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Stephen Root
Biografie
Leven en carriere
Stephen Root (geboren op 17 november 1951) is een Amerikaanse acteur. Hij werd bekend als Jimmy James in de NBC-sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), als Milton Waddams in de film Office Space (1999), en als de stem van Bill Dauterive en Buck Strickland in de animatieserie King of the Hill (1997–2010, 2025–heden). Root speelde in meerdere films van de Coen brothers, zoals O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Ladykillers (2004), No Country for Old Men (2007), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) en The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Andere opvallende filmrollen zijn Dave (1993), Dodgeball (2004), Idiocracy (2006), Cedar Rapids (2011), Selma (2014), Trumbo (2015), Get Out (2017) en On the Basis of Sex (2018). Op televisie speelde hij onder meer Capt. K'Vada in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991) en Hawthorne Abendsen in The Man in the High Castle. Hij had bijrollen in HBO-series zoals Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, Perry Mason en Succession. Hij speelde Monroe Fuches in de HBO-donkerkomedieserie Barry, waarvoor hij in 2019 werd genomineerd voor een Primetime Emmy Award.
Filmografie
79 films

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
2026als Chet

The Wrecking Crew
2026als Detective Rennert

Playdate
2025als Gordon

Heads of State
2025als Arthur Hammond

Dog Man
2025als Grampa (voice)

Paint
2023als Tony

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
2022als Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)

The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021als Porter

Queenpins
2021als Agent Flannigan

Home
2021als Father Browning

Four Good Days
2021als Chris

Uncle Frank
2020als Daddy Mac

The Empty Man
2020als Arthur Parsons

Bombshell
2019als Neil Mullin

Seberg
2019als Walt Breckman

Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
2019als Cockmando (voice)

On the Basis of Sex
2018als Professor Brown

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018als Teller (segment "Near Algodones")

Life of the Party
2018als Mike Cook

Three Christs
2017als Dr. Rogers

Get Out
2017als Jim Hudson

Spectral
2016als Dr. Mindala

Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
2016als Burt

Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
2016als Uncle Henry (voice)

Finding Dory
2016als Bubbles (voice)

All the Way
2016als J. Edgar Hoover

Hello, My Name Is Doris
2015als Todd

Trumbo
2015als Hymie King

Selma
2014als Col. Al Lingo

Sweetwater
2013als Hugh

The Lone Ranger
2013als Habberman

Superman: Unbound
2013als Zor-El (voice)

The Company You Keep
2012als Billy Cusimano

Big Miracle
2012als Governor Haskell

J. Edgar
2011als Arthur Koehler

Batman: Year One
2011als Brendon (voice)

Red State
2011als Sherrif Wynan

Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
2011als Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)

Everything Must Go
2011als Elliot

The Conspirator
2011als John Lloyd

Rango
2011als Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)

Cedar Rapids
2011als Bill Krogstad

Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
2010als Burt (voice)

Unthinkable
2010als Charles Thompson

The Men Who Stare at Goats
2009als Gus Lacey

Imagine That
2009als Fred Franklin

The Soloist
2009als Curt Reynolds

Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
2009als Turtle (voice)

Leatherheads
2008als Suds

Drillbit Taylor
2008als Principal Doppler

Over Her Dead Body
2008als Sculptor

Mad Money
2008als Glover

No Country for Old Men
2007als Man Who Hires Wells

The Fox and the Hound 2
2006als Talent Scout (voice)

Idiocracy
2006als Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)

Ice Age: The Meltdown
2006als Aardvark Dad (voice)

Just Friends
2005als KC

Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
2005als Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004als Vince Masters

Surviving Christmas
2004als Dr. Freeman

DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
2004als Gordon

The Ladykillers
2004als Fernand Gudge

Jersey Girl
2004als Greenie

Grind
2003als Cameron

Finding Nemo
2003als Bubbles (voice)

Ice Age
2002als Frank / Start (voice)

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000als Radio Station Man

Bicentennial Man
1999als Dennis Mansky

Office Space
1999als Milton Waddams

Bye Bye Love
1995als Awakened Neighbor

Dave
1993als Don Durenberger

RoboCop 3
1993als Coontz

Buffy the Vampire Slayer
1992als Gary Murray

Guilty by Suspicion
1991als RKO Guard

Ghost
1990als Police Sgt.

Stanley & Iris
1990als Mr. Hentley

Black Rain
1989als Berg

Monkey Shines
1988als Dean Burbage

Crocodile Dundee II
1988als DEA Agent (Toilet)