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Stephen Root
Highest Rated: 100% Superman: Unbound (2013)
Lowest Rated: 8% Surviving Christmas (2004)
Birthday: Nov 17, 1951
Birthplace: Sarasota, Florida, USA
A gifted and immensely likeable character actor, Stephen Root's staggering résumé crossed into multiple genres and mediums, despite the average viewer most likely knowing him more by face than by name. Root achieved his most prolific success with two roles: the stapler-obsessed cubicle rat Milton in the cult comedy "Office Space" (1999) and the oddball billionaire Jimmy James on the sitcom "NewsRadio" (NBC, 1995-99). Often appearing as various legal professionals, grieving fathers, Southern sheriffs, military men or football coaches on television shows like "In the Heat of the Night" (NBC, 1988-94) and "Boston Legal" (ABC, 2004-08), Root also gave solid supporting turns in movies as diverse as "Bicentennial Man" (1999) and "No Country for Old Men" (2007), and lent his voice to such projects as the animated series "King of the Hill" (Fox, 1997-2010), the Pixar blockbuster "Finding Nemo" (2003) and even videogames. Root's scene-stealing work went on to enhance a number of projects over the years, attracting the attention of such respected talents as the Coen Brothers, Mike Judge and George Clooney. Determined to avoid typecasting, Root made sure to regularly alternate between comedy and drama, and his experience in both disciplines, gained via years of work in regional theater and the National Shakespeare Company, provided him with an excellent skill set to portray a wide array of people, average and otherwise.
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76% | 81% | Lousy Carter | Analyst (Character) | $11.2K | 2023 |
| 32% | 57% | Paint | Tony (Character) | $811.5K | 2023 |
| 93% | 86% | To Leslie | Dutch (Character) | - | 2022 |
| 95% | 84% | Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2022 |
| 48% | 82% | Queenpins | Agent Flannagan (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 69% | 25% | Happily | Goodman (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 83% | 76% | Poupelle of Chimney Town | Bruno (Voice) | - | 2020 |
| 71% | 71% | Home | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 56% | 81% | Four Good Days | Chris (Character) | $828.7K | 2020 |
| 77% | 83% | Uncle Frank | Daddy Mac (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 76% | 61% | The Empty Man | Arthur Parsons (Character) | $3.0M | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poupelle of Chimney Town | Bruno (Voice) | - | 2020 |
| 35% | 51% | Seberg | Walt Breckman (Character) | $413.8K | 2019 |
| 68% | 84% | Bombshell | Neil Mullen (Character) | $31.7M | 2019 |
| 72% | 76% | On the Basis of Sex | Professor Brown (Character) | $24.7M | 2018 |
| 89% | 78% | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Teller (Segment "Near Algodones") (Character) | - | 2018 |
| 38% | 40% | Life of the Party | Mike (Character) | $52.8M | 2018 |
| 43% | 67% | Three Christs | Dr. Rogers (Character) | $37.3K | 2017 |
| 76% | 68% | Infinity Baby | Fenton (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 98% | 86% | Get Out | Jim Hudson (Character) | $176.0M | 2017 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Looking for the Jackalope | The Jackalope (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 64% | 42% | Miles | Ron Walton (Character) | $2.1K | 2016 |
| 87% | 83% | All the Way | J. Edgar Hoover (Character) | - | 2016 |
| 39% | 51% | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates | Burt Stangle (Character) | $46.0M | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz | Uncle Henry (Voice) | - | 2016 |
| 85% | 76% | Hello, My Name Is Doris | Todd (Character) | $14.4M | 2015 |
| 75% | 79% | Trumbo | Hymie King (Character) | $7.9M | 2015 |
| 78% | 45% | 7 Chinese Brothers | George (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 99% | 86% | Selma | Al Lingo (Character) | $52.1M | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Feels So Good | Nick Celisco (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 58% | 41% | Milo | Roger (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 100% | 75% | Superman: Unbound | Zor-El (Voice) | - | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Arrangement | Avery Boomer (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 55% | 45% | The Company You Keep | Billy Cusimano (Character) | $5.1M | 2012 |
| 74% | 64% | Big Miracle | Gov. Haskell (Character) | $20.1M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 63% | Tom and Jerry & the Wizard of Oz |
Uncle Henry/ |
- | 2011 |
| 43% | 44% | J. Edgar | Arthur Koehler (Character) | $37.3M | 2011 |
| 61% | 54% | Red State | Sheriff Wynan (Character) | $1.1M | 2011 |
