Stephen Root
Stephen Root is an American actor. Born November 17, 1951, in Sarasota. Educated at University of Florida and Vero Beach High School. Awards include Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
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- Described as
- American actor
- Other names
- Stephen Aaron Root
- Born
- November 17, 1951 · 2 references
- Born in
- Sarasota
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- actor · 2 references; character actor; film actor; television actor; voice actor
- Education
- University of Florida; Vero Beach High School · 1 reference
- Awards
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (2026) · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Romy Rosemont (2008–)
- Lived in
- Los Angeles
- Wikipedias with a page
- 39
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 14, 2026 · revision 1382963018
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. Known for his extensive work 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).
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 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), Finding Nemo (2003), alongside performance capture in the video game Grand Theft Auto VI (2026).
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.
- Born, in its opening lines
- November 17, 1951
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