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.
Known For
Filmography
Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look
as Brian Heder (voice) (uncredited)
President Curtis
as Toomoo (voice)
Widow's Bay
as Wyck Crawford
طاقم التدمير
as Detective Rennert
وقت المغامرة: فيونا وكيك
as Martin Mertens (voice)
أسطورة فوكس موكينا
as Professor Anders (voice)
Solar Opposites
as Train Store Owner (voice)
Amphibia
as Mayor Toadstool (voice)
Succession
as Ron Petkus
اخرج
as Jim Hudson
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
as Brian (voice)
BoJack Horseman
as Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice)
فارغو
as Burt Canton
بروكلين ناين-ناين
as Lynn Boyle
ريك ومورتي
as Gromflomite General (voice)
Gravity Falls
as Bud Gleeful (voice)
أفاتار: أسطورة كورا
as White Lotus Leader / Gommu / Chung (voice)
بوبز برغرز
as Jackson (voice)
إمبراطُورية المَمَر الخَشَبِي
as Gaston Means
شباب العدالة
as Jack Haly (voice)
وقت المغامرة
as Martin (voice)
The Good Wife
as Judge Murphy Wicks
True Blood
as Eddie
باتمان الجرأة والشجاعة
as Woozy Winks (voice)
هامشية
as Raymond
The Sarah Silverman Program
as Johnny Forrealz
فارس وفادي
as Floyd (voice)
لا بلد للعجائز
as Man Who Hires Wells
نظرية الانفجار العظيم
as Dan
American Dad!
as Dick (voice)
Boston Legal
as Ethan Melman
البحث عن نيمو
as Bubbles (voice)
تين تايتنز
as Val Yor (voice)
العصر الجليدي
as Rhino / Start (voice)
24
as Bill Prady
Justice League
as Cat Man (voice)
Malcolm in the Middle
as John Pratt
سي اس آي: التحقيق في مسرح الجريمة
as Michael Kirkwood
الجناح الغربي
as Bob Mayer
رجل العائلة
as Professor O'Callaghan (voice)
كوردج الجبان
King of the Hill
as Bill Dauterive (voice)
Chicago Hope
as Trumpet Playing Mental Patient
Diagnosis: Murder
as Charlie Lane
فريزر
as Harbin
شبح
as Police Sgt.
Quantum Leap
as John Tremaine Jr.
آل سيمبسون
as Bildorf (voice)
سينفيلد
as Mr. Lager
Murphy Brown
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Captain K'Vada
L.A. Law
as Brandon McCafferty
Night Court
as Spirit of Death