Stephen Root

(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).

• Name — Stephen Root • Birthplace — Sarasota, Florida, U.S. • Education — University of Florida (BFA) • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1980–present • Children — 1

Root was born in Sarasota, Florida, the son of Leona Estelle and Rolland Clair Root, a project superintendent and site manager on major civil engineering projects throughout the US and Mexico. Root has likened his childhood to that of an Army brat, as his family frequently relocated while his father supervised each construction project. Root graduated from Vero Beach High School in Vero Beach, Florida. He received his Associate of Arts degree from the University of Florida and trained in the Bachelor in Fine Arts (BFA) acting program. The university recognized him as one of its distinguished alumni in 2008. Subsequently he was granted a BFA after completion of his final semester based on the quality and character of his acting career, having left college to pursue Broadway theater in his final semester.

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. 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 as Dean Burbage. He has a small role as a detective in the movie Ghost (1990), as well as roles in Dave (1993) and RoboCop 3 (1993). Root 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 two-part episode "Unification" in 1991. He portrayed the role of an exterminator in the Home Improvement 1991 episode "Wild Kingdom." He played Raymond, a hunting store owner involved in illegal gun trading, in the 1993 In the Heat of the Night episode "A Love Lost." He guest-starred on Seinfeld as a bank manager in the 1996 episode "The Invitations", handling Kramer's hello greeting issue. In the CSI episode "Homebodies" from 2003, he played the father of a rape victim. He had a role in Frasier in the 2004 episode "Detour" as the father of the family helping Frasier when his car broke down. In the 1993–1994 television season, Root appeared as a series regular as "R.O." on the Beau Bridges/Lloyd Bridges comedy/western series Harts of the West on CBS. He also had a regular role on the short-lived CBS series Ladies Man (1999-2000), which starred Sharon Lawrence soon after she left NYPD Blue. Among his most recognized television roles are eccentric billionaire Jimmy James on the sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), and in a recurring role on the final two seasons of The West Wing (2005–2007) as Republican campaign consultant Bob Mayer. He appeared in many comedy films, particularly as the mumbling, quirky Milton Waddams in Mike Judge's Office Space (1999); head of NorthAm Robotics Dennis Mansky in Bicentennial Man (1999); the mild-mannered gym rat Gordon Pibb in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004); Judge Hector in a reunion with Mike Judge in Idiocracy (2006); the dimwitted principal in the Judd Apatow-produced comedy Drillbit Taylor (2008); and Suds, a drunk sportswriter, in Leatherheads (2008). Root is a favorite hire of the Coen brothers. He has appeared in 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). Kevin Smith wrote a role in Jersey Girl (2004) specifically for Root. In addition, Root was cast as Burt Canton for the first installment of Noah Hawley's anthology series Fargo, which is set in the same world as the 1996 Coen brothers film of the same name and heavily inspired by it and other films by the Coen brothers; one of the reasons he was cast was because of his many appearances in their films. Root also portrayed NASA flight director Chris Kraft in the miniseries From the Earth to the Moon (1998). He took on the biographical role of Richard A. Clarke in The Path to 9/11 (2006). • Illustration — Root at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con 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 (1997–2010, 2025–present). Root is also heard in animated films such as Ice Age (2002) and its sequel Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), Finding Nemo (2003) and its sequel Finding Dory (2016), and Rango (2011). 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, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and 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 as Gus Lacey. In 2010, he appeared in a multi-episode arc in season 8 of the Fox television series 24 as a probation officer named Bill Prady, and in the FX television series Justified as the eccentric Judge Mike "The Hammer" Reardon, as well as appearing in Robert Redford's The Conspirator, playing John Lloyd, a key witness in the trial of alleged Lincoln conspirator Mary Surratt. His subsequest films have included Cedar Rapids (2011), Selma (2014), Trumbo (2015), Get Out (2017), and On the Basis of Sex (2018). In 2012, he began playing Gaston Means in season 3 of the acclaimed HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire. From 2015-2016, he portrayed Lynn Boyle, father of Charles Boyle on the show Brooklyn Nine-Nine. In 2018, Root began starring in the HBO series Barry, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination and four nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. In 2020, he appeared as Maynard Barnes in the HBO series Perry Mason, and from 2021 to 2023, he played Ron Petkus in HBO's Succession.

