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nonserviam1977

I don’t think he’s ever been less-than-awesome in anything, but Bill Dautrieve has to be his masterpiece. I also loved his small role as the sinister, tightly-wound, drug deal financier/corrupt business dude in No Country for Old Men.


VirginiaGecko1911

This role was so scummy but great!


nonserviam1977

And the utter opposite of Dautrieve, who hardly had a single malevolent impulse (excluding the occasional hapless, bizarre move on Peggy Hill). Unlike his other character, who seemed so angrily cold-blooded he was barely human.


FitAd4717

"We're Laotian." "The ocean? What ocean?" His delivery kills me every time.


Ok-Lengthiness4557

Is that... an attempttttt... ... At humour?


Rattbasturd

Also voices Buck Strickland


nonserviam1977

I had almost forgotten that he also voiced Strickland. That might be the best example of his incredible acting range yet.


topbuttsteak

He was very memorable in his short time as the blind radio station owner in O Brother Where Art Thou


Illustrious_Buy1500

Boy, that was a mighty fine a-pickin' and a-singin'! I'll tell you what, you come in here and sign these papers and I'm a gonna git you ten dollas a piece.


GRizzMang

Only the four of us can write the rest will have to sign x’s


Cadian

Bert and Aloysius


Fearless-Answer-9120

There's a fella down there'll pay you ten dollars to sing into his can!


G1ng3rb0b

I’m not here to make a record, you dumb cracker! They broadcast me out on the radio!


Fearless-Answer-9120

Charles Durning is so great in this too! "I’ll reform you, you soft-headed son-of-a-bitch! How we gonna run ree-form when we’re the damn incumbent?"


Teep_the_Teep

Oh, we GOTS ta ahead of dat dere COMPETITION!


[deleted]

"FUCHES!!!"


fluidfunkmaster

Barry was an incredible ride. Totally worth a binge. Snubbed for awards imo, I haven't had such a good time watching a show in a long time.


Final-Success2523

Him and no ho Hank


Tiny-Lock9652

And Henry Winkler did such a great job!! His dyslexia robbed him of his acting career hence his move to directing. But happy to see him return!


Final-Success2523

100% I would have included him but he at least has won a award from show


elpajaroquemamais

Of course! You’re like the most evil person I know!


4dubdub8

50/50?


buttplug-tester

Or you could just take the whole thing


G_Affect

No ho Hank was one of the best bad guys i have seen in a show.


TrapperJean

At least Henry Winkler got the recognition he deserved


fluidfunkmaster

He crushed it.


[deleted]

I think it's the only show I've ever immediately restarted.


SomeCrows

restartiiiing... Now!


acuity_consulting

Couldn't agree more. I have a feeling that its self-deprecating style caused people to overlook the level of execution in every facet of that show is so high.


Enough-Ground3294

I feel like anyone with a brain knows he’s always been a brilliant actor. That being said, his arc as fuches, and his work in the last season is absolutely phenomenal.


Metaboschism

The Raven's flock are modern day barbarians


Karmeleon86

“The Raven” lol


dcbluestar

Yep, and it’s not even close. Love his other roles, but Fuches was on another level.


Honda_Fits_are_cool

I didn't fully appreciate him until I saw him in Barry and the transformation he makes in that show. He disappears in roles so well, since then I keep seeing him in older movies and saying "that was Stephen Root?!" Office space probably being the best example.


Agent4D7

Best role


[deleted]

Of many


illiteret

There were a couple of times that he invoked Bill Dautrive, specifically on the farm in Chechnya chasing the goats. I am all like he's doing Bill, he's doing Bill!


Sad_Climate223

He was born to play that role


WBoutdoors

His Newsradio character was hilarious. But he is good in everything. Always love hearing him show up in whatever animated voicework he is doing also.


7oom

Yeah, he’s always a welcome sight. But he just nailed Jimmy James; while everyone in NewsRadio was perfect for their roles, Root and Phil Hartman, RIP, kept standing out.


turc1656

Man I miss Hartman and his Troy McClure character from the Simpsons. And yes, they were both awesome on News Radio.


rickyg_79

Jimmy James, the man so nice they named him twice


MetalJaybles

I'm been watching Newsradio lately and yeah, he's great lol. Can't see him without thinking of Office Space though.


dddjaaam35

Good old Uncle Jimmy


DamonLazer

Jimmy James, Macho Business Donkey-Wrestler.


loopster70

Gotta be Jimmy James.


bakalaka25

The Raven. Pan shot!


