Krogstad
Stanley & Iris
1990
as Mr. Hentley
13 Scarier Movie Moments
2009
as Self
Everything Must Go
2011
as Elliot
Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007
as Sheriff Brock
V.I. Warshawski
1991
as Mickey
Cook-Off!
2017
as Morty Van Rookle
I Know That Voice
2014
as Self
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
1993
as Dr. Kirby
Miles
2017
as Ron Walton
Four Good Days
2021
as Chris
Glock
2009
as Remington
Extreme Justice
1993
as Max Alvarez
Bob Funk
2009
as Steve
Bye Bye Love
1995
as Awakened Neighbor
The Sissy Duckling
1999
as Big Ducky (voice)
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
1994
as Kevin McDonald
Krippendorf's Tribe
1998
as Gerald Adams
October
O.W.C.A. Files
2015
as Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)
The Arrangement
2013
as Avery Boomer
The Monster Hunter
1999
as Mr. Crenshaw
Night of the Scarecrow
1995
as Frank
Son of Morning
2011
as Senator Larder
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
2008
as Chode (voice)
The Lottery
1996
as Graham Dunbar
Bed & Breakfast
1991
as Randolph
Class of '61
1993
as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
1992
as Kevin McDonald
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
1995
as Jaan Laaman
Lousy Carter
2024
as Analyst
7 Chinese Brothers
2015
as George
Infinity Baby
2017
as Fenton
Raising Genius
2004
as Dwight Nestor
Home
2021
as Father Browning
The Long Haul
steve.oedekerk.com
1997
Feels So Good
2013
as Nick Celisco
Gut Feeling
1999
as Kane Cohen
Squirly Town
2009
as Lance (voice)
Unbearable Christmas
About 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 includ… With 261 credits spanning from 1984 to 2026, Stephen Root has appeared in 124 films and 137 TV shows.
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Most Popular Stephen Root Movies
- The Wrecking Crew (2026) — as Detective Rennert
- Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026) — as Chet
- Finding Nemo (2003) — as Bubbles (voice)
- Ice Age (2002) — as Rhino / Start (voice)
- No Country for Old Men (2007) — as Man Who Hires Wells
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