| 88% | 70% | Rango |
Doc/ |
- | 2011 |
| 86% | 59% | Cedar Rapids | Bill Krogstad (Character) | $6.9M | 2011 |
| 73% | 52% | Everything Must Go | Elliot (Character) | $2.7M | 2010 |
| 56% | 62% | The Conspirator | John Lloyd (Character) | $11.5M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare | Burt (Voice) | - | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 66% | Unthinkable | Charles Thompson (Character) | - | 2010 |
| 51% | 39% | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Gus Lacey (Character) | $32.4M | 2009 |
| 56% | 56% | The Soloist | Curt (Character) | $31.7M | 2009 |
| 17% | 23% | Bob Funk | Steve (Character) | - | 2009 |
| 52% | 38% | Leatherheads | Suds (Character) | $31.2M | 2008 |
| 22% | 48% | Mad Money | Glover (Character) | $20.7M | 2008 |
| 14% | 42% | Over Her Dead Body |
Sculptor/ |
$7.6M | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | Tripping the Rift: The Movie | Chode (Voice) | - | 2008 |
| 93% | 86% | No Country for Old Men | Man who hires Wells (Character) | $74.3M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Have Dreams, Will Travel | Sheriff Brock (Character) | - | 2007 |
| 83% | 44% | Gretchen | Herb (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 20% | 45% | The Fox and the Hound 2 | Talent Scout (Voice) | - | 2006 |
| 71% | 60% | Idiocracy | Judge Hank "The Hangman" BMW (Character) | $438.7K | 2006 |
| 42% | 71% | Just Friends | KC (Character) | $32.6M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Raising Genius | Dwight Nestor (Character) | - | 2004 |
| 8% | 30% | Surviving Christmas | Dr. Freeman (Character) | $11.2M | 2004 |
| 71% | 76% | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story | Gordon (Character) | $114.3M | 2004 |
| 43% | 48% | Jersey Girl | Greenie (Character) | $25.3M | 2004 |
| 54% | 43% | The Ladykillers | Fernand Gudge (Character) | $39.7M | 2004 |
| 99% | 86% | Finding Nemo | Bubbles (Voice) | - | 2003 |
| 29% | 34% | The Country Bears | Zeb (Voice) | $17.0M | 2002 |
| 77% | 82% | Ice Age | Rhino (Voice) | $176.4M | 2002 |
| 78% | 89% | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Radio Station Man (Character) | $45.5M | 2000 |
| 37% | 59% | Bicentennial Man | Dennis Mansky (Character) | $58.2M | 1999 |
| 81% | 93% | Office Space | Milton Waddams (Character) | $10.8M | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | 44% | Natural Selection | Mr. Crenshaw (Character) | - | 1999 |
| 17% | 24% | Krippendorf's Tribe | Gerald Adams (Character) | $7.6M | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | The Lottery | Graham Dunbar (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Road to Galveston | Ed Kirkman (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 23% | Night of the Scarecrow | Frank (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice | Jaan Laaman (Character) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | Class of '61 | Unknown (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story | Dr. Kirby (Character) | - | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | 43% | Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter | Kevin McDonald (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 36% | 43% | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Gary Murray (Character) | $14.1M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 74% | A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story | Kevin McDonald (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 24% | 23% | V.I. Warshawski | Mickey (Character) | $11.1M | 1991 |
| 75% | 80% | Ghost | Police Sergeant (Character) | $214.3M | 1990 |
| 53% | 41% | Monkey Shines | Dean Burbage (Character) | $4.8M | 1988 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55% | 58% | Beacon 23 |
Solomon (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2023 |
| 80% | 90% | Praise Petey | Dad (Voice) | 2023 |
| 98% | 89% | Barry | Fuches (Character) | 2018-2019 2021-2023 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | Dreamworks The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants | Mr. Morty Fyde (Voice) | 2018-2019 2022-2023 |
| 100% | 96% | Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head | Gary (Guest Voice) | 2023 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Fired on Mars | Unknown (Voice) | 2023 |
| 100% | 95% | The Legend of Vox Machina | Professor Anders (Voice) | 2022 |
| 95% | 53% | Masters of the Universe: Revelation |
Cringer/ |
2021 |
| 85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Bildorf (Guest Voice) | 2021 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dallas & Robo | Uncle Danny (Voice) | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | DuckTales | J.W. Guidebook (Guest Voice) | 2020 |
