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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, 2025–present). Root has appeared in numerous Coen brothers films, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The…
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- The Wrecking Crew — Detective Rennert2026
- Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice — Chet2026
- Strip Law — Glem Blorchman (voice)2026
- Widow's Bay — Wyck2026
- Regular Show: The Lost Tapes — Jampft (voice)2026
- Heads of State — Arthur Hammond2025
- Playdate — Gordon2025
- Dog Man — Grampa (voice)2025
- StuGo — Dr. Rostrum (voice)2025
- Lousy Carter — Analyst2024
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Stephen (Steve) Root is an audio director / composer for the film and game industry. Stephen trained at Goldsmiths College in London before entering the games industry and spent nine years working within the audio industry. In 1995, he worked on the film Eye of the Beholder. He subsequently became the audio director of the United Kingdom branch of Acclaim Entertainment. In this role, he was responsible for the music of classics such as Alien Trilogy, Die Hard, Hexen, and the Extreme-G series.
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- ( 1951-11-17 ) November 17, 1951 (age 74) , Sarasota, Florida , U.S.
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- University of Florida ( BFA )
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- Actor
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- 1980–present
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- Laura Joan Hase ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1984 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1997 ) Romy Rosemont ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2008 )
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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, 2025–present).
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).