Stephen Root

Stephen Root
Stephen Root in 2009
Lahir	Stephen Edward Root 17 November 1951 Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
Tempat tinggal	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Pendidikan	Vero Beach High School
Almamater	University of Florida
Pekerjaan	Actor, voice actor, Comedian
Tahun aktif	1988–present
Kota asal	Vero Beach, Florida
Suami/istri	Romy Rosemont ​ (m. 2008)​
Anak	1

Stephen Edward Root (lahir 17 November 1951) 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-video Voice 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	Glover
	Over Her Dead Body	Sculptor
	Drillbit Taylor	Principal Doppler
	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 Lacey
2010	Son of Mourning	Senator Lewis
	Unthinkable	Charlie
	The Conspirator	Witness
	Everything Must Go	Elliot
	Scooby-Doo! Camp Scare	Burt	Voice only
2011	Cedar Rapids	Bill Korgstad
	Rango	Doc and Merrimack	Voice only
	Red State	Sheriff Wynan
	J. Edgar	Arthur Koehler
2012	Big Miracle	Gov. Haskell
	The Company You Keep	Billy Cusimano
2013	Sweet Vengeance	Kingfisher	Sweetwater
	Superman: Unbound	Zor-El	Voice only
	The Lone Ranger	Habberman
2014	Selma	Al Lingo
2015	Hello, My Name Is Doris	Todd
	7 Chinese Brothers	George
	Trumbo	Hymie King
2016	Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz	Uncle Henry	Voice role
	Finding Dory	Bubbles	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	Trumpovet 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)
	Thundercats	Drifter, aka Hattanzo the Swordmaker	(1 episode, 2011)
	Fringe	Raymond	(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	(Recurring role, 2012-2013)
2013	Out There	Mr. Shooty	(1 episode, 2013)
	The Newsroom	Former US general Stanislao Stomtonovich	(1 episode, 2013)
2014	Turn: Washington's Spies	Nathaniel Sackett	(4 episodes, 2014–2015)
	Adventure Time	Martin (Finn's father)	(Recurring role, 2014)
	Fargo	Burt Canton	(2 episodes, 2014)
	The Big Bang Theory	Dan (Penny and Bernadette's boss)	(2 episodes, 2014)
	Mike Tyson Mysteries	Thomas J. Watson	(1 episode, 2014)
	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Lynn Boyle	(4 episodes, 2014-2015)
	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")
2016	Idiotsitter	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

Pranala luar

• Stephen Root di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)