
Stephen Root
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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Acting History
2026
Widow's Bay
2026Strip Law
2025Playdate as Gordon
2025Heads of State as Arthur Hammond
2025Dog Man as Grampa (voice)
2025StuGo as Dr. Rostrum (voice)
2024It's Florida, Man. as Title Narrator
2024Lousy Carter as Analyst
2024Masters of the Universe: Revolution as Cringer (voice)
2023Scott Pilgrim Takes Off as The Nanomachines (voice)
2023Beacon 23 as Solomon Smythe
2023Krapopolis as Salt (voice)
2023Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake as Martin Mertens (voice)
2023Praise Petey as Petey's Father (voice)
2023Clone High as Mr. Big Corporation (voice)
2023Fired on Mars as Mark (voice)
2023Paint as Tony
2023Velma as Chief Cogburn / Merie Cogburn (voice)
2023Velma as Merie Cogburn (voice)
2023Velma as Chief Cogburn (voice)
2022To Leslie as Dutch
2022Bee and PuppyCat as Warlock G (voice)
2022Bee and PuppyCat as Warlock G / Mr. Assam (voice)
2022Bee and PuppyCat as Warlock G / Police Officer (voice)
2022Hamster & Gretel as Jeff Strawberry (voice)
2022Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head as Gary (voice)
2022Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
2022Amphibia: The Hardest Thing as Mayor Toadstool
2022The Legend of Vox Machina as Professor Anders (voice)
2022We Baby Bears as Rexford / Zach / Rover (voice)
2022We Baby Bears as Zach / Bread Monster (voice)
2022We Baby Bears as Rexford / Trees / Video Person (voice)
2021The Book of Boba Fett as Lortha Peel
2021The Tragedy of Macbeth as Porter
2021Blade Runner: Black Lotus as Police Chief Earl Grant (voice)
2021Queenpins as Agent Flannigan
2021Home as Father Browning
2021Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Cringer / Battle Cat (voice)
2021Four Good Days as Chris
2021Happily as Goodman
2021Resident Alien as Ed Vanderspeigle
2020Uncle Frank as Daddy Mac
2020The Mighty Ones as Bernard (voice)
2020The Empty Man as Arthur Parsons
2020Star Trek: Lower Decks as Gene Jakobowski (voice)
2020Adventure Time: Distant Lands as Mr. M / Bob / Additional Voices (voice)
2020Perry Mason as Maynard Barnes
2020Solar Opposites
2020Stars in the House as Self
2019Bombshell as Neil Mullin
2019Seberg as Walt Breckman
2019Jay and Silent Bob Reboot as Cockmando (voice)
2019Lights Out with David Spade as Self - Panelist
2019Amphibia as Mayor Toadstool (voice)
2018On the Basis of Sex as Professor Brown
2018The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
2018The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants as Mr. Fyde / Avacadwoe / Hush Muffleman (voice)
2018Summer Camp Island as Dean Stuart / Additional Voices (voice)
2018Summer Camp Island as Stuart (voice)
2018Summer Camp Island as Additional Voices (voice)
2018Summer Camp Island as Prime Monister (voice)
2018Succession as Ron Petkus
2018Dallas & Robo as Uncle Danny
2018Life of the Party as Mike Cook
2018Inside The Episode: Barry as Self
2018Barry as Monroe Fuches
2017Cook-Off! as Morty Van Rookle
2017Three Christs as Dr. Rogers
2017DuckTales as J.W. Guidebook (voice)
2017Miles as Ron Walton
2017Infinity Baby as Fenton
2017Get Out as Jim Hudson
2016Spectral as Dr. Mindala
2016Looking for the Jackalope as The Jackalope (voice)
2016Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates as Burt
2016Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz as Uncle Henry (voice)
2016Finding Dory as Bubbles (voice)
2016All the Way as J. Edgar Hoover
2016Angie Tribeca as Mortimer Begoyle
2016Idiotsitter as Ken Russel
2015Hello, My Name Is Doris as Todd
2015O.W.C.A. Files as Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)
2015Trumbo as Hymie King
2015Con Man as Pascal
20157 Chinese Brothers as George
2015Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Brian (voice)
2015The Man in the High Castle as Hawthorne Abendsen
