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.
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Movies
Playdate
Gordon
Heads of State
Arthur Hammond
Dog Man
Grampa (voice)
Lousy Carter
Analyst
Paint
Tony
To Leslie
Dutch
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
Amphibia: The Hardest Thing
Mayor Toadstool
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Porter
Queenpins
Agent Flannigan
Home
Father Browning
Four Good Days
Chris
Happily
Goodman
Uncle Frank
Daddy Mac
The Empty Man
Arthur Parsons
Seberg
Walt Breckman
Bombshell
Neil Mullin
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Cockmando (voice)
On the Basis of Sex
Professor Brown
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
Life of the Party
Mike Cook
Cook-Off!
Morty Van Rookle
Three Christs
Dr. Rogers
Miles
Ron Walton
Infinity Baby
Fenton
Get Out
Jim Hudson
Spectral
Dr. Mindala
Looking for the Jackalope
The Jackalope (voice)
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
Burt
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz
Uncle Henry (voice)
Finding Dory
Bubbles (voice)
All the Way
J. Edgar Hoover
Hello, My Name Is Doris
Todd
O.W.C.A. Files
Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)
Trumbo
Hymie King
7 Chinese Brothers
George
Selma
Col. Al Lingo
Sweetwater
Hugh
Bad Milo!
Roger
The Lone Ranger
Habberman
Superman: Unbound
Zor-El (voice)
The Arrangement
Avery Boomer
The Company You Keep
Billy Cusimano
Big Miracle
Governor Haskell
J. Edgar
Arthur Koehler
Batman: Year One
Brendon (voice)
Red State
Sherrif Wynan
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz
Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
Everything Must Go
Elliot
The Conspirator
John Lloyd
Rango
Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
Son of Morning
Senator Larder
Cedar Rapids
Bill Krogstad
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare
Burt (voice)
Unthinkable
Charles Thompson
Glock
Remington
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Gus Lacey
Squirly Town
Lance (voice)
Imagine That
Fred Franklin
The Soloist
Curt Reynolds
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts
Turtle (voice)
Bob Funk
Steve
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Chode (voice)
Leatherheads
Suds
Drillbit Taylor
Principal Doppler
Over Her Dead Body
Sculptor
Mad Money
Glover
No Country for Old Men
Man Who Hires Wells
Have Dreams, Will Travel
Sheriff Brock
The Fox and the Hound 2
Talent Scout (voice)
Idiocracy
Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
Gretchen
Herb
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Aardvark Dad (voice)
Just Friends
KC
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama
Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
Vince Masters
Surviving Christmas
Dr. Freeman
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
Gordon
Jersey Girl
Greenie
The Ladykillers
Fernand Gudge
Raising Genius
Dwight Nestor
Grind
Cameron
Finding Nemo
Bubbles (voice)
The Country Bears
Zeb Zoober (voice)
Ice Age
Frank / Start (voice)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Radio Station Man
Bicentennial Man
Dennis Mansky
The Sissy Duckling
Big Ducky (voice)
Office Space
Milton Waddams
Gut Feeling
Kane Cohen
The Monster Hunter
Mr. Crenshaw
Krippendorf's Tribe
Gerald Adams
steve.oedekerk.com
The Lottery
Graham Dunbar
The Road to Galveston
Ed Kirkman
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice
Jaan Laaman
Night of the Scarecrow
Frank
Bye Bye Love
Awakened Neighbor
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Kevin McDonald
Extreme Justice
Max Alvarez
Dave
Don Durenberger
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Dr. Kirby
Class of '61
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
RoboCop 3
Coontz
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Gary Murray
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Kevin McDonald
Bed & Breakfast
Randolph
V.I. Warshawski
Mickey
Golden Years
Major Moreland
Guilty by Suspicion
RKO Guard
Ghost
Police Sgt.
Stanley & Iris
Mr. Hentley
Black Rain
Berg
Monkey Shines
Dean Burbage
Crocodile Dundee II
DEA Agent (Toilet)
Dead Letters
October
The Wrecking Crew
Thelma
Unbearable Christmas
TV Series
StuGo
Dr. Rostrum (voice)
1 Episode
It's Florida, Man.
