Stephen Root

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Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor and voice actor. Known for his extensive character actor roles in film and television, he gained attention for his roles as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), as Milton Waddams in the comedy film Office Space (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series King of the Hill (1997–2010, 2025–present).[1] 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), Bicentennial Man (1999), Dodgeball (2004), Idiocracy (2006), Cedar Rapids (2011), Selma (2014), Trumbo (2015), Get Out (2017), and On the Basis of Sex (2018), as well as his voice roles in Ice Age (2002) and Finding Nemo (2003). On television, he played supporting roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991), True Blood (2008–2009), Boardwalk Empire (2012–2013), Fargo (2014), The Man in the High Castle (2016–2019), Perry Mason (2020), and Succession (2021–2023). He has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, in 2019 for the role of manipulative hitman handler Monroe Fuches in the HBO dark comedy crime series Barry (2018–2023) and in 2026 for the role of fisherman and outspoken superstitious Wyck Crawford in the Apple TV comedy horror series Widow's Bay (2026–present), which he won. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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2026
Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look
Movie Brian Heder (voice) (uncredited)
2026
President Curtis
TV show Toomoo (voice)
2026
The Long Haul
Movie
2026
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes
TV show Jampft (voice)
2026
The Terror: Devil in Silver
TV show Dr. Badger
2026
Widow's Bay
TV show Wyck Crawford
2026
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Movie Chet
2026
Strip Law
TV show Glem Blorchman (voice)
2026
The Wrecking Crew
Movie Detective Rennert
2025
Playdate
Movie Gordon
2025
Heads of State
Movie Arthur Hammond
2025
Dog Man
Movie Grampa (voice)
2025
StuGo
TV show Dr. Rostrum (voice)
2024
It's Florida, Man.
TV show Title Narrator (voice)
2024
Lousy Carter
Movie Analyst
2024
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
TV show Cringer (voice)