2014Selma as Col. Al Lingo
2014Lennon or McCartney as Self
2014Bee and PuppyCat as Farmer (voice)
2014BoJack Horseman as Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice)
2014I Know That Voice as Self
2013Rick and Morty as Gromflomite General (voice)
2013Sweetwater as Hugh
2013Masters of Sex as Harvey Toplin
2013Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Lynn Boyle
2013Bad Milo! as Roger
2013The Lone Ranger as Habberman
2013Superman: Unbound as Zor-El (voice)
2013The Arrangement as Avery Boomer
2012The Company You Keep as Billy Cusimano
2012DreamWorks Dragons as Mildew (voice)
2012The Newsroom as General Stomtonovich
2012Gravity Falls as Bud Gleeful (voice)
2012Gravity Falls as Bud Gleeful / Additional Voices (voice)
2012Veep as Judge Walsh
2012The Legend of Korra as White Lotus Leader / Gommu / Chung (voice)
2012The Legend of Korra as Gommu (voice)
2012Big Miracle as Governor Haskell
2011J. Edgar as Arthur Koehler
2011Batman: Year One as Brendon (voice)
2011Red State as Sherrif Wynan
2011Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
2011ThunderCats as Hattanzo the Drifter (voice)
2011Everything Must Go as Elliot
2011The Conspirator as John Lloyd
2011Workaholics as Carty
2011Rango as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
2011Son of Morning as Senator Larder
2011Cedar Rapids as Bill Krogstad
2011Bob's Burgers as Jackson (voice)
2010Young Justice as Jack Haly (voice)
2010The Defenders as Judge Taylor
2010Raising Hope as Cap Collins
2010Boardwalk Empire as Gaston Means
2010Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare as Burt (voice)
2010Louie as Dr. Hepa
2010Hot in Cleveland as Brian
2010Unthinkable as Charles Thompson
2010Adventure Time as Martin (voice)
2010Justified as Mike Reardon
2009Glock as Remington
2009The Men Who Stare at Goats as Gus Lacey
200913 Scarier Movie Moments as Self
2009The Good Wife as Judge Murphy Wicks
2009Glenn Martin, DDS
2009Squirly Town as Lance (voice)
2009Imagine That as Fred Franklin
2009The Soloist as Curt Reynolds
2009Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts as Turtle (voice)
2009Bob Funk as Steve
2008Childrens Hospital as Hank Maestro
2008Random! Cartoons as Lance (voice)
2008Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Penguin / Planet Master (voice)
2008Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Woozy Winks (voice)
2008Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Penguin / Carnival Barker (voice)
2008Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Killer Croc / Penguin (voice)
2008Fringe as Raymond
2008True Blood as Eddie
2008Tripping the Rift: The Movie as Chode (voice)
2008Leatherheads as Suds
2008Drillbit Taylor as Principal Doppler
2008Over Her Dead Body as Sculptor
2008Mad Money as Glover
2007No Country for Old Men as Man Who Hires Wells
2007Pushing Daisies as Dwight Dixon
2007The Big Bang Theory as Dan
2007Phineas and Ferb as Floyd (voice)
2007Californication as Ricardo Collini
2007Have Dreams, Will Travel as Sheriff Brock
2007Head Case as Pat Jennings
2007The Sarah Silverman Program. as Johnny Forrealz
2006The Fox and the Hound 2 as Talent Scout (voice)
2006The Path to 9/11 as Richard Clarke
2006Idiocracy as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
2006Gretchen as Herb
2006Ice Age: The Meltdown as Aardvark Dad (voice)
2005The X's
2005Just Friends as KC
2005Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama as Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)
2005American Dad! as Dick (voice)
2005American Dad! as Dick / Dentist's Father (voice)
2005Unscripted as Self
2004Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Vince Masters
2004Boston Legal as Ethan Melman
2004Surviving Christmas as Dr. Freeman
2004DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Gordon
2004The Ladykillers as Fernand Gudge
2004Jersey Girl as Greenie