Root married his first wife, Laura Joan Hase, with whom he has a son named Cody, in 1984. They divorced in August 1997. He married actress Romy Rosemont on December 14, 2008. They co-starred together in several television shows such as Fringe and Masters of Sex. They were due to appear on-screen together in the 2011 horror film Red State, but Rosemont was forced to pull out due to a scheduling conflict with Glee.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1989 — Cross of Fire — Beggs — Television film • 1990 — Wiseguy — Bishop — Episode: "Dead Right" • Roseanne — Peter Lundy — Episode: "Fender Bender" • The — Luke — Episode: "Bad Company" • Head of the Class — Mr. Birch — Episode: "My Son the Primate" • 1990–1991 — Jake and the Fatman — Sgt. Moynihan, Hastings — 2 episodes • 1990–1992 — Night Court — Mr. Willard, Spirit of Death — 2 episodes • 1990–1994 — L.A. Law — Atty. Brandon McCafferty — 4 episodes • 1991 — Davis Rules — Porter — Episode: "Soap" • Golden Years — Major Moreland — 6 episodes • My Life and Times — Ross — Episode: "Our Wedding" • Home Improvement — Exterminator — Episode: "Wild Kingdom" • Sons and Daughters — Stevey — Episode: "Melanie" • The — Sheriff Bobby Clinton — Episode: "I Fought the Law" • Star Trek: The Next Generation — Captain K'Vada — 2 episodes • 1992 — A — Kevin McDonald — Television film • Eerie, Indiana — Mr. Chaney — Episode: "Mr. Chaney" • Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter — Kevin McDonald — Television film • Murphy Brown — John Brophy — Episode: "Till Death or Next Thursday Do We Part" • Civil Wars — Mrs. Caldecott's Lawyer — 2 episodes • 1993 — Northern Exposure — Brother Timothy — Episode: "Revelations" • The — Mr. Tucker — Episode: "You've Lost That Livin' Feeling" • Quantum Leap — John Tremaine Jr. — Episode: "Goodbye Norma Jean - April 4, 1960" • Class of '61 — Edwin Stanton — Television film • The Blanche Taylor Moore Story — Dr. Kirby — Television film • Sirens — George Bailey — Episode: "Looks Like Christmas" • Blossom — Louie — 4 episodes • In the Heat of the Night — Raymond Mercer — Episode: "A Love Lost" • 1993–1994 — Harts of the West — R.O. Moon — 15 episodes • 1994 — NYPD Blue — IAB Sgt. Fulmer — Episode: "Guns 'n Rosaries" • Party of Five — Football Coach — Episode: "Good Sports" • Sweet Justice — Bowles — 2 episodes • Diagnosis: Murder — Charlie Lane — Episode: "The Last Laugh: Part 2" • 1995 — Chicago Hope — Trumpet Playing Mental Patient — Episode: "Love and Hope" • Cybill — Phil Asher — Episode: "Starting on the Wrong Foot" • Christy — Clarence Sweetwater — Episode: "To Have and to Hold" • VR.5 — F.A.A. Negotiator — Episode: "Control Freak" • In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice — Jaan Laaman — Television film • 1995–1999 — NewsRadio — Jimmy James — Main role; 97 episodes • 1996 — Seinfeld — Mr. Lager — Episode: "The Invitations" • The — Graham Dunbar — Television film • Pandora's Clock — Mark Hastings — 2 episodes • The — Ed Kirkman — Television film • 1997 — Johnny Bravo — Timmy's Dad, Announcer (voice) — Episode: "Johnny Real Good" • 1997–2010, 2025–present — King of the Hill — Bill Dauterive, Buck Strickland, Carl Moss (2026–present) — Main role • 1998 — From the Earth to the Moon — Chris Kraft — Main role; 5 episodes • Profiler — Houston Plant Manager — 2 episodes • 1999 — Superman: The Animated Series — Revered Amos Howell/Unity (voice) — Episode: "Unity" • The Sissy Duckling — Big Ducky (voice) — Television film • Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot — Dr. Donovan (voice) — 26 episodes • 1999–2001 — Ladies Man — Gene — Main role; 30 episodes • 2000 — Buzz Lightyear of Star Command — Sheriff (voice) — 3 episodes • 2001 — The — Manager of 98+1 Store — Episode: "Andy Land" • The — Mr. Sweeney — 2 episodes • DAG — Senator Culpepper — Episode: "Smoke" • The Legend of Tarzan — Theodore Roosevelt (voice) — Episode: "Tarzan and the Rough Rider" • Ed — George MacPherson — Episode: "Changes" • 2002 — Dexter Prep — Charles — Television film • The Proud Family — Mr. Andrews (voice) — Episode: "I Had a Dream" • Malcolm in the Middle — John Pratt — 2 episodes • Just Shoot Me! — Dr. Drake Kelson — Episode: "Blush Gets Some Therapy" • Justice League — Catman (voice) — Episode: "Legends" • Teamo Supremo — Various roles — Episode: Angler's Angle • According to Jim — Al Crannis — Episode: "The Christmas Party" • 2002–2004 — Grounded for Life — Tony Bustamante — 3 episodes • 2002–2005 — Kim Possible — Various voices — 6 episodes • 2003 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Michael Kirkwood — Episode: "Homebodies" • 2004 — Frasier — Harbin — Episode: "Detour" • Brandy & Mr. Whiskers — Santa Claus (voice) — Episode: "On Whiskers, on Lola, on Cheryl, on Meryl" • 2004–2007 — Tripping the Rift — Chode (voice) — Main role; 39 episodes • 2005 — Teen Titans — Val–Yor (voice) — Episode: "Troq" • Kim Possible: So the Drama — Cowboy Gambler (voice) — Television film • 2005–2007 — The X's — Homebase (voice) — 9 episodes • The — Bob Mayer — 9 episodes • 2005–2007 — American Dad! — Dick, Dentist's Father (voice) — 7 episodes • 2006 — The — Richard Clarke — 2 episodes • 2007 — Random! Cartoons — Lance (voice) — Episode: "Squirly Town" • 2008 — Head Case — Pat Jennings — Episode: "Come Together" • WordGirl — Professor Robert Tubing (voice) — Episode: "A Game of Cat & Mouse" • Boston Legal — Ethan Melman — Episode: "Tabloid Nation" • Chowder — Stilton, Dancer (voice) — Episode: "The Apprentice Games" • The — Johnny Forrealz — Episode: "Kangamangus" • Pushing Daisies — Dwight Dixon — 5 episodes • 2008–2009 — True Blood — Eddie — 4 episodes • 2009 — Californication — Ricardo Collini — Episode: "Slow Happy Boys" • Slacker Cats — Tommy (voice) — Episode: "Buckley on the Run" • 2010 — 24 — Bill Prady — 3 episodes • The — Judge Taylor — Episode: "Pilot" • Louie — Dr. Heppa — Episode: "Dentist/Tarese" • Glenn Martin, DDS — Hoss Willicker (voice) — 2 episodes • 2010–2011 — Batman: The Brave and the Bold — Various roles — Voices; 4 episodes • 2010–2014 — Justified — Judge Mike Reardon — Recurring role • 2011 — Childrens Hospital — Hank Maestro — Episode: "Party Down" • The Life & Times of Tim — Lou (voice) — Episode: "The Caddy's Shack/The Sausage Salesman" • Fringe — Raymond — Episode: "And Those We've Left Behind" • Thundercats — Drifter (voice) — Episode: "The Duelist and the Drifter" • Raising Hope — Cap Collins — Episode: "Sabrina Has Money" • 2011–2016 — Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness — Master Junjie (voice) — 5 episodes • 2011–2017 — Adventure Time — Various roles — 9 episodes • 2011, 2017 — Kevin Pollak's Chat Show — Himself/Guest — Episodes: "95", "297" • 2012 — The Legend of Korra — Various roles — 2 episodes • The — Judge Murphy Wicks — 2 episodes • Outlaw Country — Frank — Television film • 2012, 2022 — Young Justice — Jack Haly (voice) — 2 episodes • 2012–2013 — Boardwalk Empire — Gaston Means — 9 episodes • The Cleveland Show — Neighbors Kellogg, Allister Monkarsh (voice) — 2 episodes • 2012–2014 — Dragons: Riders of Berk — Mildew (voice) — 17 episodes • 2012–2016 — Gravity Falls — Bud Gleeful (voice) — 8 episodes • 2013 — Out There — Mr. Shooty (voice) — Episode: "Frosty King" • The — General Stanislao Stomtonovich — 2 episodes • The — Avery Boomer — Television film • Bee and PuppyCat — Farmer (voice) — Episode: "Farmer" • 2014 — Fargo — Burt Canton — 2 episodes • The — Dan — 2 episodes • Mike Tyson Mysteries — Thomas J. Watson (voice) — Episode: "Ultimate Judgment Day" • Hot in Cleveland — Brian — Episode: "The Bachelors" • 2014–2015 — Turn: Washington's Spies — Nathaniel Sackett — 4 episodes • Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Lynn Boyle — 4 episodes • Phineas and Ferb — Floyd (voice) — 2 episodes • 2014–2017 — Idiotsitter — Kent Russell — Main role; 13 episodes • 2015–2016 — Star vs. the Forces of Evil — Brian (voice) — 2 episodes • 2016 — Workaholics — Carty — Episode: "Gone Catfishing" • All the Way — J. Edgar Hoover — Television film • Masters of Sex — Harvey Toplin — Episode: "Topeka" • Con Man — Pascal — Episode: "New Deal, No Deal" • Guardians of the Galaxy — Neeza (voice) — Episode: "Jingle Bell Rock" • 2016–2019 — The — Hawthorne Abendsen — 10 episodes • 2017 — Angie Tribeca — Mortimer Begoyle — Episode: "License to Drill" • Veep — Judge Walsh — Episode: "Judge" • Niko and the Sword of Light — Diggantus, Exuber-Ant (voice) — Episode: "From the Tunnels of Terror to the Den of Doom" • 2018 — Mr. Pickles — Mr. Montgomery (voice) — Episode: "Telemarketers Are the Devil" • Dallas & Robo — Uncle Danny (voice) — 8 episodes • The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants — Mr. Morty Fyde (voice) — Episode: "The Squishy Predicament of Stanley Peet's Stinky Pits" • 2018–2023 — Barry — Monroe Fuches / The Raven — Main role • 2019 — BoJack Horseman — Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice) — Episode: "Feel-Good Story" • Bless the Harts — Rick Ocean (voice) — Episode: "Pig Trouble in Little Greenpoint" • 2019–2021 — Summer Camp Island — Stuart, Additional voices — 5 episodes • 2019–2022 — Amphibia — Frodrick Toadstool (voice) — 22 episodes • 2020 — Harvey Girls Forever! — Fatso (voice) — Episode: "Harvey Endings" • DuckTales — Junior Woodchuck Guidebook (voice) — Episode: "Challenge of the Senior Junior Woodchucks!" • The Midnight Gospel — Various voices — 3 episodes • Adventure Time: Distant Lands — Mr. M (voice) — Episode: "BMO" • Perry Mason — Maynard Barnes — 7 episodes • 2020–2022 — The Mighty Ones — Bernard (voice) — 4 episodes • Robot Chicken — Additional voices — 4 episodes • 2021 — The Simpsons — Bildorf (voice) — Episode: "Wad Goals" • Blindspotting — Rick — Episode: "Bride or Die" • 2021–2022 — Blade Runner: Black Lotus — Earl Grant (voice) — English dub 11 episodes • 2021–2023 — Succession — Ron Petkus — 2 episodes • 2021–2024 — Masters of the Universe — Cringer / Battle Cat, Snout Spout (voice) — Main role; 13 episodes • 2022 — The Legend of Vox Machina — Professor Anders (voice) — 4 episodes • The Book of Boba Fett — Lortha Peel — Episode: "Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa" • We Baby Bears — Various voices — Episode: "Unica" • Solar Opposites — Train Store Owner (voice) — Episode: "Edamame Duffle Bag" • Bee and PuppyCat: Lazy in Space — Warlock G, Various (voice) — 3 episodes • 2023 — Velma — Chief Cogburn (voice) — 4 episodes • Hamster & Gretel — Jeff Strawberry, Melvin Horsegobble (voice) — 2 episodes • Bedrock — Fred Flintstone (voice) — Pilot • Beavis and Butt-Head — Gary (voice) — Episode: "Meditation Sucks/Polling Place" • Fired on Mars — Mark (voice) — 3 episodes • Clone High — Mr Big Corporation (voice) — Episode: "Saved by the Knoll" • Invincible — Dr. Elias Brandyworth (voice) — Episode: "Atom Eve" • Scott Pilgrim Takes Off — Nanomachines (voice) — Episode: "The World vs. Scott Pilgrim" • Praise Petey — Mr. St. Barts (voice) — Main role; 10 episodes • Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake — Martin Mertens (voice) — Episode: "The Star" • Beacon 23 — Solomon — 4 episodes • 2024 — Star Trek: Lower Decks — Lieutenant Gene Jakobowski (voice) — Episode: "Starbase 80?!" • 2024–2025 — Krapopolis — Salt (voice) — 2 episodes • It's Florida, Man — Florida Man (voice) — 12 episodes • 2025 — StuGo — Dr. Rostrum (voice) — Episode: "S.T.U.G.O." • Bob's Burgers — Jackson Woodall (voice) — Episode: "Mr. Fischoeder's Opus" • Resident Alien — Ed Vanderspeigle — Episode: "Daddy Issues" • 2025–2026 — Family Guy — Professor O'Callaghan / Priest (voice) — 2 episodes • Rick and Morty — Ronkonkomus Joe / Carl (voice) — 2 episodes • 2026 — Strip Law — Glem Blorchman (voice) — Main role; 10 episodes • The Terror: Devil in Silver — Dr. Laurence Badger — Main role; 4 episodes • Regular Show: The Lost Tapes — Jampft Grimpfton (voice) — Episode: "Fix That Tape" • 2026–present — Widow's Bay — Wyck Crawford — Main role; 10 episodes

• Year — Title — Role — Playwright — Venue — Notes — Ref. • 1980 — Journey's End — 2nd Lieutenant Trotter — R.C. Sheriff — Off-Broadway • 1986 — So Long on Lonely Street — King Vaughnum III — Sandra Deer — Jack Lawrence Theatre — Broadway • 1987 — All My Sons — Frank Lubey — Arthur Miller — John Golden Theater — Broadway • 2010 — Much Ado About Nothing — Don John — William Shakespeare — Kirk Douglas Theatre — California • 2015 — Marjorie Prime — Jon — Jordan Harrison — Playwrights Horizons — Off-Broadway

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1997 — Blade Runner — Early Q • 2000 — Deus Ex — Mechanic — Uncredited • King of the Hill — Bill Dauterive • 2003 — Finding Nemo — Bubbles • Finding Nemo: Nemo's Underwater World of Fun

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2007 — Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage — Bubbles — Short film

The authorities additionally record the heading Stephen Aaron Root. His recorded language was English. He married Romy Rosemont.

Stephen Root is recorded as actor.