Title Narrator
12 Episodes
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Cringer (voice)
5 Episodes
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
The Nanomachines (voice)
1 Episode
Beacon 23
Solomon Smythe
4 Episodes
Krapopolis
Salt (voice)
1 Episode
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
Martin Mertens (voice)
1 Episode
Praise Petey
Petey's Father (voice)
10 Episodes
Clone High
Mr. Big Corporation (voice)
1 Episode
Fired on Mars
Mark (voice)
3 Episodes
Velma
Chief Cogburn / Merie Cogburn (voice)
1 Episode
Bee and PuppyCat
Warlock G (voice)
1 Episode
Hamster & Gretel
Jeff Strawberry (voice)
1 Episode
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
Gary (voice)
1 Episode
The Legend of Vox Machina
Professor Anders (voice)
4 Episodes
We Baby Bears
Rexford / Zach / Rover (voice)
1 Episode
The Book of Boba Fett
Lortha Peel
1 Episode
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
Police Chief Earl Grant (voice)
6 Episodes
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Cringer / Battle Cat (voice)
10 Episodes
Resident Alien
Ed Vanderspeigle
1 Episode
The Mighty Ones
Bernard (voice)
4 Episodes
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Gene Jakobowski (voice)
1 Episode
Adventure Time: Distant Lands
Mr. M / Bob / Additional Voices (voice)
1 Episode
Perry Mason
Maynard Barnes
7 Episodes
Solar Opposites
1 Episode
Amphibia
Mayor Toadstool (voice)
15 Episodes
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
Mr. Fyde / Avacadwoe / Hush Muffleman (voice)
1 Episode
Summer Camp Island
Dean Stuart / Additional Voices (voice)
1 Episode
Succession
Ron Petkus
2 Episodes
Dallas & Robo
Uncle Danny
8 Episodes
Barry
Monroe Fuches
32 Episodes
DuckTales
J.W. Guidebook (voice)
1 Episode
Angie Tribeca
Mortimer Begoyle
1 Episode
Idiotsitter
Ken Russel
17 Episodes
Con Man
Pascal
1 Episode
Star vs. the Forces of Evil
Brian (voice)
2 Episodes
The Man in the High Castle
Hawthorne Abendsen
10 Episodes
Bee and PuppyCat
Farmer (voice)
2 Episodes
BoJack Horseman
Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice)
1 Episode
Rick and Morty
Gromflomite General (voice)
1 Episode
Masters of Sex
Harvey Toplin
1 Episode
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Lynn Boyle
4 Episodes
DreamWorks Dragons
Mildew (voice)
16 Episodes
The Newsroom
General Stomtonovich
2 Episodes
Gravity Falls
Bud Gleeful (voice)
5 Episodes
Veep
Judge Walsh
1 Episode
The Legend of Korra
White Lotus Leader / Gommu / Chung (voice)
1 Episode
ThunderCats
Hattanzo the Drifter (voice)
1 Episode
Workaholics
Carty
1 Episode
Bob's Burgers
Jackson (voice)
1 Episode
Young Justice
Jack Haly (voice)
2 Episodes
The Defenders
Judge Taylor
1 Episode
Raising Hope
Cap Collins
1 Episode
Boardwalk Empire
Gaston Means
1 Episode
Louie
Dr. Hepa
1 Episode
Hot in Cleveland
Brian
1 Episode
Adventure Time
Martin (voice)
1 Episode
Justified
Mike Reardon
7 Episodes
The Good Wife
Judge Murphy Wicks
2 Episodes
Glenn Martin, DDS
1 Episode
Childrens Hospital
Hank Maestro
1 Episode
Random! Cartoons
Lance (voice)
1 Episode
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Woozy Winks (voice)
2 Episodes
Fringe
Raymond
1 Episode
True Blood
Eddie
5 Episodes
Pushing Daisies
Dwight Dixon
5 Episodes
The Big Bang Theory
Dan
2 Episodes
Phineas and Ferb
Floyd (voice)
1 Episode
Californication
Ricardo Collini
1 Episode
Head Case
Pat Jennings
1 Episode
The Sarah Silverman Program.
Johnny Forrealz
1 Episode
The Path to 9/11
Richard Clarke
2 Episodes
The X's
2 Episodes
American Dad!
Dick (voice)
6 Episodes
Boston Legal
Ethan Melman
1 Episode
Tripping the Rift
Chode (voice)
39 Episodes
Teen Titans
Val Yor (voice)
1 Episode
Kim Possible
Pop-Pop Porter (voice)
1 Episode
Justice League
Cat Man (voice)
2 Episodes
24
Bill Prady
3 Episodes
According to Jim
Al Crannis
1 Episode
The Proud Family
Mr. Andrews (voice)
1 Episode
The Legend of Tarzan
Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (voice)
1 Episode
The Andy Dick Show
1 Episode
Grounded for Life
3 Episodes
DAG
Senator Culpepper
1 Episode
Ed
George MacPherson
1 Episode
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Michael Kirkwood
1 Episode
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Sheriff (voice)
2 Episodes
Malcolm in the Middle
John Pratt
2 Episodes
Courage the Cowardly Dog
1 Episode
The West Wing
Bob Mayer
9 Episodes
Ladies Man
Gene
30 Episodes
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
Dr. Donovan (voice)
26 Episodes
The Norm Show
Mr. Sweeney
2 Episodes
Family Guy
Professor O'Callaghan (voice)
1 Episode
From the Earth to the Moon
Chris Kraft
5 Episodes
Just Shoot Me!
Dr. Drake Kelson
1 Episode
King of the Hill
Bill Dauterive (voice)
265 Episodes
Pandora's Clock
Mark Hastings
2 Episodes
Profiler
Houston Plant Manager
2 Episodes
Superman: The Animated Series
Reverend Amos Howell / Unity (voice)
1 Episode
NewsRadio
Jimmy James
97 Episodes
VR.5
F.A.A. Negotiator
1 Episode
Cybill
Phil Asher
1 Episode
Chicago Hope
Trumpet Playing Mental Patient
1 Episode
Party of Five
Football Coach
1 Episode
Christy
Clarence Sweetwater
2 Episodes
Diagnosis: Murder
Charlie Lane
1 Episode
Harts of the West
R.O
15 Episodes
Frasier
Harbin
1 Episode
The Golden Palace
Mr. Tucker
1 Episode
Civil Wars
1 Episode
The Torkelsons
Sheriff Bobby
1 Episode
Home Improvement
Exterminator
1 Episode
Eerie, Indiana
Mr. Chaney
1 Episode
Golden Years
Major Moreland
6 Episodes
Northern Exposure
Brother Timothy
1 Episode
Blossom
4 Episodes
The Simpsons
Bildorf (voice)
1 Episode
Seinfeld
Mr. Lager
1 Episode
Quantum Leap
John Tremaine Jr.
1 Episode
Murphy Brown
1 Episode
Roseanne
1 Episode
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Captain K'Vada
2 Episodes
Jake and the Fatman
2 Episodes
Wiseguy
1 Episode
L.A. Law
Atty. Brandon McCafferty
4 Episodes
Night Court
Spirit of Death
1 Episode