Born 1951 (age 74) · Sarasota, Florida, USA
Appears in 261 titles

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Finding Nemo
7.8
Finding Nemo
2003
as Bubbles (voice)
Get Out
7.6
Get Out
2017
as Jim Hudson
Ice Age
7.4
Ice Age
2002
as Rhino / Start (voice)
No Country for Old Men
8.0
No Country for Old Men
2007
as Man Who Hires Wells
Finding Dory
7.0
Finding Dory
2016
as Bubbles (voice)
Ice Age: The Meltdown
6.7
Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006
as Aardvark Dad (voice)
Rango
6.9
Rango
2011
as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
The Lone Ranger
6.1
The Lone Ranger
2013
as Habberman
Ghost
7.2
Ghost
1990
as Police Sgt.
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
7.3
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Radio Station Man
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
7.1
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
Bicentennial Man
7.3
Bicentennial Man
1999
as Dennis Mansky
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Idiocracy
6.4
Idiocracy
2006
as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
Office Space
7.4
Office Space
1999
as Milton Waddams
Bombshell
6.8
Bombshell
2019
as Neil Mullin
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
J. Edgar
6.2
J. Edgar
2011
as Arthur Koehler
The Men Who Stare at Goats
6.0
The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009
as Gus Lacey
Selma
7.4
Selma
2014
as Col. Al Lingo