Stephen Root was born on November 17,1951 and is an American actor.
30 Facts About Stephen Root
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Stephen Root has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio, as Milton Waddams in the film Office Space, and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series King of the Hill.
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Stephen Root has supporting roles in a variety of HBO series, including Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, Perry Mason, and Succession.
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Stephen Root was born in Sarasota, Florida, on November 17,1951, the son of Leona Estelle and Rolland Clair Stephen Root, a project superintendent and site manager on major civil engineering projects throughout the US and Mexico.
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Stephen Root has likened his childhood to that of an Army brat, as his family frequently relocated while his father finished each construction project.
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Stephen Root graduated from Vero Beach High School in Vero Beach, Florida.
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Stephen Root received his Associate of Arts degree from the University of Florida and trained in the Bachelor in Fine Arts acting program.
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Stephen Root began his career on stage in 1980, He made his Broadway acting debut in the play Journey's End, playing 2nd Lieutenant Trotter.
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Stephen Root appeared in All My Sons as Frank Lubey, and as Jon in the 2015 play Marjorie Prime.
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Stephen Root made his feature film debut in the 1988 film Crocodile Dundee II as a DEA agent.
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Stephen Root makes a brief cameo appearance in the 1990 movie Ghost.
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Stephen Root appeared in many comedy films, particularly as the mumbling, quirky Milton Waddams in Office Space; the mild-mannered gym rat Gordon Pibb in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story; Suds, a drunk sportswriter, in Leatherheads; and the dimwitted principal in the 2008 Judd Apatow-produced comedy Drillbit Taylor.
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Stephen Root reunited with Mike Judge in Idiocracy and has portrayed NASA flight director Chris Kraft in the miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.
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Stephen Root has had many guest appearances in television programs across several genres.
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Stephen Root was Klingon Captain K'Vada in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Unification" in 1991.
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In 1992, Stephen Root appeared on the TV series Night Court as Mr Willard.
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Stephen Root guest-starred on Seinfeld as a bank manager in the episode "The Invitations", handling Kramer's hello greeting issue.
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Stephen Root had a role in Frasier in the episode "Detour" as the father of the family helping Frasier when his car broke down.
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Stephen Root had a regular role on the short-lived CBS series Ladies Man, which starred Sharon Lawrence soon after she left NYPD Blue.
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Stephen 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.
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Stephen Root is heard in animated films such as Ice Age, Finding Nemo, and Rango.
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Stephen Root has provided vocal talent in animated television series like Chowder and Teen Titans.
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Stephen Root has appeared in HBO's series True Blood as Eddie, a vampire.
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Stephen Root had a multi-episode arc in the second season of Pushing Daisies on ABC, playing the mysterious Dwight Dixon.
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Stephen Root appeared as Johnny Forreals, inventor of the word "boo-yah," on "Cangamangus", an episode of The Sarah Silverman Program on Comedy Central.
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Stephen Root appeared in the 2009 comedy film The Men Who Stare at Goats as Gus Lacey.
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Stephen Root portrays Lynn Boyle, father of Charles Boyle on the show Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
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In 2018, Stephen Root began starring in the HBO series Barry, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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Stephen Root married his first wife Laura Joan Hase in 1984, with whom he had a son, Cody.
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Stephen Root married actress Romy Rosemont on December 14,2008.