Highest rated as cast or director
Barry
2018 · 4 Seasons
Widow's Bay
Since 2026 · 2 Seasons
NewsRadio
1995 · 5 Seasons
To Leslie
2022
King of the Hill
Since 1997 · 15 Seasons
Office Space
1999
Biography
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor and voice actor. Known for his extensive character actor roles in film and television, he gained attention for his roles as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), as Milton Waddams in the comedy film Office Space (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series King of the Hill (1997–2010, 2025–present).[1] Root has appeared in numerous Coen brothers films including O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Ladykillers (2004), No Country for Old Men (2007), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), and The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Other notable film roles include Dave (1993), Bicentennial Man (1999), Dodgeball (2004), Idiocracy (2006), Cedar Rapids (2011), Selma (2014), Trumbo (2015), Get Out (2017), and On the Basis of Sex (2018), as well as his voice roles in Ice Age (2002) and Finding Nemo (2003). On television, he played supporting roles in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991), True Blood (2008–2009), Boardwalk Empire (2012–2013), Fargo (2014), The Man in the High Castle (2016–2019), Perry Mason (2020), and Succession (2021–2023). He has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, in 2019 for the role of manipulative hitman handler Monroe Fuches in the HBO dark comedy crime series Barry (2018–2023) and in 2026 for the role of fisherman and outspoken superstitious Wyck Crawford in the Apple TV comedy horror series Widow's Bay (2026–present), which he won. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stephen Root, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted in 258
2020s
- 2027
- 2026
The Long Haul
Movie
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
Praise Petey
Petey's Father (voice) · 10 episodes
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2018
Dallas & Robo
Uncle Danny · 8 episodes
- 2017
Miles
Ron Walton
Infinity Baby
Fenton
- 2016
Looking for the Jackalope
The Jackalope (voice)
- 2015
7 Chinese Brothers
George
- 2014
- 2013
Feels So Good
Nick Celisco
- 2012
- 2011
Son of Morning
Senator Larder
- 2010
2000s
- 2009
Squirly Town
Lance (voice)
Bob Funk
Steve
- 2008
Tripping the Rift: The Movie
Chode (voice)
- 2007
Have Dreams, Will Travel
Sheriff Brock
- 2006
Gretchen
Herb
- 2005
The X's
TV
- 2004
Raising Genius
Dwight Nestor
- 2003
The Making of 'King of the Hill'
Movie
- 2002
- 2001
The Andy Dick Show
TV
- 2000
DAG
Senator Culpepper · 1 episode
1990s
- 1999
Gut Feeling
Kane Cohen
The Monster Hunter
Mr. Crenshaw
- 1998
- 1997
steve.oedekerk.com
Movie
- 1996
Pandora's Clock
Mark Hastings · 2 episodes
The Lottery
Graham Dunbar
The Road to Galveston
Ed Kirkman
- 1995
Night of the Scarecrow
Frank
Bye Bye Love
Awakened Neighbor
VR.5
F.A.A. Negotiator · 1 episode
- 1994
Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter
Kevin McDonald
- 1993
Harts of the West
R.O · 15 episodes
Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story
Dr. Kirby
Class of '61
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
- 1992
A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story
Kevin McDonald
- 1991
Bed & Breakfast
Randolph
V.I. Warshawski
Mickey
Golden Years
Major Moreland
- 1990
1980s
- 1989
Cross of Fire
Boots · 2 episodes
- 1988
- 1987
- 1986
- 1984
No release date
Unbearable Christmas
Bob
Bob's Best Friends
Edgar (voice)
Appearances7
2020s
- 2022
Starting Now: the Making of Barry
Self
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
- 2014
Lennon or McCartney
Self
2000s
- 2009
13 Scarier Movie Moments
Self