Stephen Root

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Known Credits 197

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Birthday 1951-11-17 (70 years old)

Place of Birth Sarasota, Florida, USA

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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.

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Acting

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2022		Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice)
2022		To Leslie as Dutch
2022		The Legend of Vox Machina (4 episodes) as Professor Anders (voice)

2021		The Book of Boba Fett (1 episode) as Lortha Peel
2021		The Tragedy of Macbeth as Porter
2021		Blade Runner: Black Lotus (6 episodes) as Police Chief Earl Grant (voice)
2021		Queenpins as Agent Flannigan
2021		Home as Father Browning
2021		Masters of the Universe: Revelation (10 episodes) as Cringer / Battle Cat (voice)
2021		Four Good Days as Chris
2021		Happily as Goodman

2020		Uncle Frank as Mac Bledsoe
2020		The Mighty Ones (2 episodes) as Bernard (voice)
2020		The Empty Man as Arthur Parsons
2020		Adventure Time: Distant Lands (1 episode) as Mr. M / Bob (voice)
2020		Perry Mason (7 episodes) as Maynard Barnes

2019		Bombshell as Neil Mullen
2019		Seberg as Walt Breckman
2019		Lights Out with David Spade (1 episode) as Self - Panelist
2019		Amphibia (15 episodes) as Mayor Toadstool (voice)

2018		On the Basis of Sex as Professor Brown
2018		The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Teller (segment "Near Algodones")
2018		Succession (1 episode) as Ron Petkus
2018		Dallas & Robo (8 episodes) as Uncle Danny
2018		Life of the Party as Mike Cook
2018		Barry (24 episodes) as Monroe Fuches

2017		Three Christs as Dr. Rogers
2017		DuckTales (1 episode) as J.W. Guidebook (voice)
2017		Miles as Ron Walton
2017		Adventure Time: Islands as Martin (voice)
2017		Infinity Baby as Fenton
2017		Get Out as Jim Hudson

2016		Spectral as Dr. Mindala
2016		Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz as Uncle Henry (voice)
2016		Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates as Burt
2016		Finding Dory as Bubbles (voice)
2016		All the Way as J. Edgar Hoover

2015		Hello, My Name Is Doris as Todd
2015		Trumbo as Hymie King
2015		Con Man (1 episode) as Pascal
2015		7 Chinese Brothers as George
2015		Star vs. the Forces of Evil (1 episode) as Brian (voice)
2015		The Man in the High Castle (10 episodes) as Hawthorne Abendsen

2014		Selma as Col. Al Lingo
2014		Lennon or McCartney as Self
2014		BoJack Horseman (1 episode) as Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice)
2014		I Know That Voice as Himself

2013		Sweetwater as Hugh
2013		Brooklyn Nine-Nine (4 episodes) as Lynn Boyle
2013		Bad Milo! as Roger
2013		The Lone Ranger as Habberman
2013		Superman: Unbound as Zor-El (voice)
2013		The Arrangement as Avery Boomer

2012		The Company You Keep as Billy Cusimano
2012		DreamWorks Dragons (16 episodes) as Mildew (voice)
2012		The Newsroom (2 episodes) as General Stomtonovich
2012		Gravity Falls (5 episodes) as Bud Gleeful (voice) (2 episodes) as Bud Gleeful (voice) / Additional Voices (voice)
2012		Big Miracle as Governor Haskell

2011		J. Edgar as Arthur Koehler
2011		Batman: Year One as Brendon (voice)
2011		Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz as Uncle Henry / Crows (voice)
2011		Red State as Sherrif Wynan
2011		Everything Must Go as Elliot
2011		Rango as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice)
2011		Cedar Rapids as Bill Krogstad
2011		Son of Morning as Senator Lewis

2010		Young Justice (2 episodes) as Jack Haly (voice)
2010		Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare as Burt (voice)
2010		The Conspirator as John Lloyd
2010		Hot in Cleveland (1 episode) as Brian
2010		Unthinkable as Charles Thompson

2009		Glock as Remington
2009		The Men Who Stare at Goats as Gus Lacey
2009		13 Scarier Movie Moments as Self
2009		Glenn Martin, DDS (1 episode)
2009		Imagine That as Fred Franklin
2009		The Soloist as Curt Reynolds
2009		Dr. Dolittle: Million Dollar Mutts as Turtle (voice)
2009		Bob Funk as Steve

