Editing Stephen Root (section)

{{short description|American actor (born 1951)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}
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| name          = Stephen Root
| image         = Stephen Root 2024.jpg
| alt           = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| caption       = Root in 2024
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1951|11|17}}
| birth_place   = [[Sarasota, Florida]], U.S.
| education     = [[University of Florida]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])
| occupation    = Actor
| years_active  = 1980–present
| spouse        = {{ubl|{{marriage|Laura Joan Hase|1984|1997|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Romy Rosemont]]|2008}}}}
| children      = 1
| signature     = Stephen Root signature.svg
}}
'''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).<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/09/stephen-roots-funniest-characters.html| title=Stephen Root's Funniest Characters| last1=Ham| first1=Robert| journal=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]| date=September 1, 2015| access-date=July 13, 2016| archive-date=August 16, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816164253/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/09/stephen-roots-funniest-characters.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

Root has appeared in numerous [[Coen brothers]] films including ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'' (2000), ''[[The Ladykillers (2004 film)|The Ladykillers]]'' (2004), ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'' (2007), ''[[The Ballad of Buster Scruggs]]'' (2018), and ''[[The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)|The Tragedy of Macbeth]]'' (2021). Other notable film roles include ''[[Dave (film)|Dave]]'' (1993), ''[[Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story|Dodgeball]]'' (2004), ''[[Idiocracy]]'' (2006), ''[[Cedar Rapids (film)|Cedar Rapids]]'' (2011), ''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]'' (2014), ''[[Trumbo (2015 film)|Trumbo]]'' (2015), ''[[Get Out]]'' (2017), and ''[[On the Basis of Sex]]'' (2018).

His television roles have included Capt. K'Vada in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' two-part episode "[[Unification (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Unification]]" (1991) and Hawthorne Abendsen in seasons 2–4 of the series ''[[The Man in the High Castle (TV series)|The Man in the High Castle]]''. He has supporting roles in a variety of [[HBO]] series, including ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]'', ''[[True Blood]]'', ''[[Perry Mason (2020 TV series)|Perry Mason]]'', and ''[[Succession (TV series)|Succession]]''. He starred as Monroe Fuches in the [[HBO]] [[dark comedy]] series ''[[Barry (TV series)|Barry]]'',  for which he was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]] in 2019.