Stephen Root

Stephen Root

Born 1951-11-17 (age 74) Sarasota, Florida, USA
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Biography

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.

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Known For

The Wrecking Crew
The Wrecking Crew

2026

as Detective Rennert

Finding Nemo
Finding Nemo

2003

as Bubbles (voice)

Ice Age
Ice Age

2002

as Rhino / Start (voice)

No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men

2007

as Man Who Hires Wells

Get Out
Get Out

2017

as Jim Hudson

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdown

2006

as Aardvark Dad (voice)

Heads of State
Heads of State

2025

as Arthur Hammond

Playdate
Playdate

2025

as Gordon

Finding Dory
Finding Dory

2016

as Bubbles (voice)

Rango
Rango

2011

as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)

Idiocracy
Idiocracy

2006

as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)

Ghost
Ghost

1990

as Police Sgt.

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000

as Radio Station Man

The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger

2013

as Habberman

Dog Man
Dog Man

2025

as Grampa (voice)

The Tragedy of Macbeth
Just Friends
Just Friends

2005

as KC

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

2018

as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")

Bicentennial Man
Bicentennial Man

1999

as Dennis Mansky