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Stephen Root
Known for: ActingStephen 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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King of the Hill
as Bill Dauterive (voice) 
The Wrecking Crew
+3
as Detective Rennert 
Widow's Bay
as Wyck Crawford 
Finding Nemo
+3
as Bubbles (voice) 
Barry
+1
as Monroe Fuches 
Ice Age
+7
as Rhino / Start (voice) 
No Country for Old Men
+9
as Man Who Hires Wells 
Get Out
+13
as Jim Hudson 
Ice Age: The Meltdown
+7
as Aardvark Dad (voice) 
NewsRadio
as Jimmy James 
Heads of State
+3
as Arthur Hammond 
Playdate
+3
as Gordon 
Ghost
+6
as Police Sgt. 
Rango
+6
as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice) 
Strip Law
as Glem Blorchman (voice) 
The Lone Ranger
+3
as Habberman 
Dog Man
+5
as Grampa (voice) 
Tripping the Rift
as Chode (voice) 
Bicentennial Man
+2
as Dennis Mansky 
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
as Chet 
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
+1
as Cringer / Battle Cat (voice) 
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
+3
as Gordon 
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Teller (segment "Near Algodones") 
The Empty Man
+3
as Arthur Parsons 
The Fox and the Hound 2
+3
as Talent Scout (voice) 
Ladies Man
as Gene 
Office Space
+3
as Milton 
It's Florida, Man.
as Title Narrator (voice) 
The Tragedy of Macbeth
+2
as Porter 
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
as Cringer (voice) 
The Ladykillers
+2
as Fernand Gudge 
Just Friends
+2
as KC 
Black Rain
+2
as Berg 
Big Miracle
as Governor Haskell 
Unthinkable
as Charles Thompson 
Bombshell
+2
as Neil Mullin 
Life of the Party
+2
as Mike Cook 
On the Basis of Sex
+2
as Professor Brown 
RoboCop 3
+6
as Coontz 
Crocodile Dundee II
+3
as DEA Agent (Toilet) 
The Soloist
+2
as Curt Reynolds 
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
+3
as Burt (voice) 
Praise Petey
as Petey's Father (voice) 
The Company You Keep
+1
as Billy Cusimano 
Queenpins
+2
as Agent Flannigan 
Harts of the West
as R.O 
The Men Who Stare at Goats
as Gus Lacey 
Cedar Rapids
+2
as Bill Krogstad 
The Conspirator
as John Lloyd 
Batman: Year One
+2
as Brendon (voice) 
Mad Money
+3
as Glover 
Imagine That
+2
as Fred Franklin 
Three Christs
as Dr. Rogers 
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
+2
as Gary Murray 
Over Her Dead Body
+1
as Sculptor 
Jersey Girl
+2
as Greenie 
Red State
as Sherrif Wynan 
Superman: Unbound
+2
as Zor-El (voice) 
Dallas & Robo
as Uncle Danny 
Trumbo
+5
as Hymie King 
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
+2
as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice) 
All the Way
+2
as J. Edgar Hoover 
Four Good Days
+1
as Chris 
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
+1
as Uncle Henry (voice) 
The Country Bears
+3
as Zeb (voice) 
V.I. Warshawski
+2
as Mickey 
Hello, My Name Is Doris
+4
as Todd 
Surviving Christmas
+9
as Dr. Freeman 
Stanley & Iris
+4
as Mr. Hentley 
Uncle Frank
as Daddy Mac 
Paint
+5
as Tony 
Everything Must Go
+1
as Elliot 
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
+2
as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice) 
To Leslie
+5
as Dutch 
Bad Milo!
+2
as Roger 
Krippendorf's Tribe
+2
as Gerald Adams 
Leatherheads
+2
as Suds 
Monkey Shines
+5
as Dean Burbage 
Idiotsitter
as Ken Russel 
Cook-Off!
+6
as Morty Van Rookle 
Grind
as Cameron 
Sweetwater
as Hugh 
Have Dreams, Will Travel
as Sheriff Brock 
Seberg
+2
as Walt Breckman 
Happily
+1
as Goodman 
Home
as Father Browning 
Lousy Carter
as Analyst 
The Sissy Duckling
as Big Ducky (voice) 
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
as Jaan Laaman 
The Arrangement
as Avery Boomer 
Son of Morning
as Senator Larder 
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
as Kevin McDonald 
7 Chinese Brothers
+1
as George 
Infinity Baby
+2
as Fenton 
Extreme Justice
as Max Alvarez 
Miles
+2
as Ron Walton 
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
as Kevin McDonald 
Looking for the Jackalope
+2
as The Jackalope (voice)