Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 17, 1951
Place of Birth
Sarasota, Florida, USA
Credits
266 titles
Stephen Root
Biography
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor and voice actor. Known for his extensive character actor roles in film and television, he gained attention for his roles as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), as Milton Waddams in the comedy film Office Space (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series King of the Hill (1997–2010, 2025–present).[1] 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), Bicentennial Man (1999), Dodgeball (2004), Idiocracy (2006), Cedar Rapids (2011), Selma (2014), Trumbo (2015), Get Out (2017), and On the Basis of Sex (2018), as well as his voice roles in Ice Age (2002) and Finding Nemo (2003). On television, he played supporting roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991), True Blood (2008–2009), Boardwalk Empire (2012–2013), Fargo (2014), The Man in the High Castle (2016–2019), Perry Mason (2020), and Succession (2021–2023). He has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, in 2019 for the role of manipulative hitman handler Monroe Fuches in the HBO dark comedy crime series Barry (2018–2023) and in 2026 for the role of fisherman and outspoken superstitious Wyck Crawford in the Apple TV comedy horror series Widow's Bay (2026–present), which he won. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Slayground
Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look
Brian Heder (voice) (uncredited)
President Curtis
Toomoo (voice)
The Long Haul
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
Jampft (voice)
The Terror: Devil in Silver
Dr. Badger
Widow's Bay
Wyck Crawford
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Chet
Strip Law
Glem Blorchman (voice)
The Wrecking Crew
Detective Rennert
Playdate
Gordon
Heads of State
Arthur Hammond
Dog Man
Grampa (voice)
StuGo
Dr. Rostrum (voice)
It's Florida, Man.
Title Narrator (voice)
Lousy Carter
Analyst
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Cringer (voice)
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Nanomachines (voice)
Beacon 23
Solomon Smythe
Krapopolis
Salt (voice)
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
Martin Mertens (voice)
Praise Petey
Petey's Father (voice)
Clone High
Mr. Big Corporation (voice)
Fired on Mars
Mark (voice)
Paint
Tony
Velma
Chief Cogburn / Merie Cogburn (voice)
To Leslie
Dutch
Bee and PuppyCat
Warlock G / Police Officer (voice)
Hamster & Gretel
Jeff Strawberry (voice)
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Gary (voice)
Starting Now: the Making of Barry
Self
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
The Legend of Vox Machina
Professor Anders (voice)
We Baby Bears
Rexford / Zach / Rover (voice)
The Book of Boba Fett
Lortha Peel
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Porter
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Police Chief Earl Grant (voice)
Queenpins
Agent Flannigan
Home
Father Browning
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Cringer / Battle Cat (voice)
Four Good Days
Chris
Happily
Goodman
Resident Alien
Ed Vanderspeigle
Uncle Frank
Daddy Mac
The Mighty Ones
Bernard (voice)
The Empty Man
Arthur Parsons
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Gene Jakobowski (voice)
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Mr. M / Bob / Additional Voices (voice)
Perry Mason
Maynard Barnes
Solar Opposites
Train Store Owner (voice)