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Stephen Root

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026
The Wrecking Crew
Movie
2025
Playdate

as Gordon

Movie
2025
Heads of State

as Arthur Hammond

Movie
2025
Dog Man

as Grampa (voice)

Movie
2017
Get Out

as Jim Hudson

Movie
2016
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz

as Uncle Henry (voice)

Movie
2016
Finding Dory

as Bubbles (voice)

Movie
2015
Hello, My Name Is Doris

as Todd

Movie
2011
Rango

as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)

Movie
2007
No Country for Old Men

as Man Who Hires Wells

Movie
2006
Ice Age: The Meltdown

as Aardvark Dad (voice)

Movie
2004
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

as Gordon

Movie
2003
Finding Nemo

as Bubbles (voice)

Movie
2002
Ice Age

as Frank / Start (voice)

Movie
1999
Office Space

as Milton Waddams

Movie
1990
Ghost

as Police Sgt.

Movie
1988
Crocodile Dundee II

as DEA Agent (Toilet)

Movie
2024
It's Florida, Man.

as Title Narrator

TV Show
2018
Barry

as Monroe Fuches

TV Show
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Lynn Boyle

TV Show
2012
Gravity Falls

as Bud Gleeful (voice)

TV Show