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STAGE CREDITS

Marjorie Prime Marjorie Prime
[Off-Broadway]
Playwrights Horizons Original Off-Broadway Production, 2015
Jon
All My Sons
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1987
Frank Lubey
So Long on Lonely Street
[Broadway]
1986
King Vaughnum III

Movies

Crocodile Dundee II
[ 1988 ] DEA Agent Toilet
Monkey Shines
[ 1988 ] Dean Burbage
Black Rain
[ 1989 ] Berg
Stanley & Iris
[ 1990 ] Mr. Hentley
Ghost
[ 1990 ] Police Sgt.
V.I. Warshawski
[ 1991 ] Mickey
Bed & Breakfast
[ 1991 ] Randolph
Guilty by Suspicion
[ 1991 ] RKO Guard
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
[ 1992 ] Gary Murray
RoboCop 3
[ 1993 ] Coontz
Dave
[ 1993 ] Don Durenberger
Extreme Justice
[ 1993 ] Max Alvarez
Night of the Scarecrow
[ 1995 ] Frank
Krippendorf's Tribe
[ 1998 ] Gerald Adams, Dean
Bicentennial Man
[ 1999 ] Dennis Mansky
Gut Feeling
[ 1999 ] Kane Cohen
Office Space
[ 1999 ] Milton
Natural Selection
[ 1999 ] Mr. Crenshaw
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
[ 2000 ] Radio Station Man
Ice Age
[ 2002 ] Frank, Start
The Country Bears
[ 2002 ] Zeb Zoober
Finding Nemo
[ 2003 ] Bubbles
Grind
[ 2003 ] Cameron
Surviving Christmas
[ 2004 ] Dr. Freeman
Raising Genius
[ 2004 ] Dwight Nestor
The Ladykillers
[ 2004 ] Fernand Gudge
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
[ 2004 ] Gordon
Jersey Girl
[ 2004 ] Greenie
Gretchen
[ 2005 ] Herb
Just Friends
[ 2005 ] KC
Ice Age: The Meltdown
[ 2006 ] Aardvark Dad
Sunny & Share Love You
[ 2007 ] Clive Anderson
No Country for Old Men
[ 2007 ] Man who hires Wells
Cook Off!
[ 2007 ] Morty Van Rookle
A West Texas Children's Story
[ 2007 ] Sheriff Brock
Mad Money
[ 2008 ] Glover
Drillbit Taylor
[ 2008 ] Principal Doppler
Over Her Dead Body
[ 2008 ] Sculptor
Leatherheads
[ 2008 ] Suds
The Soloist
[ 2009 ] Curt Reynolds
Imagine That
[ 2009 ] Fred Franklin
The Men Who Stare at Goats
[ 2009 ] Gus Lacey
Bob Funk
[ 2009 ] Steve
Unthinkable
[ 2010 ] Charles Thompson
Everything Must Go
[ 2010 ] Elliot
The Conspirator
[ 2010 ] John Lloyd
J. Edgar
[ 2011 ] Arthur Koehler
Cedar Rapids
[ 2011 ] Bill Krogstad
Rango
[ 2011 ] Doc, Merrimack, Mr. Snuggles
Son of Morning
[ 2011 ] Senator Larder
Red State
[ 2011 ] Sheriff Wynan
The Company You Keep
[ 2012 ] Billy Cusimano
Big Miracle
[ 2012 ] Governor Hkell
The Lone Ranger
[ 2013 ] Habberman
Sweetwater
[ 2013 ] Hugh
Feels So Good
[ 2013 ] Nick Celisco
Bad Milo
[ 2013 ] Roger
Selma
[ 2014 ] Col. Al Lingo
7 Chinese Brothers
[ 2015 ] George
Trumbo
[ 2015 ] Hymie King
Hello, My Name Is Doris
[ 2015 ] Todd
Finding Dory
[ 2016 ] Bubbles
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
[ 2016 ] Burt
Spectral
[ 2016 ] Dr. Mindala
Miles
[ 2016 ] Ron Walton
Looking for the Jackalope
[ 2016 ] The Jackalope
Three Christs
[ 2017 ] Dr. Rogers
Infinity Baby
[ 2017 ] Fenton
Get Out
[ 2017 ] Jim Hudson
Life of the Party
[ 2018 ] Mike
On the Basis of Sex
[ 2018 ] Professor Brown
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
[ 2019 ] Cockmando Voices
Bombshell
[ 2019 ] Neil Mullin
Seberg
[ 2019 ] Walt Breckman
The Empty Man
[ 2020 ] Arthur Parsons
Poupelle of Chimney Town
[ 2020 ] Bruno
Four Good Days
[ 2020 ] Chris
Uncle Frank
[ 2020 ] Daddy Mac
Queenpins
[ 2021 ] Agent Flannagan
Happily
[ 2021 ] Goodman
The Tragedy of Macbeth
[ 2021 ] Porter
To Leslie
[ 2022 ] Dutch
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
[ 2022 ] Jail Tattoo Artist
Paint
[ 2022 ] Tony

