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Stephen Root

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Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951) is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), as Milton Waddams in the film Office Space (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series King of the Hill (1997–2010, 2025–present). Root has appeared in numerous Coen brothers films including 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Root is the 3,857th most popular actor (down from 3,409th in 2019), the 6,253rd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,137th in 2019) and the 1,802nd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Stephen Root ranks 3,857 out of 13,578. Before him are Vesa-Matti Loiri, Ku Hye-sun, Kim Manners, Ron Silver, Branko Đurić, and Mathieu Carrière. After him are Benedicta Boccoli, Richard Burgi, Renato Rascel, Tom Noonan, Tom Moore, and Leon Lai.

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Among people born in 1951, Stephen Root ranks 305. Before him are Cassandra Peterson, Robert Joy, Eugenio Torre, Steve Perryman, Michel Pollentier, and Kim Manners. After him are Ivano Bordon, Tom Noonan, Michel Aupetit, Pier Luigi Bersani, Harry Hamlin, and Patrick Bergin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Root ranks 6,254 out of 20,380. Before him are John Hopcroft (1939), Ron Silver (1946), Dorothy Stang (1931), Bessie Coleman (1892), Helen Merrill (1930), and Gene Clark (1944). After him are Robert Ettinger (1918), John Ostrom (1928), Marc Wright (1890), Phil Anselmo (1968), Richard Burgi (1958), and Tom Noonan (1951).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Stephen Root ranks 1,802. Before him are Jon Hamm (1971), Bert Lahr (1895), Gerald McRaney (1947), Maurice Costello (1877), Kim Manners (1951), and Ron Silver (1946). After him are Richard Burgi (1958), Tom Noonan (1951), Chuck Connors (1921), Harry Hamlin (1951), Chris Farley (1964), and Pearl White (1889).

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