
Acting
Stephen Root
Also Known As: Steve Root
Birth Date
November 17, 1951
(74 years old)
Place of Birth
Sarasota, Florida, USA
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Biography
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor and voice actor. Known for his extensive character actor roles in film and television, he gained attention for his roles as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), as Milton Waddams in the comedy film Office Space (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series King of the Hill (1997–2010, 2025–present).[1] 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), Bicentennial Man (1999), Dodgeball (2004), Idiocracy (2006), Cedar Rapids (2011), Selma (2014), Trumbo (2015), Get Out (2017), and On the Basis of Sex (2018), as well as his voice roles in Ice Age (2002) and Finding Nemo (2003). On television, he played supporting roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991), True Blood (2008–2009), Boardwalk Empire (2012–2013), Fargo (2014), The Man in the High Castle (2016–2019), Perry Mason (2020), and Succession (2021–2023). He has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, in 2019 for the role of manipulative hitman handler Monroe Fuches in the HBO dark comedy crime series Barry (2018–2023) and in 2026 for the role of fisherman and outspoken superstitious Wyck Crawford in the Apple TV comedy horror series Widow's Bay (2026–present), which he won. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014 • 1 episode

American Dad!
Dick (voice)
2005 • 6 episodes

The Simpsons
Bildorf (voice)
1989 • 1 episode

Family Guy
Professor O'Callaghan (voice)
1999 • 1 episode

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Michael Kirkwood
2000 • 1 episode

Rick and Morty
Gromflomite General (voice)
2013 • 1 episode

Seinfeld
Mr. Lager
1989 • 1 episode

King of the Hill
Bill Dauterive (voice)
1997 • 275 episodes

Frasier
Harbin
1993 • 1 episode

24
Bill Prady
2001 • 3 episodes

Bob's Burgers
Jackson (voice)
2011 • 1 episode

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Captain K'Vada
1987 • 2 episodes

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Lynn Boyle
2013 • 4 episodes

The Good Wife
Judge Murphy Wicks
2009 • 2 episodes

The Legend of Korra
White Lotus Leader / Gommu / Chung (voice)
2012 • 1 episode

The West Wing
Bob Mayer
1999 • 9 episodes

Adventure Time
Martin (voice)
2010 • 1 episode

Diagnosis: Murder
Charlie Lane
1993 • 1 episode

The Big Bang Theory
Dan
2007 • 2 episodes

Fargo
Burt Canton
2014 • 2 episodes