TV Shows

Adventure Time
Martin, Fish, Villagers
American Dad!
Dick, Dentist's Father
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Penguin, Woozy Winks, Killer Croc
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
Dr. Donovan
Boardwalk Empire
Gaston Means, Gaston Means - Special Investigator
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Lynn Boyle
DreamWorks Dragons
Mildew
Gravity Falls
Bud Gleeful
Grounded for Life
Tony Bustamante
Harts of the West
R.O
Idiotsitter
Ken Russell
Jake and the Fatman
Sgt. Moynihan, Hastings
Justified
Judge Mike Reardon
Kim Possible
Pop-Pop Porter, Chester Yapsby, Memphis
King of the Hill
Bill Dauterive, Buck Strickland
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
Junjie, Rhino Guard #2, Mu-Shi
L.A. Law
Atty. Brandon McCafferty
Ladies Man
Gene
NewsRadio
Jimmy James
Night Court
Mr. Willard, Spirit of Death
The Cleveland Show
Neighbors Kellogg, Allister Monkarsh
The Man in the High Castle
Hawthorne Abendsen
The Mighty Ones
Bernard
The West Wing
Bob Mayer
The X's
Homebase, Mime Instructor, Ambassador
Tripping the Rift
Chode
True Blood
Eddie Gauthier
TURN: Washington's Spies
Nathaniel Sackett
Young Justice
Jack Haly

Awards and Nominations

Helen Hayes Awards - 1989 - Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production

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CLONE HIGH Season Two Debuts on Max in February Photo
CLONE HIGH Season Two Debuts on Max in February

Returning stars include Will Forte (Abe) and Nicole Sullivan (Joan); executive producers Phil Lord (Scudworth) and Chris Miller (JFK and Mr. B); Christa Miller (Candide Sampson); Ayo Edebiri (Harriet); Mitra Jouhari (Cleo); Vicci Martinez (Frida); Kelvin Yu (Confucius); Neil Casey (Topher Bus); and Donald Faison (George Washington Carver).
THE COLOR PURPLE, MAESTRO & More Nominated For SAG Awards - Full List of Nominations! Photo
THE COLOR PURPLE, MAESTRO & More Nominated For SAG Awards - Full List of Nominations!

This morning, nominees for the 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® honoring outstanding individual, cast and ensemble performances for the past year were announced. Check out the full list of nominations, which include Danielle Brooks, Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Hannah Waddingham, the cast of The Gilded Age, and more.
Photos: Go Inside the Art of Elysium Gala with CASAMIGOS Photo
Photos: Go Inside the Art of Elysium Gala with CASAMIGOS

Last night, Saturday, January 6, in Hollywood, Casamigos celebrated Golden Globes weekend by supporting the annual Art of Elysium Gala, which benefits those in need through the arts. Check out photos here!
HBO Original Comedy Series BARRY, Starring Emmy Winner Bill Hader, to Conclude With F Photo
HBO Original Comedy Series BARRY, Starring Emmy Winner Bill Hader, to Conclude With Fourth Season

The Emmy winning dark comedy series BARRY, starring and directed by Emmy® and DGA-winner Bill Hader has debuted the video trailer for its final season. Cousineau (Henry Winkler) is hailed as a hero as Barry’s (Bill Hader) arrest has shocking consequences. It’s all been leading up to this - the explosive and hilarious final chapter of Barry.
Prestige HBO Drama SUCCESSION To Conclude With Season Four Photo
Prestige HBO Drama SUCCESSION To Conclude With Season Four

The award-winning hit HBO series Succession will conclude with its upcoming fourth season according to the show's creator, Jesse Armstrong.
Hulu Orders KING OF THE HILL Reboot From Original Co-Creators Mike Judge and Greg Dan Photo
Hulu Orders KING OF THE HILL Reboot From Original Co-Creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels

The animated series will star original voice talent including Mike Judge, Kathy Najimy, Stephen Root, Pamela Adlon, Johnny Hardwick and Lauren Tom. The reboot has been in the works since the 2017 San Francisco Sketchfest, where Judge and Daniels reconnected with the cast and celebrated the 20th anniversary of “King of the Hill.”
SUCCESSION Returns For Its Fourth Season In March Photo
SUCCESSION Returns For Its Fourth Season In March

SUCCESSION explores themes of power and family dynamics through the eyes of patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and his four grown children, Kendall (Jeremy Strong), Siobhan (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin), and Connor (Alan Ruck). Watch the teaser trailer video for the upcoming season now!
HBO Renews Comedy Series BARRY For A Fourth Season Photo
HBO Renews Comedy Series BARRY For A Fourth Season

