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Encyclopedia > Stephen Root
Stephen Root
Born November 17, 1951 (age 55)
Flag of United States Sarasota, Florida, USA

Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951 in Sarasota, Florida) is an American actor. 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Cà dZan - a 1925 Sarasota residence that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places Sarasota is a city in the central west coast of Florida, USA. Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands facing the Gulf of Mexico are within its city limits. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Cà dZan - a 1925 Sarasota residence that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places Sarasota is a city in the central west coast of Florida, USA. Sarasota Bay and several barrier islands facing the Gulf of Mexico are within its city limits. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke while waiting between takes during location filming An actor or actress is a person who acts, or plays a role, in a dramatic production. ...


Among his most recognized television roles were eccentric billionaire Jimmy James on NBC's NewsRadio and as the voice of Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on King of the Hill. Recently, he had a recurring role on the final two seasons of The West Wing as Republican campaign consultant Bob Mayer, for which he recieved an Emmy nomination. His most recognizable film role to date was as the mumbling, quirky Milton Waddams in Mike Judge's 1999 cult classic Office Space. Stephen is a favorite of the Coan Brothers and has had memroable roles in films such as O Brother, Where Art Thou? and The Ladykillers. He has also voiced various characters in Iceage, Finding Nemo and Courage the Cowardly Dog. Stephen reunited with Mike Judge in Idiocracy and has also portrayed NASA flight director Chris Kraft in the miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. He provides the lead voice of Commander Chode on the Sci Fi Channel's Tripping the Rift, as well as the voice of Homebase of The X's. Root has also had many guest appearnces in television programs, the most notable being made the Klingon Captain K'Vada in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Unification." Root recently played Richard A. Clarke in "The Path to 9/11. NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... NewsRadio was an American sitcom, originally broadcast from 1995 to 1999 on NBC. The show was created by executive producer Paul Simms. ... Bill Dauterive William Fontaine De La Tour Dauterive (voiced by Stephen Root) is a character in the animated series King of the Hill. ... King of the Hill is a satirical American animated television series created by Mike Judge (creator of Beavis and Butt-head) and Greg Daniels for the FOX Network. ... The West Wing is an American television serial drama created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast from 1999 to 2006. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Democratic Party. ... An Emmy Award. ... Michael Craig Judge (born 17 October 1962 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an American animator, voice actor, writer, and producer, best-known as the creator and star of the hit animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A cult classic is a cultural artifact (e. ... Office Space is a cult 1999 comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. ... O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a southern gothic comedy film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, set in Mississippi during the Great Depression (specifically, 1937). ... DVD cover This article is about a film. ... Finding Nemo is an Academy Award-winning computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released to theaters by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ... Courage the Cowardly Dog is an American animated television series about a dog named Courage and his owners Muriel Bagg, a kindly old Scottish woman, and Eustace Bagg, a grumpy old farmer, living together in a farmhouse in the middle of the town of Nowhere, Kansas (often described as The... Michael Craig Judge (born 17 October 1962 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an American animator, voice actor, writer, and producer, best-known as the creator and star of the hit animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. ... Idiocracy is a 2006 comedy film directed by Mike Judge. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ... Chief of Flight Operations during a NASA space mission. ... Christopher Columbus Kraft, Jr. ... From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part HBO television miniseries (1998) co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tom Hanks, and Michael Bostick detailing the landmark Apollo expeditions to the Moon during the 1960s and early 1970s. ... SCI FI (sometimes rendered Sci-Fi when part of a longer phrase) is an American cable television channel, launched on September 24, 1992, specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror, and paranormal programming. ... Tripping the Rift was a Canadian CGI science fiction comedy television show that aired on Sci Fi Channel in the United States and Space: The Imagination Station in Canada in March 2004, with roughly concurrent scheduling. ... The Xs is an American animated television series created by Carlos Ramos about a family of spies, who must hide their identity from the outside world, but sometimes have a little trouble in doing so. ... This article is about the fictional race. ... The title as it appeared in most episodes opening credits. ... Unification is the title of a two-part Star Trek: The Next Generation episode, from the fifth season. ... Richard A. Clarke (born 1951) provided national security advice to four U.S. presidents: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, consulting on issues of intelligence and terrorism, from 1973 to 2003. ... Promotional material for The Path to 9/11 The Path to 9/11 was a controversial two-part miniseries that aired in the United States on ABC television on September 10, 2006 at 8 p. ...


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Stephen Root - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (222 words)
Stephen Root (born November 17, 1951 in Sarasota, Florida) is an American comedy actor.
Root also portrayed NASA chief flight controller Chris Kraft in the miniseries From the Earth to the Moon.
He is also the voice of Commander Chode on the Sci Fi Channel's Tripping the Rift.
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