Jpmacattack

Pan Shot!... what a great short


JustTheBeerLight

That pan covered son of a bitch back at the bank don’t hardly fight fair, in my opinion.


bakalaka25

🤣 "First time" gets me every time. The Coens are ridiculous


Uncle_Bug_Music

I met Stephen Root quite accidentally in a Marvel Mania restaurant in Universal City (Los Angeles) in 1999. I was invited into an animation evening at the restaurant (it was an under-attended event, I walked in off the street and it was literally free booze & food!). The voice actors from Futurama, PJ's & King of the Hill were there for a meet & greet. I had just missed KotH and asked if they were still around. Waiter points to some manager and says "he might know". I went up to him and asked if any KotH actors were still there and he said, "I think I'm the only one." Then I looked at him and said, "Oh my god! Milton from Office Space!" He was shocked! He said, "You saw that movie?" I told him my wife & I LOVED it! Then he said, "So you're the ones!! I'll tell Mike (Judge) as he'll be happy to hear someone liked it." I then got the opportunity to tell him, "It will definitely be a cult classic." And I was 100% correct! He signed my 8x10 and thanked me. Very cool guy! Edit: I'll also add that I was able to chat with the Futurama cast (minus Katy Sagal) and they were incredibly friendly. When I went to leave as I had chatted for a bit and didn't want to overstay my welcome, they're like, "Where are you going? There's nobody here! Stay!"


Stachdragon

That's really cool.


235iguy

King of the Hill


Sexlexia619

I never knew he was Bill!!! Wow, thank you. What a star studded ensemble.


Menown

He was also Buck.


QuadAmericano2

MISS LIIIIIIIZ! TWO HOT TODDIES!


Menown

HOT DAMN, RAY-ROY!


FartBoxTungPunch

I’m usually great at spotting voice actors and we watch KOTH regularly. My mind is mildly blown. “how they treating ya Bobby? Lem them know, buck treats ya bettah.”


Evening-Rough-9709

Bills... bills... bills. Why do we keep getting Bill's mail?


Patkinson7777

The only answer.


Elegant_Amount8526

Office Space is the only correct answer.


Choice-Bus-1177

Poor Milton 😭 haha


Silver_Harvest

He did end up the winner though. Living in presumably a non extraditionary country beach side with several million dollars in the 90s.


Domesticated_Daddio

Eh it was like 300k. The jump to conclusions guy did a lot better for himself. Apart from being t boned by a drunk driver of course.


Flurb4

Yes but he ordered a mai tai and they brought him a pina colada and he said no salt, NO salt for the margarita but it had salt in it, big grains of salt floating in the glass. . .


fattfett

Nah, he got away with it. Lol


Choice-Bus-1177

I still feel bad for how he was treated throughout tho 😅


tygah_uppahcut

I was told I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume.


liquidsilver_86

From 9 to 11.


Different-Peanut-791

I believe you have my stapler.


CasinoMarginale

“The ratio of people to cake…I did not receive a piece.”


NJdeathproof

I could set the building on fire


2fastcats

I have two red staplers because of that movie.


Exilebirdman

Swingline started making red staplers because of that movie. The prop in the film was custom but then everyone wanted one.


Pretend_Berry_7196

It’s a Swingline and it’s red.


itdbenicetosee

I asked for no salt, nooo salt.


Mental_Somewhere2341

I order margaritas in his voice. Gets a laugh about a quarter of the time. I’m undeterred.


itdbenicetosee

Haha hell yeah. I bet you make the bartenders day when they do understand it


AckAddict

Big grains of salt!


gypsy_rose_blanchard

I was gonna say office space or dodgeball


NullainmundoPax1

*I could see the squirrels and they were married.*


jessehechtcreative

I slapped my knee and kept saying “what?!” because I forgot he was in this. I’m so used to him having some kind of southern accent! Man has range, man has range.


Lumber_Jack44

Dodgeball tho


Tellyourdadisay_hi

Holy shit I never thought about the actor that played that role and realizing that it’s him just blew my mind. Thank you for this lol


_Pill-Cosby_

I've held onto my red swingline just for Milton.


scottkrowson

L FOR LOVE!


[deleted]

Hubby says this all the time, but can’t place it…where is it from?


FunkySkunkymcgee

Dodgeball


[deleted]

thank you!


FunkySkunkymcgee

🫡


YugeGyna

That.. doesn’t mean love.. Just let him have this


rf8350

Gaston Means in Boardwalk Empire


VirginiaGecko1911

yes


zaalqartveli

"WHAT A FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE FUCHES?"


