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Stephen Root is an American actor, voice actor, and comedian. He has starred as Jimmy James on the TV sitcom NewsRadio, as Milton Waddams in the film Office Space (1999), and as the voices of Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland in the animated series King of the Hill. His other roles have included Captain K'Vada in the Star Trek: The Next Generation two-part episode "Unification" (1991), Mr. Lund in O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Gordon Pibb in DodgeBall (2004), Hawthorne Abendsen in seasons 2, 3 and 4 of the series The Man in the High Castle, Jim Hudson in Get Out (2017), and supporting roles in a variety of HBO series, including Boardwalk Empire and Barry.
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Lousy Carter | Analyst | 2024 |
Masters of the Universe: Revolution | Cringer / Cringer (voice) / Battle Cat / Snout Spout | 2024 |
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off | The Nanomachines | 2023 |
Beacon 23 | Solomon | 2023 |
Invincible: Atom Eve | Brandyworth | 2023 |
Clone High | Schneider Snorkelle / (voice) | 2023 |
Fired on Mars | Mark | 2023 |
Paint | Tony | 2023 |
Velma | Chief Cogburn | 2023 |
To Leslie | Dutch | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Lousy Carter | Analyst | 2024 |
Masters of the Universe: Revolution | Cringer / Cringer (voice) / Battle Cat / Snout Spout | 2024 |
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off | The Nanomachines | 2023 |
Beacon 23 | Solomon | 2023 |
Invincible: Atom Eve | Brandyworth | 2023 |
Clone High | Schneider Snorkelle / (voice) | 2023 |
Fired on Mars | Mark | 2023 |
Paint | Tony | 2023 |
Velma | Chief Cogburn | 2023 |
To Leslie | Dutch | 2022 |
Bee & Puppycat: Lazy in Space | Warlock G / Police Officer / Mr. Assam | 2022 |
Hamster & Gretel | Horsegobble / Jeff Strawberry / Wallace | 2022 |
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe | Jail Tattoo Artist / Jail Tattoo Artist (voice) | 2022 |
The Legend of Vox Machina | Professor Anders | 2022 |
We Baby Bears | Rexford / Trees / Video Person | 2022 |
The Tragedy of Macbeth | Porter | 2021 |
Queenpins | Agent Flannagan / Agent Flannigan | 2021 |
Home | Father Browning | 2021 |
Four Good Days | Chris | 2021 |
Happily | Goodman | 2021 |
Poupelle of Chimney Town | Bruno | 2020 |
The Mighty Ones | Bernard | 2020 |
Solar Opposites | (voice) | 2020 |
The Midnight Gospel | Blithrreyus / Cop Two / Bill Tart | 2020 |
Josh Gates Tonight | Self | 2020 |
Bombshell | Neil Mullin | 2019 |
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot | Cockmando Voices / Cockmando (voice) | 2019 |
Seberg | Walt Breckman | 2019 |
Lights Out with David Spade | Self - Panelist | 2019 |
Amphibia | Mayor Toadstool / Additional Voices | 2019 |
On the Basis of Sex | Professor Brown | 2018 |
Summer Camp Island | Stuart / Additional Voices | 2018 |
Life of the Party | Mike / Mike Cook | 2018 |
Succession | Ron Petkus | 2018 |
Barry | Monroe Fuches | 2018 |
Get Out | Jim Hudson | 2017 |
Hollywood First Look | Self | 2017 |
Looking for the Jackalope | The Jackalope / The Jackalope (voice) | 2016 |
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz | Uncle Henry (voice) | 2016 |
All the Way | J. Edgar Hoover | 2016 |
Angie Tribeca | Mortimer Begoyle | 2016 |
7 Chinese Brothers | George | 2015 |
Selma | Col. Al Lingo | 2014 |
Lennon or McCartney | Self | 2014 |
Idiotsitter | Ken Russell | 2014 |
