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Stephen Root

Biography

Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He is principally known for his comedic work, but has won acclaim for his occasional dramatic roles.

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Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He is principally known for his comedic work, but has won acclaim for his occasional dramatic roles.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Info

Known For Acting

Gender Male

Known Credits 146

Birthday 1951-11-17

Place of Birth Sarasota, Florida, USA

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Also Known As

  • Steve Root

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Acting TV ShowsMovies

— The Empty Man as Arthur Parsons
2019 Against All Enemies as Walt Breckman
2018 On the Basis of Sex
2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018 Life of the Party as Mike
2018 Barry — (8 episodes) as Fuches
2017 Miles as Ron Walton
2017 Adventure Time: Islands as Martin Mertens (voice)
2017 Infinity Baby as Fenton
2017 Get Out as Jim Hudson
2016 Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates as Burt
2016 Finding Dory as Bubbles (voice)
2016 All the Way as J. Edgar Hoover
2016 Gravity Falls: Weirdmageddon as Bud Gleeful (voice)
2015 Hello, My Name Is Doris as Todd
2015 Trumbo as Hymie King
2015 7 Chinese Brothers as George
2014 Selma as Col. Al Lingo
2014 Lennon or McCartney as Himself
2014 I Know That Voice as Himself
2013 Bad Milo as Roger
2013 The Lone Ranger as Habberman
2013 Superman: Unbound as Zor-El (voice)
2013 Sweetwater as Hugh
2013 The Arrangement as Avery Boomer
2012 The Company You Keep as Billy Cusimano
2012 DreamWorks Dragons — (12 episodes) as Mildew (voice)
2012 Gravity Falls — (90 episodes) as Bud Gleeful (voice)
2012 Big Miracle as Governor Haskell
2011 Batman: Year One as Brendon
2011 Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz as Uncle Henry
2011 Red State as Sherrif Wynan
2011 Rango as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
2011 Cedar Rapids as Bill Krogstad
2011 Son of Morning as Senator Lewis
2010 Everything Must Go as Elliot
2010 Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare as Burt
2010 The Conspirator as John Lloyd
2010 Unthinkable as Charles Thompson
2009 The Men Who Stare at Goats as Gus Lacey
2009 Glenn Martin, DDS — (1 episode)
2009 Imagine That as Fred Franklin
2009 The Soloist as Curt Reynolds
2009 Bob Funk as Steve
2008 Fringe — (1 episode)
2008 True Blood — (5 episodes) as Eddie
2008 True Blood — (13 episodes) as Eddie Gauthier
2008 Tripping the Rift: The Movie as Chode (voice)
2008 Leatherheads as Suds
2008 Drillbit Taylor as Principal Doppler
2008 Over Her Dead Body as Sculptor
2008 Mad Money as Glover
2007 Cook-Off! as Morty Van Rookle
2007 No Country for Old Men as Man who hires Wells
2007 Pushing Daisies — (5 episodes) as Dwight Dixon
2007 The Big Bang Theory — (2 episodes) as Dan
2007 Californication — (2 episodes) as Ricardo Collini
2007 Have Dreams, Will Travel as Sheriff Brock
2006 The Fox and the Hound 2 as Talent Scout (voice)
2006 The Path to 9/11 — (2 episodes) as Richard Clarke
2006 Idiocracy as Judge Hank "The Hangman" BMW (uncredited)
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown as Aardvark Dad (voice)
2005 The X's — (2 episodes)
2005 Just Friends as KC
2005 American Dad! — (10 episodes)
2005 Unscripted — (1 episode)
2004 Boston Legal — (1 episode)
2004 Surviving Christmas as Dr. Freeman
2004 DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Gordon
2004 The Ladykillers as Fernand Gudge
2004 Jersey Girl as Greenie
2004 Raising Genius as Dwight Nestor
2004 Tripping the Rift — (46 episodes)
2003 Grind as Cameron
2003 Teen Titans — (1 episode)
2003 Finding Nemo as Bubbles (voice)
2002 The Country Bears as Zeb Zoober (voice)
2002 Kim Possible — (5 episodes)
2002 Ice Age as Rhino / Start (voice)
2001 24 — (3 episodes)
2001 According to Jim — (1 episode)
2001 The Proud Family — (1 episode)
2001 The Legend of Tarzan — (1 episode)
2001 The Andy Dick Show — (27 episodes)
2001 Grounded for Life — (3 episodes)
2000 DAG — (2 episodes)
2000 Ed — (1 episode)
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — (1 episode)
2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Mr. Lund
2000 Malcolm in the Middle — (2 episodes)
1999 Bicentennial Man as Dennis Mansky - Head of NorthAm Robotics
1999 Courage the Cowardly Dog — (1 episode)
1999 The West Wing — (10 episodes)
1999 Ladies Man — (30 episodes) as Gene
1999 The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot — (26 episodes)
1999 The Norm Show — (2 episodes)
1999 Office Space as Milton Waddams
1999 The Monster Hunter as Mr. Crenshaw
1998 From the Earth to the Moon — (12 episodes) as Chris Kraft
1998 Krippendorf's Tribe as Gerald Adams
1997 Just Shoot Me! — (1 episode)
1997 King of the Hill — (266 episodes) as Bill Dauterive (voice)
1997 King of the Hill — (7 episodes)
1996 Pandora's Clock — (2 episodes) as Mark Hastings
1996 Profiler — (2 episodes)
1996 Superman: The Animated Series — (1 episode)
1995 In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice as Jaan Laaman
1995 NewsRadio — (112 episodes) as Jimmy James
1995 VR.5 — (1 episode)
1995 Cybill — (1 episode)
1995 Night of the Scarecrow as Frank
1994 Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter as Kevin McDonald
1994 Chicago Hope — (1 episode)
1994 Party of Five — (1 episode)
1994 Christy — (1 episode)
1993 Diagnosis: Murder — (1 episode)
1993 Harts of the West — (15 episodes) as R.O
1993 Frasier — (1 episode) as Harbin
1993 Dave as Don Durenberger
1993 Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story as Dr. Kirby
1993 RoboCop 3 as Coontz
1993 Class of '61
1993 Extreme Justice as Max Alvarez
1992 The Golden Palace — (1 episode)
1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer as Gary Murray
1992 A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story as Kevin McDonald
1991 Civil Wars — (1 episode)
1991 Bed & Breakfast as Randolph
1991 The Torkelsons — (1 episode)
1991 Home Improvement — (1 episode) as Exterminator
1991 Eerie, Indiana — (1 episode) as Mr. Chaney
1991 V.I. Warshawski as Mickey
1991 Stephen King's Golden Years — (8 episodes) as Major Moreland
1991 Guilty by Suspicion as RKO Guard
1990 Northern Exposure — (1 episode)
1990 Ghost as Police Sgt.
1990 Blossom — (4 episodes)
1989 Black Rain as Berg
1989 Seinfeld — (1 episode)
1989 Quantum Leap — (1 episode)
1988 Murphy Brown — (1 episode)
1988 Roseanne — (1 episode)
1988 Monkey Shines as Dean Burbage
1988 Crocodile Dundee II as DEA Agent
1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation — (2 episodes) as Captain K'Vada
1987 Jake and the Fatman — (2 episodes)
1987 Wiseguy — (1 episode)
1986 L.A. Law — (4 episodes)

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