Stephen Root

Career timeline

1. 1951 · Born

   Born in Sarasota, Florida, USA

2. 1984 · Screen debut

   Night Court (TV)

3. 1989 · Breakthrough

   Seinfeld (TV)

4. 2026 · Latest release

   The Terror: Devil in Silver (TV)

Career in numbers

7 1980s

19 1990s

24 2000s

30 2010s

10 2020s

• Comedy48
• Drama33
• Animation31
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy19
• Family17
• Action & Adventure16

Highest-rated title Rick and Morty 2013 8.7 Most popular title The Simpsons 1989 8.0

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Stephen Root in our catalogue.

Michael Lembeck

4 titles together

James Burrows

4 titles together

Alan Tudyk

4 titles together

Michael Katleman

3 titles together

Gary Cole

3 titles together

Theodore Shapiro

3 titles together

Michael Dante DiMartino

3 titles together

Jay Kogen

3 titles together

Bryan Cranston

3 titles together

David E. Kelley

3 titles together

1. 2026 The Terror: Devil in Silver as Dr. Badger 6.7 TV
2. 2026 Widow's Bay as Wyck Crawford 8.0 TV
3. 2025 Playdate as Gordon 6.2 Movie
4. 2025 StuGo as Dr. Rostrum (voice) TV
5. 2023 Clone High as Mr. Big Corporation (voice) 6.7 TV
6. 2022 Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe as Jail Tattoo Artist (voice) 6.9 Movie
7. 2022 The Legend of Vox Machina as Professor Anders (voice) 8.2 TV
8. 2021 The Book of Boba Fett as Lortha Peel 7.5 TV
9. 2020 Uncle Frank as Daddy Mac 7.3 Movie
10. 2020 The Empty Man as Arthur Parsons 6.2 Movie
11. 2019 Bombshell as Neil Mullin 6.8 Movie
12. 2019 Amphibia as Mayor Toadstool (voice) 8.6 TV
13. 2018 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Teller (segment "Near Algodones") 7.1 Movie
14. 2018 Barry as Monroe Fuches 7.9 TV
15. 2017 DuckTales as J.W. Guidebook (voice) 7.9 TV
16. 2017 Get Out as Jim Hudson 7.6 Movie
17. 2016 Spectral as Dr. Mindala 6.6 Movie
18. 2016 Finding Dory as Bubbles (voice) 7.0 Movie
19. 2015 Trumbo as Hymie King 7.2 Movie
20. 2015 Star vs. the Forces of Evil as Brian (voice) 8.4 TV
21. 2015 The Man in the High Castle as Hawthorne Abendsen 7.5 TV
22. 2014 BoJack Horseman as Jeremiah Whitewhale (voice) 8.5 TV
23. 2014 Fargo as Burt Canton 8.3 TV
24. 2013 Rick and Morty as Gromflomite General (voice) 8.7 TV
25. 2013 Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Lynn Boyle 8.2 TV
26. 2013 The Lone Ranger as Habberman 6.1 Movie
27. 2012 The Newsroom as General Stomtonovich 8.1 TV
28. 2012 Gravity Falls as Bud Gleeful (voice) 8.6 TV
29. 2012 The Legend of Korra as White Lotus Leader / Gommu / Chung (voice) 8.2 TV
30. 2012 Big Miracle as Governor Haskell 6.7 Movie
31. 2011 Batman: Year One as Brendon (voice) 7.3 Movie
32. 2011 ThunderCats as Hattanzo the Drifter (voice) 7.9 TV
33. 2011 Workaholics as Carty 7.4 TV
34. 2011 Rango as Doc / Merrimack / Mr. Snuggles (voice) 6.9 Movie
35. 2011 Cedar Rapids as Bill Krogstad 5.9 Movie
36. 2011 Bob's Burgers as Jackson (voice) 7.8 TV
37. 2010 Young Justice as Jack Haly (voice) 8.4 TV
38. 2010 Boardwalk Empire as Gaston Means 8.0 TV
39. 2010 Hot in Cleveland as Brian 7.2 TV
40. 2010 Adventure Time as Martin Mertens (voice) 8.5 TV
41. 2009 The Good Wife as Judge Murphy Wicks 7.6 TV
42. 2008 Random! Cartoons as Lance (voice) TV
43. 2008 True Blood as Eddie 7.6 TV
44. 2007 No Country for Old Men as Man Who Hires Wells 8.0 Movie
45. 2007 The Big Bang Theory as Dan 7.9 TV
46. 2007 Phineas and Ferb as Floyd (voice) 7.9 TV
47. 2007 Californication as Ricardo Collini 7.6 TV
48. 2006 The Fox and the Hound 2 as Talent Scout (voice) 6.0 Movie
49. 2006 Idiocracy as Judge Hector "The Hangman" (uncredited) 6.4 Movie
50. 2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown as Aardvark Dad (voice) 6.7 Movie
51. 2005 Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama as Cowboy Gambler (voice; uncredited) 6.9 Movie
52. 2005 American Dad! as Dick (voice) 7.0 TV
53. 2005 Unscripted as Stephen Root TV
54. 2004 Boston Legal as Ethan Melman 8.0 TV
55. 2004 DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story as Gordon 6.4 Movie
56. 2003 Teen Titans as Val Yor (voice) 8.4 TV
57. 2003 Finding Nemo as Bubbles (voice) 7.8 Movie
58. 2002 Ice Age as Rhino / Start (voice) 7.4 Movie
59. 2001 24 as Bill Prady 7.8 TV
60. 2001 According to Jim as Al Crannis 6.5 TV
61. 2000 DAG as Senator Culpepper TV
62. 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Michael Kirkwood 7.6 TV
63. 2000 O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Radio Station Man 7.3 Movie
64. 2000 Malcolm in the Middle as John Pratt 8.5 TV
65. 1999 Bicentennial Man as Dennis Mansky 7.3 Movie
66. 1999 Courage the Cowardly Dog 8.2 TV
67. 1999 The West Wing as Bob Mayer 8.3 TV
68. 1999 Office Space as Milton 7.4 Movie
69. 1999 Family Guy as Professor O'Callaghan (voice) 7.4 TV
70. 1997 King of the Hill as Bill Dauterive (voice) 7.4 TV
71. 1996 Pandora's Clock as Mark Hastings TV
72. 1995 In the Line of Duty: Hunt for Justice as Jaan Laaman Movie
73. 1995 NewsRadio as Jimmy James 7.4 TV
74. 1995 VR.5 as F.A.A. Negotiator 6.7 TV
75. 1994 Chicago Hope as Trumpet Playing Mental Patient 7.2 TV
76. 1994 Party of Five as Football Coach 7.0 TV
77. 1993 Diagnosis: Murder as Charlie Lane 7.1 TV
78. 1993 Frasier as Harbin 7.7 TV
79. 1993 RoboCop 3 as Coontz 4.9 Movie
80. 1991 Bed & Breakfast as Randolph Movie
81. 1991 The Torkelsons as Sheriff Bobby TV
82. 1991 Home Improvement as Exterminator 7.4 TV
83. 1990 Ghost as Police Sgt. 7.3 Movie
84. 1989 The Simpsons as Bildorf (voice) 8.0 TV
85. 1989 Seinfeld as Mr. Lager 8.2 TV
86. 1989 Quantum Leap as John Tremaine Jr. 8.0 TV
87. 1988 Monkey Shines as Dean Burbage 6.3 Movie
88. 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation as Captain K'Vada 8.4 TV
89. 1986 L.A. Law as Brandon McCafferty 7.0 TV
90. 1984 Night Court as Spirit of Death 7.3 TV

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