
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.

Bubbles (voice)
Finding Nemo

Police Sgt.
Ghost

Frank / Start (voice)
Ice Age

Milton Waddams
Office Space

KC
Just Friends

Dennis Mansky
Bicentennial Man

Big Ducky (voice)
The Sissy Duckling

Suds
Leatherheads

Coontz
RoboCop 3

Don Durenberger
Dave

Major Moreland
Golden Years

Gerald Adams
Krippendorf's Tribe

Man Who Hires Wells
No Country for Old Men

Porter
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Glover
Mad Money

Gordon
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story

Greenie
Jersey Girl

Talent Scout (voice)
The Fox and the Hound 2

Sculptor
Over Her Dead Body

Agent Flannigan
Queenpins

Dean Burbage
Monkey Shines

Sheriff Brock
Have Dreams, Will Travel

John Lloyd
The Conspirator

Chode (voice)
Tripping the Rift: The Movie

Dr. Freeman
Surviving Christmas

Cockmando (voice)
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

Charles Thompson
Unthinkable

Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
Rango

Elliot
Everything Must Go

Curt Reynolds
The Soloist

Sherrif Wynan
Red State

Zeb Zoober (voice)
The Country Bears

Brendon (voice)
Batman: Year One

Steve
Bob Funk

Dwight Nestor
Raising Genius

Fred Franklin
Imagine That

Bill Krogstad
Cedar Rapids

Arthur Hammond
Heads of State

Lance (voice)
Squirly Town

Senator Larder
Son of Morning

The Jackalope (voice)
Looking for the Jackalope

Governor Haskell
Big Miracle

Billy Cusimano
The Company You Keep

Analyst
Lousy Carter

Kane Cohen
Gut Feeling

Mr. Crenshaw
The Monster Hunter

Hugh
Sweetwater

Zor-El (voice)
Superman: Unbound

Roger
Bad Milo!

Randolph
Bed & Breakfast

Kevin McDonald
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story

Thelma

Floyd / Additional Voices (voice)
O.W.C.A. Files

Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

Avery Boomer
The Arrangement

Max Alvarez
Extreme Justice

Frank
Night of the Scarecrow

steve.oedekerk.com

Jaan Laaman
In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice

Todd
Hello, My Name Is Doris

DEA Agent (Toilet)
Crocodile Dundee II

George
7 Chinese Brothers

Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
Class of '61

Kevin McDonald
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter

Gus Lacey
The Men Who Stare at Goats

J. Edgar Hoover
All the Way

Fernand Gudge
The Ladykillers

Gordon
Playdate

Ron Walton
Miles

Morty Van Rookle
Cook-Off!

Hymie King
Trumbo

Burt
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Principal Doppler
Drillbit Taylor

Bubbles (voice)
Finding Dory

Berg
Black Rain

Self
Lennon or McCartney

Gary Murray
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Radio Station Man
O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The Wrecking Crew

Fenton
Infinity Baby

Habberman
The Lone Ranger

Jim Hudson
Get Out

Aardvark Dad (voice)
Ice Age: The Meltdown

Col. Al Lingo
Selma

Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz

Cameron
Grind

Mike Cook
Life of the Party

Professor Brown
On the Basis of Sex

Burt (voice)
Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare

Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
Idiocracy

Self
I Know That Voice

Mickey
V.I. Warshawski

Walt Breckman
Seberg

Arthur Parsons
The Empty Man

Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

RKO Guard
Guilty by Suspicion

Graham Dunbar
The Lottery

Vince Masters
Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Herb
Gretchen

Daddy Mac
Uncle Frank

Chris
Four Good Days

Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited)
Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

Neil Mullin
Bombshell

Dr. Rogers
Three Christs

Remington
Glock

Ed Kirkman
The Road to Galveston

Goodman
Happily

Self
13 Scarier Movie Moments

Turtle (voice)
Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts

Arthur Koehler
J. Edgar

Uncle Henry (voice)
Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz

Father Browning
Home

Tony
Paint

Dutch
To Leslie

Dr. Mindala
Spectral

Mr. Hentley
Stanley & Iris

Grampa (voice)
Dog Man

Awakened Neighbor
Bye Bye Love

Dr. Kirby
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

Unbearable Christmas

Dead Letters

October

Mayor Toadstool
Amphibia: The Hardest Thing

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice

Nick Celisco
Feels So Good
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
125
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-11-17
Place of Birth
Sarasota, Florida, USA
Also Known As
Steve Root