Stephen Root
Born 1951
Known for Finding Nemo, Get Out, Ice Age.
Biography
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an 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.
Movie Credits
Four Good Days (2021)
Miles (2017)
Night of the Scarecrow (1995)
Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)
Bad Milo! (2013)
Unthinkable (2010)
Raising Genius (2004)
The Lottery (1996)
Sweetwater (2013)
Cedar Rapids (2011)
Leatherheads (2008)
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026)
Heads of State (2025)
Paint (2023)
To Leslie (2022)
Happily (2021)
All the Way (2016)
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
Over Her Dead Body (2008)
Tripping the Rift: The Movie (2008)
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Office Space (1999)
The Monster Hunter (1999)
Extreme Justice (1993)
Monkey Shines (1988)
Playdate (2025)
Seberg (2019)
Rango (2011)
Mad Money (2008)
The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006)
Jersey Girl (2004)
Ice Age (2002)
Dog Man (2025)
Infinity Baby (2017)
Red State (2011)
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz (2011)
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe (2022)
On the Basis of Sex (2018)
Get Out (2017)
Three Christs (2017)
Big Miracle (2012)
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare (2010)
The Soloist (2009)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
The Wrecking Crew (2026)
The Lone Ranger (2013)
The Empty Man (2020)
Surviving Christmas (2004)
Grind (2003)
Life of the Party (2018)
RoboCop 3 (1993)
V.I. Warshawski (1991)
Ghost (1990)
Home (2020)
Bombshell (2019)
The Conspirator (2011)
Black Rain (1989)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021)
The Country Bears (2002)
Bicentennial Man (1999)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Trumbo (2015)
Just Friends (2005)
Batman: Year One (2011)
Queenpins (2021)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Finding Dory (2016)
Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
Spectral (2016)
Selma (2014)
Drillbit Taylor (2008)
Bye Bye Love (1995)
Dave (1993)
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004)
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019)
Idiocracy (2006)
