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