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.
Movies
Finding Nemo
Bubbles (voice)
Ghost
Police Sgt.
Office Space
Milton Waddams
Just Friends
KC
Bicentennial Man
Dennis Mansky
Leatherheads
Suds
RoboCop 3
Coontz
Dave
Don Durenberger
Krippendorf's Tribe
Gerald Adams
No Country for Old Men
Man Who Hires Wells
Mad Money
Glover
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Gordon
Jersey Girl
Greenie
Over Her Dead Body
Sculptor
Monkey Shines
Dean Burbage
Have Dreams, Will Travel
Sheriff Brock
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Chode (voice)
The Conspirator
John Lloyd
Surviving Christmas
Dr. Freeman
Unthinkable
Charles Thompson
Rango
Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Radio Station Man
Everything Must Go
Elliot
The Soloist
Curt Reynolds
Red State
Sherrif Wynan
The Country Bears
Zeb Zoober (voice)
Raising Genius
Dwight Nestor
Batman: Year One
Brendon (voice)
Bob Funk
Steve
Imagine That
Fred Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Bill Krogstad
Son of Morning
Senator Larder
Big Miracle
Governor Haskell
The Company You Keep
Billy Cusimano
The Monster Hunter
Mr. Crenshaw
Sweetwater
Hugh
Superman: Unbound
Zor-El (voice)
Bad Milo!
Roger
Bed & Breakfast
Randolph
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Kevin McDonald
On the Basis of Sex
Professor Brown
The Arrangement
Avery Boomer
Extreme Justice
Max Alvarez
Ice Age
Frank / Start (voice)
Night of the Scarecrow
Frank
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Jaan Laaman
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Todd
7 Chinese Brothers
George
Crocodile Dundee II
DEA Agent (Toilet)
Class of '61
The Fox and the Hound 2
Talent Scout (voice)
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Kevin McDonald
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Gus Lacey
All the Way
J. Edgar Hoover
The Ladykillers
Fernand Gudge
Miles
Ron Walton
Cook-Off!
Morty Van Rookle
Trumbo
Hymie King
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Burt
Drillbit Taylor
Principal Doppler
Finding Dory
Bubbles (voice)
Lennon or McCartney
Self
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Gary Murray
Black Rain
Berg
Infinity Baby
Fenton
The Lone Ranger
Habberman
Get Out
Jim Hudson
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Aardvark Dad (voice)
Selma
Col. Al Lingo
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
Grind
Cameron
Life of the Party
Mike Cook
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
Burt (voice)
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Dr. Kirby
Idiocracy
Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
I Know That Voice
Self
V.I. Warshawski
Mickey
Seberg
Walt Breckman
The Empty Man
Arthur Parsons
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
Guilty by Suspicion
RKO Guard
The Lottery
Graham Dunbar
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Vince Masters
Gretchen
Herb
Uncle Frank
Mac Bledsoe
Four Good Days
Chris
Kim Possible: So the Drama
Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)
Bombshell
Neil Mullin
Glock
Remington
Three Christs
Dr. Rogers
Happily
Goodman
The Road to Galveston
Ed Kirkman
13 Scarier Movie Moments
Self
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
Turtle (voice)
J. Edgar
Arthur Koehler
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
Uncle Henry (voice)
Home
Father Browning
Paint
Tony
To Leslie
Dutch
Spectral
Dr. Mindala
Stanley & Iris
Mr. Hentley
The Sissy Duckling
Big Ducky (voice)
Golden Years
Major Moreland
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Porter
Queenpins
Agent Flannigan
Thelma
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
steve.oedekerk.com
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Cockmando (voice)
Heads of State
Squirly Town
Lance (voice)
Looking for the Jackalope
The Jackalope (voice)
Gut Feeling
Kane Cohen
Lousy Carter
Analyst
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)
Playdate
Shows
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Captain K'Vada
Norm
Seinfeld
Mr. Lager
American Dad!
Dick (voice)
Home Improvement
Exterminator
VR.5
24
Malcolm in the Middle
John Pratt
Kim Possible
Pop-Pop Porter (voice)
Profiler
Roseanne
NewsRadio
Jimmy James
Superman: The Animated Series
Reverend Amos Howell / Unity (voice)
Northern Exposure
The X's
Jake and the Fatman
Just Shoot Me!
Christy
Pushing Daisies
Dwight Dixon
The Andy Dick Show
Wiseguy
Ladies Man
Gene
DAG
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
Dr. Donovan (voice)
Teen Titans
Val Yor (voice)
L.A. Law
Atty. Brandon McCafferty
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Michael Kirkwood
According to Jim
Al Crannis
Ed
George MacPherson
Courage the Cowardly Dog
The Torkelsons
Sheriff Bobby
The Legend of Tarzan
Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (voice)
Diagnosis: Murder
Charlie Lane
Cybill
Phil Asher
The Golden Palace
Mr. Tucker
Murphy Brown
Quantum Leap
John Tremaine Jr.