2008		Childrens Hospital (1 episode) as Hank Maestro
2008		Random! Cartoons (1 episode) as Lance (voice)
2008		Batman: The Brave and the Bold (1 episode) as Penguin / Killer Croc (voice) (1 episode) as Penguin / Carnival Barker (voice) (1 episode) as Penguin / Planet Master (voice) (2 episodes) as Woozy Winks (voice)
2008		Fringe (1 episode) as Raymond
2008		True Blood (5 episodes) as Eddie
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		Pushing Daisies (5 episodes) as Dwight Dixon
2007		The Big Bang Theory (2 episodes) as Dan
2007		Californication (2 episodes) as Ricardo Collini
2007		No Country for Old Men as Man who hires Wells
2007		Have Dreams, Will Travel as Sheriff Brock
2007		Head Case (1 episode) as Pat Jennings

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 Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited)
2006		Gretchen as Herb
2006		Ice Age: The Meltdown as Aardvark Dad (voice)

2005		The X's (2 episodes)
2005		Just Friends as KC
2005		Kim Possible: So the Drama as Cowboy Gambler (voice)
2005		American Dad! (1 episode) as Dick / Dentist's Father (voice) (7 episodes) as Dick (voice)
2005		Unscripted (1 episode) as Himself

2004		Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie as Vince Masters
2004		Boston Legal (1 episode) as Ethan Melman
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 (39 episodes) as Chode (voice)

2003		Grind as Cameron
2003		Teen Titans (1 episode) as Val Yor (voice)
2003		Finding Nemo as Bubbles (voice)

2002		The Country Bears as Zeb Zoober (voice)
2002		Kim Possible (1 episode) as Memphis (voice) (1 episode) as Mr. Nevius (voice) (1 episode) as Phillipe Bullion / Pop-Pop Porter (voice) (1 episode) as Chester Yapsby (voice) (1 episode) as Texan (voice) (1 episode) as Pop-Pop Porter (voice)
2002		Ice Age as Frank / Start (voice)

2001		Justice League (2 episodes) as Cat Man / T. Blake (voice)
2001		24 (3 episodes)
2001		According to Jim (1 episode) as Al Crannis
2001		The Proud Family (1 episode)
2001		The Legend of Tarzan (1 episode) as Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (voice)
2001		The Andy Dick Show (20 episodes)
2001		Grounded for Life (3 episodes)

2000		DAG (2 episodes)
2000		Ed (1 episode) as George MacPherson
2000		CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 episode) as Michael Kirkwood
2000		O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Mr. Lund
2000		Malcolm in the Middle (2 episodes) as John Pratt

1999		Bicentennial Man as Dennis Mansky
1999		Courage the Cowardly Dog (1 episode)
1999		The West Wing (9 episodes) as Bob Mayer
1999		Ladies Man (30 episodes) as Gene
1999		The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (26 episodes)
1999		The Sissy Duckling as Big Ducky
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 (5 episodes) as Chris Kraft
1998		Krippendorf's Tribe as Gerald Adams

1997		Just Shoot Me! (1 episode)
1997		King of the Hill (255 episodes) as Bill Dauterive (voice) / Buck Strickland (voice)

1996		Pandora's Clock (2 episodes) as Mark Hastings
1996		The Lottery as Graham Dunbar
1996		Profiler (2 episodes)
1996		Superman: The Animated Series (1 episode) as Reverend Amos Howell / Unity (voice)
1996		The Road to Galveston as Ed Kirkman

1995		In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice as Jaan Laaman
1995		NewsRadio (98 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) as Charlie Lane
1993		Harts of the West (15 episodes) as R.O
1993		Frasier (1 episode) as Harbin
1993		Extreme Justice as Max Alvarez
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

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		Golden Years (8 episodes) as Major Moreland
1991		Golden Years as Major Moreland
1991		Guilty by Suspicion as RKO Guard
1991		Blossom (4 episodes)

1990		Northern Exposure (1 episode)
1990		Ghost as Police Sgt.
1990		Stanley & Iris as Mr. Hentley

1989		The Simpsons (1 episode) as Bildorf (voice)
1989		Black Rain as Berg
1989		Seinfeld (1 episode) as Mr. Lager
1989		Quantum Leap (1 episode) as John Tremaine Jr.

1988		Murphy Brown (1 episode)
1988		Roseanne (1 episode)
1988		Monkey Shines as Dean Burbage
1988		Crocodile Dundee II as DEA Agent (Toilet)

1987		Star Trek: The Next Generation (2 episodes) as Captain K'Vada
1987		Jake and the Fatman (2 episodes)
1987		Wiseguy (1 episode)

1986

(4 episodes)

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