Stephen Root Knows What Lurks Beneath The Everyman | Defector
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It’s rare to mistake a familiar face for a different, far less famous one. As I’ve noted before, character actors often occupy a space wherein they are recognizable, but not nameable. They can make large impressions with very little screen time, while also sometimes being called on to fill roles that are meant to be […]

Even if you’re only familiar with Root’s iconic turn as Milton Waddams in Office Space, or his near-identical performance in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, you understand that Root has a knack for portraying a modern man dwarfed by bureaucracy and often afraid to stand up for himself. Still, that’s only a snippet of his range.

  • wavesinger@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    He was so good in Barry I had a hard time squaring the circle where he’s both Milton Waddams and The Raven. All the flowers to Stephen root!!