Acting credits
255
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Stephen Root
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.4
Moderate attention
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Movies: 120Series: 135
TMDB ID: 17401
IMDb ID: nm0740535
Known for: Acting
Born: November 17, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: Sarasota, Florida, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1984 - 2026
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 6.94
Wikidata: Q464320
Also known as
Steve 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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Stephen Root.
In 4 weeks
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
2026 Movie
6.9
The Wrecking Crew
as Detective Rennert
2026 Movie
6.0
Playdate
as Gordon
2025 Movie
6.8
Heads of State
as Arthur Hammond
2025 Movie
7.5
Dog Man
as Grampa (voice)
2025 Movie
6.1
Lousy Carter
as Analyst
2024 Movie
5.5
Paint
as Tony
2023 Movie
7.0
To Leslie
as Dutch
2022 Movie
6.9
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
2022 Movie
6.9
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Porter
2021 Movie
6.5
Queenpins
as Agent Flannigan
2021 Movie
6.7
Home
as Father Browning
2021 Movie
6.8
Four Good Days
as Chris
2021 Movie
5.8
Happily
as Goodman
2021 Movie
7.3
Uncle Frank
as Daddy Mac
2020 Movie
6.2
The Empty Man
as Arthur Parsons
2020 Movie
6.8
Bombshell
as Neil Mullin
2019 Movie
5.9
Seberg
as Walt Breckman
2019 Movie
5.7
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
as Cockmando (voice)
2019 Movie
7.3
On the Basis of Sex
as Professor Brown
2018 Movie
7.1
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
2018 Movie
6.1
Life of the Party
as Mike Cook
2018 Movie
5.2
Cook-Off!
as Morty Van Rookle
2017 Movie
6.6
Three Christs
as Dr. Rogers
2017 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Stephen Root.
Apr 28
Widow's Bay
as Wyck • 10 eps
2026 Series
In 4 days
Strip Law
10 eps
2026 Series
4.4
StuGo
as Dr. Rostrum (voice) • 1 eps
2025 Series
6.2
It's Florida, Man.
as Title Narrator (voice) • 12 eps
2024 Series
7.7
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
as Cringer (voice) • 5 eps
2024 Series
8.0
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
as The Nanomachines (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
5.8
Beacon 23
as Solomon Smythe • 4 eps
2023 Series
7.2
Krapopolis
as Salt (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
8.7
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake
as Martin Mertens (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
6.0
Praise Petey
as Petey's Father (voice) • 10 eps
2023 Series
6.6
Clone High
as Mr. Big Corporation (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
7.0
Fired on Mars
as Mark (voice) • 3 eps
2023 Series
3.4
Velma
as Chief Cogburn / Merie Cogburn (voice) • 1 eps
2023 Series
8.4
Bee and PuppyCat
as Warlock G (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.1
Hamster & Gretel
as Jeff Strawberry (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
8.1
Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
as Gary (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
8.2
The Legend of Vox Machina
as Professor Anders (voice) • 4 eps
2022 Series
7.2
We Baby Bears
as Rexford / Zach / Rover (voice) • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.5
The Book of Boba Fett
as Lortha Peel • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.1
Blade Runner: Black Lotus
as Police Chief Earl Grant (voice) • 6 eps
2021 Series
6.5
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
as Cringer / Battle Cat (voice) • 10 eps
2021 Series
7.8
Resident Alien
as Ed Vanderspeigle • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.4
The Mighty Ones
as Bernard (voice) • 4 eps
2020 Series
7.6
Star Trek: Lower Decks
as Gene Jakobowski (voice) • 1 eps
2020 Series