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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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Family Guy
Frasier
Night Court
The Simpsons
L.A. Law
The Good Wife
Masters of Sex
Young Justice
Fringe
Rick and Morty
Star Trek: The Next Generation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Hot in Cleveland
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Boardwalk Empire
Resident Alien
Veep
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Malcolm in the Middle
Jake and the Fatman
Boston Legal
Home Improvement
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Raising Hope
Gravity Falls
Quantum Leap
Wiseguy
The Man in the High Castle
Perry Mason
Succession
Kim Possible
Roseanne
Diagnosis: Murder
Louie
Ed
Adventure Time
From the Earth to the Moon
24
Solar Opposites
Summer Camp Island
American Dad!
The Proud Family
Seinfeld
Phineas and Ferb
Superman: The Animated Series
Blossom
Just Shoot Me!
Cybill
Party of Five
Justice League
ThunderCats
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Justified
Pushing Daisies
The Mighty Ones
Bee and PuppyCat
Profiler
BoJack Horseman
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Velma
The Legend of Korra
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
Bee and PuppyCat
The Legend of Vox Machina
Murphy Brown
The Big Bang Theory
According to Jim
Childrens Hospital
Chicago Hope
True Blood
The Golden Palace
Amphibia
Workaholics
The Newsroom
Californication
Lights Out with David Spade
The Defenders
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Torkelsons
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
INVINCIBLE
Clone High
DreamWorks Dragons
Eerie, Indiana
Teen Titans
DAG
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
The Book of Boba Fett
DuckTales
Christy
Beacon 23
Northern Exposure
Unscripted
Golden Years
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
Pandora's Clock
Queenpins
Batman: Year One
Despicable Me 4
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Just Friends
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Bicentennial Man
Black Rain
Bombshell
Imagine That
Superman: Unbound
RoboCop 3
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Ghost
Surviving Christmas
The Empty Man
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Grind
The Lone Ranger
The Sissy Duckling
O.W.C.A. Files
Crocodile Dundee II
No Country for Old Men
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
On the Basis of Sex
Big Miracle
Life of the Party
Finding Nemo
Get Out
The Country Bears
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Dog Man
Seberg
Mad Money
The Fox and the Hound 2
Rango
Jersey Girl
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Ice Age
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
All the Way
Paint
Office Space
Heads of State
Playdate
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Barry
King of the Hill
Fired on Mars
Uncle Frank
Unthinkable
Strip Law
Ladies Man
The West Wing
NewsRadio
Idiotsitter
Four Good Days
Harts of the West
It's Florida, Man.
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