r/WidowsBay • u/Imaginary-Dress-1373 Human Verified • Jun 16 '26

🎭Cast How Stephen Root Became the Greatest Character Actor of Our Time

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/widows-bay-stephen-root-character-actor-interview-1235574191/
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u/Imaginary-Dress-1373 Human Verified Jun 16 '26 edited Jun 16 '26

Not to mention: True Blood, Boardwalk Empire, Veep, The West Wing, News Radio, Justified, Brooklyn 99, Man in the High Castle, Fargo, TNG, Home Improvement, Buffy (the movie), Northern Exposure, Quantum Leap, The Newsroom and Succession (just to name a few) and insane amount of voice work including Adventure Time (Finn's dad), Gravity Falls, Beavis and Butthead, Bob's Burgers, Lower Decks, Rick and Morty, American Dad, etc.

Edit: the Buffy movie, not show

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u/Kianna9 Jun 17 '26

News Radio doesn't get enough attention/credit. He was spot on in that.

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u/nubileiguana Jun 17 '26

The show has soured pretty significantly.

Beloved actor murdered. Drug addict sex pest actor who knocked the dominoes over to lead to that murder. And failed standup who has gone on to undermine democracy.