I Know That Voice | Self | 2013 |
Masters of Sex | Harvey Toplin | 2013 |
Bad Milo | Roger | 2013 |
The Lone Ranger | Habberman | 2013 |
Sweetwater | Hugh | 2013 |
The Company You Keep | Billy Cusimano | 2012 |
Outlaw Country | Jack Folcum | 2012 |
Gravity Falls | Bud Gleeful | 2012 |
Veep | Judge Walsh | 2012 |
Big Miracle | Governor Haskell | 2012 |
Rango | Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles / Mr. Snuggles (voice) | 2011 |
Son of Morning | Senator Larder | 2011 |
Cedar Rapids | Bill Krogstad | 2011 |
The Defenders | Judge Taylor | 2010 |
Boardwalk Empire | Gaston Means / Gaston Means - Special Investigator | 2010 |
Hot in Cleveland | Brian | 2010 |
Justified | Judge Mike Reardon | 2010 |
Glenn Martin DDS | Hoss / Hoss Willicker | 2009 |
The Soloist | Curt Reynolds | 2009 |
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts | Turtle / Turtle (voice) | 2009 |
Fringe | Raymond | 2008 |
True Blood | Eddie Gauthier | 2008 |
Leatherheads | Suds | 2008 |
Tripping the Rift: The Movie | Chode / Chode (voice) | 2008 |
Drillbit Taylor | Principal Doppler | 2008 |
Mad Money | Glover | 2008 |
No Country for Old Men | Man who hires Wells | 2007 |
Pushing Daisies | Dwight Dixon | 2007 |
Phineas and Ferb | Floyd / Additional Voices | 2007 |
A West Texas Children's Story | Sheriff Brock | 2007 |
Idiocracy | Judge Hector 'The Hangman' BMW | 2006 |
Ace of Cakes | Self | 2006 |
Ice Age: The Meltdown | Aardvark Dad / Aardvark Dad (voice) | 2006 |
Surviving Christmas | Dr. Freeman | 2004 |
Jersey Girl | Greenie | 2004 |
The Ladykillers | Fernand Gudge | 2004 |
Celebrity Poker Showdown | Self | 2003 |
Grind | Cameron | 2003 |
Finding Nemo | Bubbles / Bubbles (voice) | 2003 |
The Country Bears | Zeb Zoober / Zeb Zoober (voice) | 2002 |
Ice Age | Frank / Start / Start (voice) | 2002 |
The Legend of Tarzan | Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt | 2001 |
DAG | Senator Culpepper | 2000 |
O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Radio Station Man | 2000 |
Bicentennial Man | Dennis Mansky | 1999 |
The West Wing | Bob Mayer | 1999 |
Ladies Man | Gene | 1999 |
Office Space | Milton / Milton Waddams | 1999 |
Natural Selection | Mr. Crenshaw | 1999 |
From the Earth to the Moon | Chris Kraft | 1998 |
Krippendorf's Tribe | Gerald Adams, Dean / Gerald Adams | 1998 |
King of the Hill | Bill Dauterive / Bill Dauterive (voice) / Buck Strickland / Additional Voices / Toppington / Wang / 'Topsy' Toppington / Steven / Mr. Higgs / Jim / Husband / Officer #1 / Dr. Yandell / Dr. Sampson / Mailman / Cop / Burly Redneck Driver / Head Referee / Dr. Pitt / Alamo Ghost / Foreman | 1997 |
Pandora's Clock | Mark Hastings | 1996 |
Profiler | Houston Plant Manager | 1996 |
Night of the Scarecrow | Frank | 1996 |
NewsRadio | Jimmy James | 1995 |
Cybill | Phil Asher | 1995 |
Chicago Hope | Trumpet Playing Mental Patient | 1994 |
RoboCop 3 | Coontz | 1993 |
Extreme Justice | Max Alvarez | 1993 |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Gary Murray | 1992 |
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story | Kevin McDonald | 1992 |
V.I. Warshawski | Mickey | 1991 |
Golden Years | Major Moreland | 1991 |
Ghost | Police Sgt. | 1990 |
Cross Fire | Beggs | 1989 |
Black Rain | Berg | 1989 |
Monkey Shines | Dean Burbage | 1988 |
Crocodile Dundee II | DEA Agent (Toilet) | 1988 |
L.A. Law | Atty. Brandon McCafferty | 1986 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |