Stephen Root

Stephen Edward Root () adalah aktor berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat, komedian, dan pesulih suara. Dia bermain sebagai Jimmy James dalam sitkom televis NewsRadio, sebagai Milton Waddams di film Office Space, mengisi suara Bill Dauterive dan Buck Strickland dalam serial animasi King of the Hill. Peran yang lain di antaranya Captain K'Vada dalam Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Unification", dan sebagai Gordon Pibb dalam DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story.

 Latar belakang 
Root lahir di Sarasota, Florida, anak dari Leona Estelle dan Rolland Clair Root, seorang pengawas konstruksi. Root lulus dari Vero Beach High School di Vero Beach, Florida. Dia menerima gelar AA dari University of Florida, dan magang kerja di program seni peran BFA.

 Karier 
Root mendapatkan peran terakhir dalam dua musim dari serial The West Wing sebagai konsultan kampanye anggota dewan dari Partai Republik, Bob Mayer. Dia juga bermain sebagai Milton Waddams dalam Office Space, sebagai Gordon Pibb dalam Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, sebagai Suds dalam Leatherheads, dan sebagai Judd Apatow dalamDrillbit Taylor. Root sangat dikenal dalam Coen Brothers. Dia tampil dalam O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Ladykillers, dan No Country For Old Men. Kevin Smith menulis peran dalam Jersey Girl khusus untuk Root.

Root kembali bermain bersama dengan Mike Judge dalam Idiocracy dan juga memerankan sebagai direktur penerbangan NASA flight director Chris Kraft dalam miniseri From the Earth to the Moon. Dia pernah mendapatkan peran dalam film biografi tentang Richard A. Clarke dalam The Path to 9/11. Perannya sebagai bintang tamu dalam program televisi dijalani dalam beberapa genre antar lain sebagai Klingon Captain K'Vada dalam Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Unification" tahun 1991. Tahun 1992, Root tampil dalam serial televisi Night Court sebagai Mr. Willard. Dari 1993 sampai 1994, Root tampil secara rutin dalam sebagai "R.O." dalam serial komedi Beau Bridges/Lloyd Bridges/western berjudul Harts of the West di stasiun televisi CBS.

Root mendapat peran sebagai bintang tamu dalam Seinfeld, memainkan sebagai manajer bank dalam episode "The Invitations". Dia juga memerankan dalam Frasier episode "Detour" sebagai ayah dalam sebuah keluarga yang membantu Frasier ketika mobilnya mengalami kerusakan. Dalam CSI episode "Homebodies", dia bermain sebagai ayah dari korban pemerkosaan. Selain itu, Root juga secara rutin berperan dalam serial pendek stasiun CBS berjudul Ladies Man, yang juga dibintangi oleh Sharon Lawrence, setelah dia keluar dari NYPD Blue. Dia bermain sebagai Raymond, dalam In the Heat of the Night episode "A Love Lost" (1993).

 Filmografi 

 Film 
 Film Tahun Film Peran Catatan 1988 Crocodile Dundee II DEA Agent (Toilet)  Monkey Shines Dean Burbage     1989 Black Rain Berg     1990 Stanley & Iris Mr. Hershey    Ghost Police Sgt.     1991 Guilty by Suspicion RKO Guard     V.I. Warshawski Mickey     Bed & Breakfast Randolph     1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer  Gary Murray   1993 Dave Don Durenberger    RoboCop 3 Coontz    Extreme Justice Max Alvarez    1995 Bye Bye Love Awakened Neighbor    Night of the Scarecrow Uncle Frank/The Sherriff    1998 Krippendorf's Tribe Gerald Adams    1999 Gut Feeling Kane Cohen     Office Space Milton Waddams     Natural Selection Mr. Crenshaw   a.k.a. The Monster Hunter Bicentennial Man Dennis Mansky – Head of NorthAm Robotics    2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Radio Station Man   Tripping the Rift Chode  Voice only 2002 Ice Age Frank / Start Voice only The Country Bears Zeb White Oleander Michael  (scenes deleted) 2003 Finding Nemo Bubbles Voice only Grind Cameron 2004 Raising Genius Dwight Nestor    The Ladykillers Fernand Gudge    Jersey Girl Greenie    Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Gordon    Surviving Christmas Dr. Freeman  Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie Vince Masters  2005 Just Friends KC  2006 Cook-Off! Morty Van Rookle  Ice Age: The Meltdown Aardvark Dad   Voice only Gretchen Herb  Idiocracy Judge Hank "The Hangman" BMW  The Frank Anderson John Simon The Fox and the Hound 2 Talent Scout  Direct-to-videoVoice only 2007 No Country for Old Men Man who hires Wells   Have Dreams, Will Travel Sheriff Brock  Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage Bubbles Voice only Sunny & Share Love You Clive Anderson 2008 Mad Money
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| Over Her Dead Body  Sculptor   Drillbit Taylor
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| Leatherheads  Suds  Tripping the Rift: The Movie Chode Voice only 2009 Glock   Bob Funk  Steve The Soloist  Curt Reynolds  Imagine That  Fred Franklin  The Men Who Stare at Goats  Gus Lacey2010 Son of Mourning Senator Lewis  Unthinkable Charlie The Conspirator Witness Everything Must Go Elliot Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare Burt Voice only2011 Cedar Rapids Bill Korgstad Rango Doc and Merrimack Voice only Red State Sheriff Wynan J. Edgar Arthur Koehler2012 Big Miracle Gov. Haskell The Company You Keep Billy Cusimano 2013 Sweet Vengeance KingfisherSweetwater Superman: Unbound Zor-El Voice only The Lone Ranger Habberman 2014 Selma Al Lingo2015 Hello, My Name Is Doris Todd  7 Chinese Brothers George Trumbo Hymie King2016Tom and Jerry: Back to OzUncle HenryVoice roleFinding DoryBubbles Voice role Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Burt Stangle Looking for the Jackalope The Jackalope Voice role Spectral Dr. Mindala 2017 Infinity Baby Fenton Post-production 2018 Life of the Party Filming

 Televisi 
 Television Tahun Film Peran Catatan  1989 Cross of Fire  Beggs     1990 Wiseguy  Bishop (1 episode, 1990) Roseanne  Peter Lundy (1 episode, 1990) Jake and the Fatman  Hastings (1 episode, 1990) The Young Riders   (1 episode, 1990) Head of the Class  Mr. Birch  (1 episode, 1990)  1991 Davis Rules  Porter  (1 episode, 1991) Golden Years  Major Moreland  (6 episodes, 1991) Home Improvement  Exterminator (1 episode, 1991) The Torkelsons  Sheriff Bobby Clinton (1 episode, 1991) Star Trek: The Next Generation  Captain K'Vada  (2 episodes, 1991)  1992 Night Court   Mr. Willard / Spirit of Death  (2 episodes, 1990–1992) A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story   Kevin McDonald   Eerie, Indiana  Mr. Chaney (1 episode, 1992) Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter  Kevin McDonald   Murphy Brown  John Brophy (1 episode, 1992) Civil Wars  Mrs. Caldecott's Lawyer (2 episodes, 1992)  1993 Northern Exposure Brother Timothy  (1 episode, 1993) The Golden Palace  Mr. Tucker (1 episode, 1993) Quantum Leap  John Tremaine Jr. (1 episode, 1993) Class of '61    Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story  Dr. Kirby   Sirens  George Bailey  (1 episode, 1993) Blossom  Louie  (4 episodes, 1993) In the Heat of the Night  Raymond Mercer (1 episode, 1993)  1994 L.A. Law  Atty. Brandon McCafferty  (4 episodes, 1990–1994) NYPD Blue  IAB Sgt. Fulmer  (1 episode, 1994) Harts of the West  R.O (15 episodes, 1993–1994) Party of Five  Football Coach (1 episode, 1994) Sweet Justice   (1 episode, 1994) Diagnosis: Murder  Charlie Lane (1 episode, 1994)  1995 NewsRadio  Jimmy James (97 episodes, 1995–1999) Chicago Hope  Trumpet Playing Mental Patient (1 episode, 1995) Cybill  Phil Asher (1 episode, 1995) Christy  Clarence Sweetwater (1 episode, 1995) VR.5  F.A.A. Negotiator (1 episode, 1995) In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice  Jaan Laaman   1996 Seinfeld Mr. Lager  (1 episode, 1996) The Lottery Graham Dunbar   Pandora's Clock Mark Hastings   The Road to Galveston  Ed Kirkman   1997 From the Earth to the Moon  Chris Kraft (5 episodes, 1998) Profiler  Houston Plant Manager (1 episode, 1998) King of the Hill Bill Dauterive, Buck Strickland (256 episodes, 1997–2010)   1999 Superman: The Animated Series  Revered Amos Howell/Unity (1 episode, 1999) The Sissy Duckling  Big Ducky   Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot  Dr. Donovan (unknown episodes)  2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Sheriff / Sentry #2 (3 episodes, 2000)  2001 Me & My Needs   The Andy Dick Show Manager of 98+1 Store (1 episode, 2001) The Norm Show  Mr. Sweeney (2 episodes, 2001) DAG  Senator Culpepper (1 episode, 2001) Ladies Man  Gene (30 episodes, 1999–2001) The Legend of Tarzan  Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt (1 episode, 2001) Ed  George MacPherson (1 episode, 2001)  2002 Dexter Prep  Charles  The Proud Family  Mr. Andrews (1 episode, 2002) Malcolm in the Middle  John Pratt (2 episodes, 2002) Just Shoot Me!  Dr. Drake Kelson (1 episode, 2002) Justice League  Cat Man (2 episodes, 2002) According to Jim  Al Crannis (1 episode, 2002)  2003 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation  Michael Kirkwood (1 episode, 2003)  2004 Grounded for Life  Tony Bustamante (3 episodes, 2002–2004) Frasier  Harbin (1 episode, 2004) Brandy & Mr. Whiskers  Santa Claus (1 episode, 2004)  2005 Kim Possible: So the Drama  Cowboy Gambler  (6 episodes, 2002–2005) Kim Possible  (Several) (6 episodes, 2002–2005) Teen Titans  Val Yor (1 episode, 2005)  2006 The X's  Homebase (6 episodes, 2005–2006) The West Wing  Bob Mayer (9 episodes, 2005–2006) The Path to 9/11  Richard Clarke   2007 Random! Cartoons  Lance (1 episode, 2007) American Dad!  Dick / Dentist's Father (7 episodes, 2005–2007) Slacker Cats  Tommy (unknown episodes) Tripping the Rift  Chode (39 episodes, 2004–2007)  2008 Head Case  Pat Jennings (1 episode, 2008) Boston Legal  Ethan Melman (1 episode, 2008) Chowder  Stilton/Dancer (1 episode, 2008) The Sarah Silverman Program  Johnny Forrealz (1 episode, 2008) Pushing Daisies  Dwight Dixon (5 episodes, 2008)  2009 True Blood  Eddie (4 episodes, 2008–2009) Californication  Ricardo Collini (1 episode, 2009)  2010 24  Bill Prady (3 episodes, 2010) The Defenders Judge Taylor (1 episode, 2010) "Pilot" Justified Judge Mike Reardon (5 episodes, 2010–2012)Batman: The Brave and the Bold Oswald Cobblepot/The Penguin (4 episodes, 2010–2011) Louie Dr. Heppa (1 episode, 2010)2011 Adventure Time The Royal Tart Toter, Grimby, Martin (2 episodes, 2011-2015) Childrens Hospital Owen's father (1 episode, 2011)ThundercatsDrifter, aka Hattanzo the Swordmaker(1 episode, 2011)FringeRaymond(1 episode, 2011) Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness Master Junjie (4 episodes, 2011-2014) Raising Hope Cap Collins (1 episode, 2011)  2012 Gravity Falls Bud Gleeful/Additional voices (6 episodes, 2012-2015) Young Justice Jack Haly (Episode 24: Performance, 2012) Boardwalk Empire Gaston Means (6 episodes, 2012) Dragons: Riders of Berk 
| Mildew 
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| Out There| Mr. Shooty
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| The Newsroom| Former US general Stanislao Stomtonovich
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| rowspan="8"| 2014
| Turn: Washington's Spies| Nathaniel Sackett
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| Adventure Time| Martin (Finn's father)
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| Fargo| Burt Canton
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| The Big Bang Theory| Dan (Penny and Bernadette's boss)
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| Mike Tyson Mysteries| Thomas J. Watson
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| Brooklyn Nine-Nine| Lynn Boyle
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| Phineas and Ferb Floyd ("Doof 101" episode; voice only) Hot in Cleveland Brian (1 episode, "The Bachelors")  2015 Star vs. the Forces of Evil Brian (voice) (1 episodes, "Blood Moon Ball/Fortune Cookies")2016Idiotsitter Kent Russell All the Way J. Edgar Hoover TV movie Workaholics Carty (1 episode, "Gone Catfishing") Con Man Pascal  The Man in the High Castle Hawthorne Abendsen Known in the series as "The Man in the High Castle" Guardians of the Galaxy Neeza ("Jingle Bell Rock" episode, voice only) 2017 Barry Fuches 

 Video games 
 Video games Tahun Judul Peran Catatan 1997 Blade Runner Early Q 2000 Deus Ex Mechanic Uncredited

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