2004Raising Genius as Dwight Nestor
2004Tripping the Rift as Chode (voice)
2003Grind as Cameron
2003Teen Titans as Val Yor (voice)
2003Finding Nemo as Bubbles (voice)
2002The Country Bears as Zeb Zoober (voice)
2002Kim Possible as Pop-Pop Porter (voice)
2002Kim Possible as Mr. Nevius (voice)
2002Kim Possible as Texan (voice)
2002Kim Possible as Phillipe Bullion / Pop-Pop Porter (voice)
2002Kim Possible as Chester Yapsby (voice)
2002Kim Possible as Memphis (voice)
2002Ice Age as Frank / Start (voice)
2001Justice League as Cat Man (voice)
200124 as Bill Prady
2001According to Jim as Al Crannis
2001The Proud Family as Mr. Andrews (voice)
2001The Legend of Tarzan as Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (voice)
2001The Andy Dick Show
2001Grounded for Life
2000DAG as Senator Culpepper
2000Ed as George MacPherson
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Michael Kirkwood
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Sheriff (voice)
2000Buzz Lightyear of Star Command as Sheriff / Sentry #2 (voice)
2000O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Radio Station Man
2000Malcolm in the Middle as John Pratt
1999Bicentennial Man as Dennis Mansky
1999Courage the Cowardly Dog
1999The West Wing as Bob Mayer
1999Ladies Man as Gene
1999The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot as Dr. Donovan (voice)
1999The Sissy Duckling as Big Ducky (voice)
1999The Norm Show as Mr. Sweeney
1999Office Space as Milton Waddams
1999Family Guy as Professor O'Callaghan (voice)
1999The Monster Hunter as Mr. Crenshaw
1999Gut Feeling as Kane Cohen
1998From the Earth to the Moon as Chris Kraft
1998Krippendorf's Tribe as Gerald Adams
1997steve.oedekerk.com
1997Just Shoot Me! as Dr. Drake Kelson
1997King of the Hill as Bill Dauterive (voice)
1996Pandora's Clock as Mark Hastings
1996The Lottery as Graham Dunbar
1996Profiler as Houston Plant Manager
1996Superman: The Animated Series as Reverend Amos Howell / Unity (voice)
1996The Road to Galveston as Ed Kirkman
1995In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice as Jaan Laaman
1995Night of the Scarecrow as Frank
1995NewsRadio as Jimmy James
1995Bye Bye Love as Awakened Neighbor
1995VR.5 as F.A.A. Negotiator
1995Cybill as Phil Asher
1994Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter as Kevin McDonald
1994Chicago Hope as Trumpet Playing Mental Patient
1994Party of Five as Football Coach
1994Christy as Clarence Sweetwater
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Charlie Lane
1993Harts of the West as R.O
1993Frasier as Harbin
1993Extreme Justice as Max Alvarez
1993Dave as Don Durenberger
1993Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story as Dr. Kirby
1993Class of '61 as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
1993RoboCop 3 as Coontz
1992The Golden Palace as Mr. Tucker
1992Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Gary Murray
1992A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story as Kevin McDonald
1991Civil Wars
1991Bed & Breakfast as Randolph
1991The Torkelsons as Sheriff Bobby
1991Home Improvement as Exterminator
1991Eerie, Indiana as Mr. Chaney
1991V.I. Warshawski as Mickey
1991Golden Years as Major Moreland
1991Golden Years as Major Moreland
1991Guilty by Suspicion as RKO Guard
1990Ghost as Police Sgt.
1990Northern Exposure as Brother Timothy
1990Blossom
1990Stanley & Iris as Mr. Hentley
1989The Simpsons as Bildorf (voice)
1989Black Rain as Berg
1989Seinfeld as Mr. Lager
1989Quantum Leap as John Tremaine Jr.
1988Murphy Brown
1988Roseanne
1988Monkey Shines as Dean Burbage
1988Crocodile Dundee II as DEA Agent (Toilet)
1987Star Trek: The Next Generation as Captain K'Vada
1987Jake and the Fatman
1987Wiseguy
1986L.A. Law as Ferret
1984Night Court as Spirit of Death
1984Night Court as Mr. Willard
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