HBO announced today that the critically acclaimed dark comedy series BARRY has been renewed for a fourth season. Season four will begin production in Los Angeles in June, with Bill Hader directing all eight episodes. Hader and Alec Berg are the series co-creators and executive producers.
VIDEO: HBO Comedy Series BARRY Starring Bill Hader Releases Season Three Trailer Photo
VIDEO: HBO Comedy Series BARRY Starring Bill Hader Releases Season Three Trailer

The first two seasons of BARRY received a total of thirty Emmy® nominations and six Emmys® including: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Bill Hader); Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Henry Winkler); Outstanding Sound Editing For a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation; and Outstanding Sound Mixing.
HBO's Comedy Series BARRY Starring Bill Hader Sets Season 3 Return Photo
HBO's Comedy Series BARRY Starring Bill Hader Sets Season 3 Return

Alec Berg (“Silicon Valley”) and Hader (“Saturday Night Live”) are co-creators, executive producers, directors and writers. The first two seasons of BARRY received thirty Emmy® nominations and six Emmys® including: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Bill Hader); Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Henry Winkler); and more.
Photos: Joel Coen's THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH Premieres in LA Photo
Photos: Joel Coen's THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH Premieres in LA

Apple and A24 just celebrated the LA premiere of Joel Coen's upcoming 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' film, premiering in select theaters on December 25, and globally on Apple TV+ on January 14, 2022.
Freeform Orders PRAISE PETEY Animated Comedy Series Photo
Freeform Orders PRAISE PETEY Animated Comedy Series

Freeform has ordered the half-hour animated comedy series “Praise Petey” (working title) from creator, writer and executive producer Anna Drezen and Monica Patrick. The cast also includes Annnie Murphy, John Cho, Christine Baranski, Kiersey Clemons, Amy Hill, and Stephen Root will star in the new series.
Alan Cumming, Ryan Reynolds & More to Star in Audible's CINNAMON BEAR Photo
Alan Cumming, Ryan Reynolds & More to Star in Audible's CINNAMON BEAR

Audible just announced a new original series perfect for family listening: Cinnamon Bear: A Holiday Adventure, performed by star-studded cast with original musical numbers. The original Cinnamon Bear radio series debuted in 1937 as a cliffhanger-style children’s radio show that featured daily episodes during the holiday season!
The Academy Invites Leslie Odom Jr., Nathan Lane, George C. Wolfe & 392 More to Membe Photo
The Academy Invites Leslie Odom Jr., Nathan Lane, George C. Wolfe & 392 More to Membership

There are 89 Oscar nominees, including 25 winners, among the invitees.
DreamWorks' THE MIGHTY ONES Celebrates Backyard Adventures with a New Season this Sum Photo
DreamWorks' THE MIGHTY ONES Celebrates Backyard Adventures with a New Season this Summer!

Special guest stars include Manila Luzon (RuPaul’s Drag Race), Fortune Feimster (“Kenan,” Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar), and Stephen Root (Office Space, “Amphibia”)!
129 Musicals & Shows You Can Stream From Home in 2021 Photo
129 Musicals & Shows You Can Stream From Home in 2021

BroadwayWorld put together a list of all the live action musicals you can stream on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, BroadwayHD, and Disney Plus. Are you looking for something to get your mind off… all of this? So are we. Because everyone needs some escape,
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for UNCLE FRANK, Starring Paul Bettany Photo
VIDEO: Watch the Trailer for UNCLE FRANK, Starring Paul Bettany

In 1973, teenaged Beth Bledsoe (Sophia Lillis) leaves her rural Southern hometown to study at New York University where her beloved Uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature professor.
New Jersey Local and Regional Theaters Form #Theatre5Alliance Photo
New Jersey Local and Regional Theaters Form #Theatre5Alliance

Five theater organizations today announced the formation of the #theatre5alliance to bring the arts to people's homes and to highlight the importance of keeping local theater alive and thriving. 
Judith Light, Bryan Cranston, Laurie Metcalf and More Join #theatre5alliance Project Photo
Judith Light, Bryan Cranston, Laurie Metcalf and More Join #theatre5alliance Project

Five theater organizations today announced the formation of the #theatre5alliance to bring the arts to people's homes and to highlight the importance of keeping local theater alive and thriving.   
HBO Announces Premiere Date for PERRY MASON, Starring Matthew Rhys and John Lithgow Photo
HBO Announces Premiere Date for PERRY MASON, Starring Matthew Rhys and John Lithgow

1931, Los Angeles. While the rest of the country struggles through the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! Olympic Games! Talking Pictures! Evangelical Fervor! And a child kidnapping gone very, very wrong. Based on characters created by author Erle Stanley Gardner, drama series PERRY MASON, starring Emmy® winner Matthew Rhys, debuts Sunday, June 21 at 9:00 p.m. ET exclusively on HBO.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Stephen Root been in?

Stephen Root has appeared on Broadway in 2 shows.

How many West End shows has Stephen Root been in?

Stephen Root has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Stephen Root been nominated for?

Stephen Root has been nominated for the Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production at the Helen Hayes Awards for his role in Driving Miss Daisy.

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