Eerie, Indiana
Mr. Chaney
Party of Five
Blossom
Tripping the Rift
Chode (voice)
Boston Legal
Ethan Melman
Grounded for Life
Frasier
Harbin
Californication
Ricardo Collini
Chicago Hope
The Path to 9/11
Richard Clarke
Civil Wars
Unscripted
Self
Harts of the West
R.O
Glenn Martin, DDS
Golden Years
Major Moreland
True Blood
Eddie
The Big Bang Theory
Dan
Gravity Falls
Bud Gleeful (voice) / Additional Voices (voice)
DreamWorks Dragons
Mildew (voice)
Barry
Monroe Fuches
Pandora's Clock
Mark Hastings
Dallas & Robo
Uncle Danny
Amphibia
Mayor Toadstool (voice)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Lynn Boyle
Lights Out with David Spade
Self - Panelist
BoJack Horseman
Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice)
The Man in the High Castle
Hawthorne Abendsen
Hot in Cleveland
Brian
DuckTales
J.W. Guidebook (voice)
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Mr. M / Bob (voice)
Perry Mason
Maynard Barnes
Con Man
Pascal
The Newsroom
General Stomtonovich
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Brian (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Woozy Winks (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Penguin / Planet Master (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Penguin / Carnival Barker (voice)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Killer Croc / Penguin (voice)
The Simpsons
Bildorf (voice)
Gravity Falls
Bud Gleeful (voice)
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Cringer / Battle Cat (voice)
Justice League
Cat Man / T. Blake (voice)
The West Wing
Bob Mayer
Kim Possible
Texan (voice)
Kim Possible
Chester Yapsby (voice)
Kim Possible
Phillipe Bullion / Pop-Pop Porter (voice)
Kim Possible
Mr. Nevius (voice)
From the Earth to the Moon
Chris Kraft
Childrens Hospital
Hank Maestro
Kim Possible
Memphis (voice)
American Dad!
Dick / Dentist's Father (voice)
Young Justice
Jack Haly (voice)
The Book of Boba Fett
Lortha Peel
The Legend of Vox Machina
Professor Anders (voice)
Random! Cartoons
Lance (voice)
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Police Chief Earl Grant (voice)
Fringe
Raymond
The Mighty Ones
Bernard (voice)
Succession
Ron Petkus
Head Case
Pat Jennings
Louie
Dr. Hepa
Masters of Sex
Harvey Toplin
We Baby Bears
Rexford / Trees / Video Person (voice)
Summer Camp Island
Stuart (voice)
Summer Camp Island
Additional Voices (voice)
Summer Camp Island
Prime Monister (voice)
Bee and PuppyCat
Warlock G / Police Officer (voice)
Bee and PuppyCat
Warlock G / Mr. Assam (voice)
Bee and PuppyCat
Warlock G (voice)
ThunderCats
Hattanzo the Drifter (voice)
Veep
Judge Walsh
Night Court
Spirit of Death
Night Court
Mr. Willard
Praise Petey
Petey's Father (voice)
Velma
Chief Cogburn (voice)
Untitled King Of The Hill Reboot
Bill (voice)
Fired on Mars
Inside The Episode: Barry
Self
Clone High
Mr. Big Corporation (voice)
Bee and PuppyCat
Farmer (voice)
INVINCIBLE
Brandyworth (voice)
Workaholics
Carty
The Good Wife
Judge Murphy Wicks
We Baby Bears
Rexford / Zach / Rover (voice)
We Baby Bears
Zach / Bread Monster (voice)
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Martin Mertens (voice)
Summer Camp Island
Dean Stuart / Additional Voices (voice)
Adventure Time
Martin (voice)
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Gary (voice)
Beacon 23
Solomon Smythe
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Nanomachines (voice)
King of the Hill
Bill Dauterive (voice)
Justified
Mike Reardon
Phineas and Ferb
Floyd (voice)
Hamster & Gretel
Jeff Strawberry (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Sheriff (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Sheriff / Sentry #2 (voice)
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Cringer (voice)
Idiotsitter
Ken Russel
Angie Tribeca
Mortimer Begoyle
The Proud Family
Mr. Andrews (voice)
Stars in the House
Self
Velma
Chief Cogburn / Merie Cogburn (voice)
Velma
Merie Cogburn (voice)