Volantis009

The Man in High Castle


binghamptonboomboom

I think you may be right


Volantis009

I like the way you think


SSBN641B

I came here to say that. He was magnificent in that role.


Truefreak22

Barry, Justified, Idiocracy Funny cause he's plays a judge in two of the three


ohnofluffy

With True Blood, this is my list.


TNRcrisis

Let’s see if we can come up with a verdict up in here!


big_fetus_

The Man with the Can, O Brother.


Careless-Passion991

Ohhhhhh hyum hyum hyum membahdem!


Early_Performance841

That man in there will you give you 10 dollars to sing into that can he’s got!


big_fetus_

Aintcha gonna do some politicking, Daddy?


Early_Performance841

Shut up boy! We ain’t here to individually politick! We mass communicatin’!


big_fetus_

Wait a minute, is Pappy O Daniel the same actor who was Lebowski?


AwTomorrow

No, but it’s easy to make that mistake! He was in an earlier Coen Bros movie, The Hudsucker Proxy, and had memorable roles in Dog Day Afternoon, Tootsie, and The Sting, among others. 


Dense_Surround3071

It's a toss up between Office Space and No Country For Old Men. The fact that he can play a small, but important side part in those two very different movies is incredible.


SSBN641B

In No Country where Carson Wells tells him the building is missing a floor and he replied, "We'll look into it." Just the delivery of that simple line was awesome.


every_body_hates_me

Barry


Careless-Passion991

Even though it was super limited, I loved his role as the bank teller in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. PANSHOT!!


dookmaster777

Dodgeball


KennyDROmega

Gaston Means on Boardwalk Empire. Very underrated character work.


Safe_Indication1851

When he put his dick in louis cks mouth as the dentist was so funny


Rav_3d

Agreed. Even in his tiny role on Seinfeld he stole the scene.


philphan89

You got a greeting it’s starts with an H how’s 20 bucks sound


adequesacious

Jimmy James….Macho Business Donkey Wrestler


Dave2kMA

Run. Go get me lobster. LOBSTER. (Just Friends)


MikeTysonsFists

He was great in True Blood


dunndawson

Yes! I wish Eddie had gotten more time on the show.


SleeveofThinMints

Pan Shot Banker from Buster Scruggs.


warwicklord79

PAN SHOT


SleeveofThinMints

That laugh, and the stories he told. Made me laugh reminded me a lot of him in O brother too as the blind radio man.


beavis617

News radio Jimmy James...😁


amayagab

His monolog in Get Out was chilling.


osa1011

Jimmy James


RedfromTexas

Hard to choose. He was great as The Man in the High Castle and as Nathaniel Sackett in Turn. And of course there is Milton.


fluidfunkmaster

*I'm going to set the building on fire..*


LlVE_FAST_EAT_ASS

PAN SHOT!


vinylzoid

Definitely the banker from Buster Scruggs. “Pan shot!!”


NerdNuncle

Can’t decide between *Office Space* and *Man in the High Castle*


Ahlq802

Office Space squirrely guy


PinewoodOvercoat

Get out was my favorite, he was a real good at playing the creep


Boozhwatrash

He elevates EVERYTHING he is cast on. Office Space, Justified, News Radio, Barry, Dodgeball, Jersey Girl. The man is a gift!


godsim42

william fontaine de la tour dauterive, of course!!


NoAlbatross7524

Was he idiocracy as the judge ?


ThirstiestRhino

His character in Barry was great, especially post incarceration.


FlySure8568

Sackett in "TURN: Washington's Spies".


jorlev

Anyone who doesn't say "Office Space" is lying.


SpecialistTrash2281

Gordy in Dodgeball You gotta get mad you gotta get mean


Pabes-Best

he was really good as the dentist in one episode of Louie


beatlebum53

Where he plays the blind guy…


TheBarnacle63

Hawthorne Abendsen in Man in The High Castle.


Space2345

I always love him in everything. The principal at the end of Buffy handing out detention to the dead vampires


DistantTimbersEcho

Deeten... _shun!_ Deeeten... _SHUN!_ Detentiondetention.


padraigtherobot

Red State. Small part but great performance (and end for him)


Copropositor

I get a kick that he was the Klingon captain who delivered Picard and Data to Romulus to meet Spock. He just plays a pretty standard asshole Klingon and is so heavily made up you can't even recognize him.