| 82% | 60% | Bless the Harts | Rick Ocean (Guest Voice) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Amphibia | Mayor Toadstool (Guest Voice) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2019 |
| 89% | 57% | Idiotsitter | Kent (Character) | 2016-2017 |
| 100% | 94% | Adventure Time | Martin (Guest Voice) | 2011 2014-2015 2017 |
| 84% | 85% | Masters of Sex | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Dragons: Riders of Berk | Mildew (Voice) | 2012-2016 |
| 81% | 92% | TURN: Washington's Spies | Nathaniel Sackett (Guest Star) | 2014-2015 |
| 95% | 88% | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Lynn Boyle (Guest Star) | 2014-2015 |
| 81% | 83% | The Big Bang Theory | Dan (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 92% | 95% | Boardwalk Empire |
Gaston Means (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2012-2014 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Hot in Cleveland | Brian (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 93% | 85% | Fargo | Burt Canton (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 97% | 94% | Justified | Judge Reardon (Guest Star) | 2010-2012 2014 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | The Newsroom | General Stomtonovich (Guest Star) | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | 65% | The Cleveland Show | Neighbors Kellogg (Guest Voice) | 2012-2013 |
| 93% | 90% | The Good Wife | Judge Murphy Wicks (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 89% | 79% | The Legend of Korra | Hobo (Guest Voice) | 2012 |
| 90% | 79% | Fringe | Raymond (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 96% | 90% | Raising Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 74% | 73% | The Defenders | Judge Taylor (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 93% | 95% | Louie | Dr. Hepa (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | King of the Hill | Buck Strickland (Voice) | 1997-2010 |
| 87% | 86% | 24 | Bill Prady (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 57% | 78% | Californication | Ricardo Collini (Guest Star) | 2009 |
| 96% | 95% | Pushing Daisies | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 68% | 72% | True Blood | Eddie Gauthier (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tripping the Rift | Chode McBlob (Voice) | 2004-2005 2007-2008 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | American Dad! | Dick (Guest Voice) | 2005-2007 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Path to 9/11 | Unknown (Character) | 2006 |
| 81% | 95% | The West Wing | Bob Mayer (Guest Star) | 2005-2006 |
| 95% | 94% | Frasier | Harbin (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grounded for Life | Tony Bustamante (Guest Star) | 2002 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 86% | Kim Possible | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2002-2003 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Michael Kirkwood (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | According to Jim | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just Shoot Me | Dr. Drake Kelson (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 91% | Malcolm in the Middle | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Proud Family | Mr. Andrews (Guest Voice) | 2002 |
| 8% | No Score Yet | Ladies Man |
Gene (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1999-2001 |
| 23% | No Score Yet | DAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 67% | No Score Yet | Norm | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | Unknown (Voice) | 1999 2001 |
| 95% | 79% | NewsRadio | Jimmy James (Character) | 1995-1999 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | From the Earth to the Moon |
Chris Kraft (Character), Host |
1998 |
| 89% | 92% | Seinfeld | Mr. Lager (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| 55% | No Score Yet | Harts of the West | R.O (Character) | 1993-1994 |
| 83% | 93% | NYPD Blue | IAB Sgt. Fulmer (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 90% | Quantum Leap | John Tremaine Jr. (Guest Star) | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Civil Wars | Mrs. Caldecott's Lawyer (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| 92% | 89% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Capt. K'Vada (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990-1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stephen King's Golden Years | Major Moreland (Character) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wiseguy | Jack Bishop (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Head of the Class | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Court | Unknown (Character) | 1990 |
| 76% | 76% | Roseanne | Peter Lundy (Guest Star) | 1990 |