Editing Stephen Root (section)

==Career==
Root began his career on stage in 1980, He made his Broadway acting debut in the play ''[[Journey's End]]'', playing Second Lieutenant Trotter. He also appeared in ''[[All My Sons]]'' as Frank Lubey, and as Jon in the 2015 play ''[[Marjorie Prime]]''.<ref name="broadwayworld.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Stephen-Root/|title=Stephen Root Theatre Credits, News, Bio and Photos|website=broadwayworld.com|date=|accessdate=|archive-date=January 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101191418/https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Stephen-Root/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Root made his feature film debut in the 1988 film ''[[Crocodile Dundee II]]'' as a [[DEA]] agent. That same year, he acted in the [[psychological horror]] film ''[[Monkey Shines (film)|Monkey Shines]]'' as Dean Burbage.<ref name= "Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine| title='The First Time': Actor Stephen Root| url= https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/hbo-perry-mason-stephen-root-first-time-video-1016785/| last= Kreps| first=Daniel| date=June 17, 2020| magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| access-date=September 15, 2020}}</ref> He  makes a brief [[cameo appearance]] in the 1990 movie [[Ghost (1990 film)|''Ghost'']].

Among his most recognized television roles are eccentric billionaire Jimmy James on the sitcom ''[[NewsRadio]]'' and in a recurring role on the final two seasons of ''[[The West Wing (TV series)|The West Wing]]'' as [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] campaign consultant Bob Mayer. He appeared in many comedy films, particularly as the mumbling, quirky Milton Waddams in ''[[Office Space]]'';<ref name= "latimes2008"/><ref name="Rolling Stone"/> the mild-mannered gym rat Gordon Pibb in ''[[Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story]]''; Suds, a drunk sportswriter, in ''[[Leatherheads]]''; and the dimwitted principal in the 2008 [[Judd Apatow]]-produced comedy ''[[Drillbit Taylor]]''.

Root is a favorite hire of the [[Coen brothers]]. He has appeared in ''[[O Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'', ''[[The Ladykillers (2004 film)|The Ladykillers]]'', ''[[No Country for Old Men]]'', and ''[[The Ballad of Buster Scruggs]]''.<ref name="Rolling Stone"/> [[Kevin Smith]] wrote a role in ''[[Jersey Girl (2004 film)|Jersey Girl]]'' specifically for Root.

Root reunited with [[Mike Judge]] in ''[[Idiocracy]]'' and has also portrayed [[NASA]] [[Flight controller|flight director]] [[Chris Kraft]] in the miniseries ''[[From the Earth to the Moon (miniseries)|From the Earth to the Moon]]''. He took on the biographical role of [[Richard A. Clarke]] in ''[[The Path to 9/11]]''. He has also had many guest appearances in television programs across several genres. He was [[Klingon]] Captain K'Vada in the ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[Unification (TNG episode)|Unification]]" in 1991. In the 1993–1994 television season, Root appeared as a series regular as "R.O." on the [[Beau Bridges]]/[[Lloyd Bridges]] comedy/[[Western (genre)|western]] series ''[[Harts of the West]]'' on [[CBS]].
[[File:Stephen Root by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Root at the 2011 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]
Root guest-starred on ''[[Seinfeld]]'' as a bank manager in the episode "[[The Invitations]]", handling [[Cosmo Kramer|Kramer]]'s hello greeting issue. He had a role in ''[[Frasier]]'' in the episode "[[Detour (Frasier episode)|Detour]]" as the father of the family helping Frasier when his car broke down. In the ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'' episode "Homebodies" he played the father of a rape victim. He also had a regular role on the short-lived CBS series ''Ladies Man'', which starred [[Sharon Lawrence]] soon after she left ''[[NYPD Blue]]''. He played Raymond, a hunting store owner involved in illegal gun trading, in the 1993 ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' episode "A Love Lost."

Root has an active career as a [[voice actor]], most notably as the voice of divorced, down-and-out Army barber [[Bill Dauterive]], Hank Hill's hedonistic boss [[Buck Strickland]], and various other characters on the Mike Judge animated television series ''[[King of the Hill]]''. Root is also heard in animated films such as ''[[Ice Age (2002 film)|Ice Age]]'', ''[[Finding Nemo]]'', and ''[[Rango (2011 film)|Rango]]''. In other animated television series, his regular roles include Commander Chode in ''[[Tripping the Rift]]'' and Homebase in ''[[The X's]]''. He has also provided vocal talent in animated television series such as ''[[Chowder (TV series)|Chowder]]'', ''[[Batman: The Brave and the Bold]]'', and ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]''.

Root has appeared in HBO's series ''[[True Blood]]'' as Eddie, a vampire. He had a multi-episode arc in the second season of ''[[Pushing Daisies]]'' on ABC, playing the mysterious Dwight Dixon. He appeared as Johnny Forreals, inventor of the word "boo-yah," on "Cangamangus", an episode of ''[[The Sarah Silverman Program]]'' on Comedy Central. He appeared in the 2009 comedy film ''[[The Men Who Stare at Goats (film)|The Men Who Stare at Goats]]'' as Gus Lacey. In 2010, he appeared in a multi-episode arc in [[24 season 8|season 8]] of the Fox television series ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'' as a probation officer named Bill Prady and in the [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] television series ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'' as the eccentric Judge Mike "The Hammer" Reardon. In 2011, he appeared in [[Robert Redford]]'s ''[[The Conspirator]]'', playing John Lloyd, a key witness in the trial of alleged Lincoln conspirator [[Mary Surratt]]. In 2012, he began playing [[Gaston Means]] in season 3 of the acclaimed HBO TV series ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''. He also portrays Lynn Boyle, father of Charles Boyle on the show ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]''. In 2018, Root began starring in the HBO series ''[[Barry (TV series)|Barry]]'', for which he received a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination<ref name="latimes2019">{{cite news |first=Austin |last=Considine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/arts/television/stephen-root-barry.html |title='Barry' Star Stephen Root Went From 'That Guy' to Emmy Nominee |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 29, 2019 |access-date=August 12, 2020 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=September 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919214339/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/arts/television/stephen-root-barry.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and four nominations for the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.sagawards.org/media/news/releases/nominations-announced-30th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awardsr|title=Nominations Announced for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®|publisher=[[Screen Actors Guild]] |date=January 10, 2024|access-date=January 10, 2024}}</ref>