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Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio, 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). 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), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Other notable film roles include in 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), 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 notably starred as Monroe Fuches / The Raven on the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–2023), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019.
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Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio, 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). 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), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Other notable film roles include in 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), 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 notably starred as Monroe Fuches / The Raven on the HBO dark comedy series Barry (2018–2023), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2019.
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Frasier
Night Court
American Dad!
The Simpsons
L.A. Law
The Good Wife
Masters of Sex
Young Justice
Fringe
Star Trek: The Next Generation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hot in Cleveland
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Boardwalk Empire
Veep
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Summer Camp Island
Malcolm in the Middle
Jake and the Fatman
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Kim Possible
Home Improvement
Boston Legal
Gravity Falls
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
Perry Mason
Succession
Roseanne
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
Adventure Time
24
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
The Proud Family
Seinfeld
Phineas and Ferb
The West Wing
Superman: The Animated Series
Cybill
Blossom
Just Shoot Me!
Party of Five
Justice League
Bee and PuppyCat
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Justified
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Profiler
BoJack Horseman
Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Velma
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
The Legend of Vox Machina
Murphy Brown
The Big Bang Theory
According to Jim
Childrens Hospital
True Blood
Chicago Hope
Amphibia
The Golden Palace
Workaholics
The Newsroom
Californication
ThunderCats
Lights Out with David Spade
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Defenders
The Torkelsons
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
INVINCIBLE
Clone High
Eerie, Indiana
DreamWorks Dragons
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Fired on Mars
The Book of Boba Fett
DuckTales
Christy
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
Unscripted
Idiocracy
The Lego Ninjago Movie
Dave
J. Edgar
Bye Bye Love
Drillbit Taylor
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
Selma
Spectral
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Finding Dory
Gravity Falls: Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls
Pandora's Clock
Queenpins
Just Friends
Despicable Me 4
Batman: Year One
Ice Age: The Meltdown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Bicentennial Man
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Black Rain
Bombshell
Superman: Unbound
Imagine That
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ghost
RoboCop 3
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
The Empty Man
Surviving Christmas
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
The Lone Ranger
The Sissy Duckling
Crocodile Dundee II
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Finding Nemo
Big Miracle
No Country for Old Men
On the Basis of Sex
Get Out
Life of the Party
The Country Bears
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Ice Age
Heads of State
Seberg
Jersey Girl
Mad Money
Rango
All the Way
Paint
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Dog Man
From the Earth to the Moon
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Office Space
Uncle Frank
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
King of the Hill
Barry
Unthinkable
Ladies Man
Untitled King Of The Hill Reboot
Four Good Days
NewsRadio
Idiotsitter
Harts of the West
Golden Years
It's Florida, Man.
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