
Cast
Stephen Root
Acting
Cast
Stephen Root
Known for
Acting
Born
1951-11-17
From
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 (1995â1999), as Milton Waddams in the film Office Space (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series King of the Hill (1997â2010, 2025âpresent). 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 2â4 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.

The Wrecking Crew
as Detective Rennert

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
as Chet

Finding Nemo
as Bubbles (voice)

Ice Age
as Rhino / Start (voice)

No Country for Old Men
as Man Who Hires Wells

Rango
as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)

Get Out
as Jim Hudson

Playdate
as Gordon

Ice Age: The Meltdown
as Aardvark Dad (voice)

Idiocracy
as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)

Ghost
as Police Sgt.

Heads of State
as Arthur Hammond

Finding Dory
as Bubbles (voice)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")

Dog Man
as Grampa (voice)

Unthinkable
as Charles Thompson

Spectral
as Dr. Mindala

The Empty Man
as Arthur Parsons

RoboCop 3
as Coontz

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Radio Station Man

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Gordon

The Lone Ranger
as Habberman

Office Space
as Milton Waddams

Drillbit Taylor
as Principal Doppler

Black Rain
as Berg

Bombshell
as Neil Mullin

Bicentennial Man
as Dennis Mansky

Surviving Christmas
as Dr. Freeman

The Ladykillers
as Fernand Gudge

Life of the Party
as Mike Cook

Just Friends
as KC

J. Edgar
as Arthur Koehler

Seberg
as Walt Breckman

The Company You Keep
as Billy Cusimano

Jersey Girl
as Greenie

Uncle Frank
as Daddy Mac

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
as Gary Murray

Batman: Year One
as Brendon (voice)

The Conspirator
as John Lloyd

Crocodile Dundee II
as DEA Agent (Toilet)

Mad Money
as Glover

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
as Vince Masters

Selma
as Col. Al Lingo

The Men Who Stare at Goats
as Gus Lacey

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
as Burt

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
as Cockmando (voice)

Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
as Burt (voice)

Big Miracle
as Governor Haskell

The Fox and the Hound 2
as Talent Scout (voice)

Leatherheads
as Suds

Grind
as Cameron

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
as Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)

Trumbo
as Hymie King

Queenpins
as Agent Flannigan

The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Porter

Three Christs
as Dr. Rogers

Dave
as Don Durenberger

Imagine That
as Fred Franklin

Over Her Dead Body
as Sculptor

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)

Hello, My Name Is Doris
as Todd

Superman: Unbound
as Zor-El (voice)

Golden Years
as Major Moreland

On the Basis of Sex
as Professor Brown

Sweetwater
as Hugh

Lennon or McCartney
as Self

Red State
as Sherrif Wynan

Paint
as Tony

The Country Bears
as Zeb (voice)

To Leslie
as Dutch

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)

Guilty by Suspicion
as RKO Guard

Happily
as Goodman

The Soloist
as Curt Reynolds

Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
as Turtle (voice)

Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
as Uncle Henry (voice)

Bad Milo!
as Roger

All the Way
as J. Edgar Hoover

Monkey Shines
as Dean Burbage

Cedar Rapids
as Bill Krogstad

Stanley & Iris
as Mr. Hentley

13 Scarier Movie Moments
as Self

Everything Must Go
as Elliot

Have Dreams, Will Travel
as Sheriff Brock

V.I. Warshawski
as Mickey

Cook-Off!
as Morty Van Rookle

I Know That Voice
as Self

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
as Dr. Kirby

Miles
as Ron Walton

Four Good Days
as Chris

Glock
as Remington

Extreme Justice
as Max Alvarez

Bob Funk
as Steve

Bye Bye Love
as Awakened Neighbor

The Sissy Duckling
as Big Ducky (voice)

Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
as Kevin McDonald

Krippendorf's Tribe
as Gerald Adams

October

O.W.C.A. Files
as Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)

The Arrangement
as Avery Boomer

The Monster Hunter
as Mr. Crenshaw

Night of the Scarecrow
as Frank

Son of Morning
as Senator Larder

Tripping the Rift: The Movie
as Chode (voice)

The Lottery
as Graham Dunbar

Bed & Breakfast
as Randolph

Class of '61
as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton

A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
as Kevin McDonald

In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
as Jaan Laaman

Lousy Carter
as Analyst

7 Chinese Brothers
as George

Infinity Baby
as Fenton

Raising Genius
as Dwight Nestor

Home
as Father Browning

The Long Haul

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Feels So Good
as Nick Celisco

Gut Feeling
as Kane Cohen

Squirly Town
as Lance (voice)

Unbearable Christmas

The Road to Galveston
as Ed Kirkman

The Making of 'King of the Hill'

Looking for the Jackalope
as The Jackalope (voice)

Gretchen
as Herb