Stephen Root

 

Stephen Root
Biographical information
Born	November 17, 1951 Sarasota, Florida
First credit	"Crocodile" Dundee II (1988)
Further information
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Stephen Root is an American actor and voice actor who is best known for his comedic work on the TV sitcom NewsRadio, for playing Milton Waddams in the film Office Space, and as the voices of Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland in the animated series King of the Hill. He provided the voices for the White Lotus leader, Gommu, and Mr. Chung across two episodes of The Legend of Korra.

The Legend of Korra credits

Hobo

Character information: Gommu

• 101. "Welcome to Republic City"
• 111. "Skeletons in the Closet"

Phonograph vendor

Character information: Chung

• 101. "Welcome to Republic City"

White Lotus leader

Character information: White Lotus leader

• 101. "Welcome to Republic City"

Selected other credits

Television work

• American Dad
• Cross of Fire (TV movie)
• Dexter Prep (TV movie)
• Golden Years
• Harts of the West
• Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter (TV movie)
• IN the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice (TV movie)
• Kim Possible
• King of the Hill
• Ladies Man
• NewsRadio
• Pandora's Clock (TV movie)
• The Lottery (TV movie)
• The West Wing
• The X's
• The Road to Galveston (TV movie)
• Tripping the Rift

Filmography

Selma (2014) Big Miracle (2012) Rango (2011) J. Edgar (2011) Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare (2010) The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) Drillbit Taylor (2008) No Country for Old Men (2007) Idiocracy (2006) Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) Just Friends (2005) Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (2004) Surviving Christmas (2004) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) The Ladykillers (2004) Raising Genius (2004) Grind (2003) Finding Nemo (2003) The Country Bears (2002) Ice Age (2002) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) Tripping the Rift (2000; short) Bicentennial Man (1999) Natural Selection (1999) Office Space (1999) Gut Feeling (1999) Krippendorf's Tribe (1998) Night of the Scarecrow (1995) Extreme Justice (1993) Dave (1993) RoboCop 3 (1993) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) Bed & Breakfast (1991) V.I. Warshawski (1991) Guilty by Suspicion (1991) Ghost (1990) Stanley & Iris (1990) Black Rain (1989) Monkey Shines (1988)

Other credits

• Blade Runner (video game)

Biographical information

Personal life

Root graduated from Vero Beach High School in Vero Beach, Florida, and is also a graduate of the University of Florida, where he majored in acting and broadcasting.

Career

Among Root's most recognized television roles are eccentric billionaire Jimmy James on the sitcom NewsRadio and depressed Army barber Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated television series King of the Hill. He had a recurring role on the final two seasons of The West Wing as Republican campaign consultant Bob Mayer. His most recognizable film roles to date are 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 sports writer, in Leatherheads, and the dimwitted principal in Drillbit Taylor, a 2008 comedy produced by Judd Apatow.

He has also won acclaim for his occasional dramatic roles.