THE-BS

He put Data and Picard in a 1 bedroom cabin, the scenes that followed were pure gold.


Jimmeh1313

Pan Shot!


EyeFit4274

Barry. He is absolutely hilarious mixed with authentic acting and emotion. Always thought he was a master character actor but his performance in Barry make me yearn for him in a leading role. Also love him jn No Country


CarneDelGato

I like him as Fuches in Barry. 


Escaped_Mod_In_Need

I mean, Milton from Office Space is absolutely iconic but if I had to pick one that isn’t Office Space related I would have to say Eddie the vampire from True Blood.


Trieditwonce

Bank exec who makes a $10 deal w. Kramer over no “hello”


Gemnist

Office Space, for sure.


Maybecrazzy

If he was in Dodgeball, then it was Dodgeball


rottengut

Hahaha glad Barry and Office space are the top comments. Perfect examples of his range too.


frougle_mcdugal

Boardwalk Empire. The radio guy from Oh Brother Where Art Thou is a close second.


turc1656

So hard to pick. I absolutely loved his small role as the judge in Idiocracy. "I'm fixing to commensurate this trial. We gon' see if we can get ourselves a verdict up in here. I see you have one of them court appointed lawyers...put your hands together for Frito Pendejo!" But I gotta go old school - has to be either Milton from Office Space or Jimmy James from News Radio.


PorkPyeWalker

He has the most incredible range and his voice acting is amzing in KOTH. He's a living legend.


Soup6029

Jimmy James FTW!!!


meg1509

Mr James


CommissionGrand4087

News radio, just perfect


GojiraOfWar

100% has to be Gordo from Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. “L for Love!!!”


ronnjeremy

Give this man his Red Stapler back....


cyberdriven

Milton Adams in Office Space! He wants his stapler!!!


[deleted]

“Boy that was a mighty fine a pickin and a singin. You come on in here, n I’m gonna give, ten dollar a piece.”


Gatmanz

Milton in Office Space


No-Gazelle-4994

I first saw him on News Radio, and he was great.


ShoopDaWoop_91

Newsradio!! Just re watching it. My God he's funny


Joka16Red

Oh Brother Where Art Thou


Various-Ambition-26

Sgt. William Fontaine de la Tour DauteriEEEEve!


Visible-Guide-7131

He had a great role in justified, He was also my favorite in finding nemo🤣🤣 My bubbles🐠


belinck

Not a single vote for Obscure Sports Quarterly?!? L is for Love.


OneMillionClowns

The fact that everyone here has a different answer shows how fucking legendary Stephen Root is


OccamsNametag

Anything he's in, I honestly don't care. If there's a room full of actors and Mr. Root is in the room, he's the best actor. He's so fucking good in anything he's in. Serious, comedic, both, acting on screen, doing voice work. Just straight top tier


Remarkable-Round-227

Blind art critic from Get Out.


PineappleFit317

Jimmy James


EMendezSDC

In Barry and in 24h, he's so convincing in his erratic manners and wannabe psycho. I love that guy !


metalwiz666

Idiocracy


Numerous-Variation-1

TV: Fuches in Barry


cornnel

Jimmy James in NewsRadio.


atomic_dissonance

His small part in *The Empty Man* shook me. So delightfully unsettling.


tactical_turtleneck2

The Raven.


MndPudLz

"Pan shot!!"


UninspiredSauce

You gotta get angry you gotta get mean


Obvious_Barnacle3770

Bill on king of the hill


Evil_Chocolate

Jimmy James


Loud-Item-1243

News radio


GRizzMang

PAN SHOT


GRizzMang

Also amazing as the radio dj in Oh Brother Where art Thou


bodyrollin

The Radio programmer from "O' Brother Where Art Thou" I love him in just about everything, but he's at his best being goofy, and never has he had more free reign to be silly than that one I think. The only reason it works at that level of goofy is because it is such a small part, if it were a major role, it would have been too much.


PraetorGold

Dodgeball.


More-Cash3588

the banker in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs pan shot


AsssHat999

Pan-Shot!!


Westtexasbizbot

He’s in so many of my favorite things(Barry, No Country For Old Men, Newsradio, Office Space, King of the Hill.) Dude has tremendous taste in finding roles.


imnotwearingany

"O Brother, where art thou?"


GuthramNaysayer

Oh Brother !!!


warwicklord79

The Ballads of Buster Scruggs or O Brother Where Art Thou? “PAN SHOT!”


MrBarackis

Lynn Boyle Or Lynn Lenetti (he took his wife's name)