Stephen Root
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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.
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Stephen Root, geboren am 17. November 1951 in Sarasota, Florida, ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler, bekannt für seine Vielseitigkeit und sein Talent in Komödien sowie ernsten Rollen. Er wurde besonders durch die Rolle des Jimmy James in der NBC-Sitcom NewsRadio bekannt und spielte Milton Waddams in dem Kultfilm Office Space (1999). Zudem lieh er in der Zeichentrickserie King of the Hill (1997–2010) den Figuren Bill Dauterive und Buck Strickland seine Stimme. Root wirkte in mehreren Filmen der Coen-Brüder mit, darunter O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Ladykillers (2004), No Country for Old Men (2007), The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) und The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). Weitere bemerkenswerte Filme sind Dave (1993), DodgeBall (2004), Idiocracy (2006), Cedar Rapids (2011), Selma (2014), Trumbo (2015), Get Out (2017) und On the Basis of Sex (2018). Im Fernsehen spielte er unter anderem Capt. K'Vada in der Star Trek: The Next Generation-Doppelfolge „Unification“ (1991) sowie Hawthorne Abendsen in den Staffeln 2 bis 4 der Serie The Man in the High Castle. Er hatte Nebenrollen in mehreren HBO-Serien wie Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, Perry Mason und Succession. Besonders bekannt ist er für seine Hauptrolle als Monroe Fuches / The Raven in der HBO-Dark-Comedy-Serie Barry (2018–2023), für die er 2019 eine Primetime Emmy-Nominierung als bester Nebendarsteller in einer Comedy-Serie erhielt. Stephen Root ist seit 2008 mit Romy Rosemont verheiratet und lebt in Los Angeles. Er ist für seine charakterstarken Darstellungen und seine Fähigkeit bekannt, sowohl komische als auch dramatische Rollen überzeugend zu spielen.
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Cast
| Character | Movie / TV Show | Genres | Release | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Vanderspeigle | Resident AlienTV | 78% · 1,058 | ||
| Gene Jakobowski (voice) | Star Trek: Lower DecksTV | 76% · 482 | ||
| Mike Cook | Life of the Party | 61% · 1,068 | ||
| Monroe Fuches | BarryTV32 Episodes | 79% · 1,217 | ||
| Jim Hudson | Get Out | 76% · 19,333 | ||
| Burt | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates | 60% · 2,663 | ||
| Mortimer Begoyle | Angie TribecaTV | 64% · 152 | ||
| Hymie King | Trumbo | 72% · 1,723 | ||
| Lynn Boyle | Brooklyn Nine-NineTV4 Episodes | 82% · 4,134 | ||
| Billy Cusimano | The Company You Keep | 62% · 806 | ||
| Gus Lacey | The Men Who Stare at Goats | 60% · 2,474 | ||
| Raymond | FringeTV | 81% · 2,915 | ||
| Principal Doppler | Drillbit Taylor | 59% · 1,138 | ||
| Dan | The Big Bang TheoryTV2 Episodes | 79% · 12,780 | ||
| Aardvark Dad (voice) | Ice Age: The Meltdown | 67% · 10,543 | ||
| Ethan Melman | Boston LegalTV | 79% · 399 | ||
| Gordon | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story | 64% · 3,955 | ||
| Bubbles (voice) | Finding Nemo | 78% · 20,968 | ||
| Rhino / Start (voice) | Ice Age | 74% · 14,620 | ||
| Michael Kirkwood | CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationTV | 76% · 1,432 | ||
| Radio Station Man | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | 73% · 4,747 | ||
| Don Durenberger | Dave | 66% · 862 | ||
| Exterminator | Home ImprovementTV | 74% · 746 | ||
| Captain K'Vada | Star Trek: The Next GenerationTV2 Episodes | 84% · 1,852 |