Stephen Root

• Birthplace: Sarasota, Florida, USA
• Birthday: November 17, 1951

A character player who essayed numerous supporting parts in TV-movies and feature films before landing on "NewsRadio" (NBC, 1995-99), as station manager Jimmy James, Stephen Root left college to join the National Shakespeare Company and has also performed with other repertory companies. He made his Off-Broadway debut in "Journey's End" and starred on Broadway in the short-lived "So Long on Lonely Street", although he found more notice in the spotlighted revival of "All My Sons" (1987), with Richard Ki…more