Stephen Root

Biography

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.

Known For

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

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

125

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-11-17

Place of Birth

Sarasota, Florida, USA

Also Known As

Steve Root