Personal Info
Steve Root
Stephen Root
Acting
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),…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
as Chet
The Wrecking Crew
as Detective Rennert
Playdate
as Gordon
Heads of State
as Arthur Hammond
Dog Man
as Grampa (voice)
Lousy Carter
as Analyst
Paint
as Tony
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
To Leslie
as Dutch
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Porter
TV Shows
Widow's Bay
as Wyck · 10 ep.
Strip Law
as Glem Blorchman (voice) · 10 ep.
StuGo
as Dr. Rostrum (voice) · 1 ep.
It's Florida, Man.
as Title Narrator (voice) · 12 ep.
Masters of the Universe: Revolution
as Cringer (voice) · 5 ep.
Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake
as Martin Mertens (voice) · 1 ep.
Krapopolis
as Salt (voice) · 1 ep.
Velma
as Chief Cogburn (voice) · 4 ep.
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
as The Nanomachines (voice) · 1 ep.
Beacon 23
as Solomon Smythe · 4 ep.
